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Fundraising Trustee

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The Himalayan Trust UK has been working since 1989 to help the mountain people of Nepal. We strive to improve the health and education in the mountainous regions of Northeastern Nepal, particularly in the Taplejung region.

We still hold to the guiding principles laid down by Sir Edmund Hillary when he founded the first Himalayan Trust in 1960:

  • To focus on basic infrastructure – education, health, environment
  • To do only that which is requested by the mountain people
  • To involve the mountain people themselves in the work – “self help”
  • To minimise all unnecessary cost and to facilitate direct transfer of funds
  • To look for long term sustainability and independence for the mountain people

Visit our website to read more about our impact and current work – www.himalayantrust.co.uk

What are we looking for?

The HTUK currently has an annual budget of about £120K.  We wish to increase this by about 30% to allow us to expand our health-related activities, to extend the educational training supported by HTUK and to meet growing needs for improved facilities and resources in both schools and health clinics. 

We have a number of loyal and regular individual donors and have, in the past, been supported by the fundraising efforts of schools.  We organise an annual Hillary Memorial Lecture that attracts an audience of 600-700 people.  We have recently introduced a new website and have started to use social media and blogs. We need to reach out to a wider audience and convert our (social) followers and Lecture attendees into (regular) donors. We have to date successfully raised all of the funding for the current projects, but we don’t have specialist backgrounds in fundraising. We know that we could be doing more if we had a trustee with specialist knowledge in that field to help us set our overall fundraising strategy.

We now seek a new trustee with experience in this area to coordinate our activities. 

The nature of the role

HTUK is a small charity which prides itself on keeping administrative costs below 4% of donations.  For this reason we do not employ anyone in an executive role.  It is expected that each trustee will be involved in the general work of the Trust (overseeing the strategy and direction of the organisation, reviewing the activities of our NGOs in Nepal, supporting events etc) and in addition have a specialist role in line with their own experience and qualifications. 

Fundraising specification

To create, implement and manage a fundraising strategy and programme, in consultation with other members of the board, to enable us to increase our income from donors, trusts and other sources of funding.

  • To monitor and adapt this strategy through a process of regular review and discussion.
  • To contribute to the overall strategy and direction of the work of the HTUK
  • To attend two Trust meetings each year (usually in London)
  • To support events and other initiatives as may be organised by the HTUK

The ideal candidate will have

  • Significant experience and proven success in charitable fundraising
  • Experience in successfully attracting new supporters and followers
  • An interest in the country and people of Nepal and is highly motivated to support them
  • Is prepared to roll up their sleeves
  • Enjoys working with others in a team

Rewards of the role

The HTUK trustees are a committed group of people who enjoy each other’s company, support each other’s initiatives and share a strong motivation to meet the aims of the Trust.  There are some dedicated funds to contribute to the expenses of trustees who wish to visit Nepal to support HTUK’s work in the Taplejung area.  Seven trustees have made such visits in recent years and have not only enjoyed the experience immensely but also returned better able to understand and support the work of the Trust.

Company

The Himalayan Trust UK strives to improve the education and health in the mountainous regions of Nepal, particularly in the Taplejung region. Our guiding principles are laid down by Sir Edmund Hillary.

Over the last three decades we have built classrooms and provided vital furniture and equipment, but have never forgotten the importance of quality teaching and school management. We started our teacher and school training work in Khumbu and moved in 2005 to focus on the poorer area of Taplejung. Over the last 20 years we have provided training to over 750 teachers, which has improved the quality of around six million lessons benefiting over 20,000 children. We now have a first generation in Taplejung who are literate and are encouraged to explore through education. The children realise the door to escape poverty has been unlocked through the provision of better education.

Emulating the work of Sir Ed in Khumbu, we introduced our dedicated Health Programme in 2013 to transform community health by encouraging healthier life styles and better use of the available medical care through health education, the rebuild of a health post with birthing centre and scholarships for local women. 

There is plenty more work to be done in our current core projects of Health and Education and with your help we can do even more to continue the work Sir Edmund Hillary started back in 1960. 

Charity No: 1000153

Company info
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Telephone
07770733556
Location
Chilworth Manor
Halfpenny Lane
Chilworth
Surrey
GU4 8NN
GB

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