We understand that raising money for charitable purposes is difficult at the best of times, let alone during an economic crisis where the purse strings are particularly tight. We work with both the voluntary sector and commercial entities in putting together fundraising strategies to generate income and effectively raise the cause profile. If you are looking for some creative and quirky input to maximise the success of your fundraising activities, contact us today – we are happy to arrange an initial scoping meeting to determine where we could add value to a new or existing strategy.

CIOTEK Ltd are affiliated with 2 charitable organisations and currently support their ongoing promotional and fundraising activities through strategy development, implementation and profile raising. The Swansea & Gower Cancer Self Help Group, and The James Whale Fund for Kidney Cancer have benefited from our input over the past 5 years – taking on board the advisory support provide in relation to creating a strong, positive and successful fundraising strategy. CIOTEK Ltd have also worked with The Mullany Fund in establishing their processes, procedures and fundraising strategy, as well as various social enterprises which rely heavily on public funding and private donations to continue their work and maintain the positive community benefit. For further details, visit www.swanseagowercancerselfhelpgroup.co.uk, www.jameswhalefund.org, www.themullanyfund.org.

Contact us today – we can help with:

• Awareness raising campaigns
• Promotional strategy development
• Fundraising Ideas and Activities
• Promotional literature design and distribution
• Processes and procedures for fundraising operations
• Online promotional activities for events
• Legacy supporter campaigns

If, like us, you realise that your volunteers and paid staff are key to the success of your business, you will be keen to nurture them, inspire them and, more importantly, hold onto them. Integrating processes and procedures to ensure your team feel motivated, valued and encouraged is paramount in retaining your most valuable resource. We can help identify the driving force behind each team member, and support you in developing and implementing an appropriate HR Development strategy. We utilise the Investors in People framework as an effective performance improvement tool, developing staff and enhancing operations through the core resource – the people.As accredited Investors in People advisors, we can work with the management team and employees within your organisation in pursuing Investors in People accreditation – a mark of excellence in people management and an effective business model in generating positive and continuous improvements.

Whether you employ volunteers or paid members of staff, creating an environment in which they feel valued, motivated and enthused is key to retaining and also attracting the right people to positively represent your brand and promote your offering. Providing development support, advice and guidance can significantly impact your bottom line – investing in continual professional and personal development activities for both management and staff can increase efficiency, enhance performance and promote a positive working environment.

As contracted Human Resource Development Advisors with the Welsh Government, CIOTEK Ltd are able to work with eligible businesses on a full/part funded basis, supporting them in identifying areas for improvement, developing an action plan to address HR weaknesses, and obtain funding for training activities to minimise any skills gaps. Offering your volunteers the opportunity to learn and acquire new skills as they work can be a real boost – providing training can be a way of giving something back to your volunteers.

If you want your team to operate effectively, with 100% commitment to the organisation and a passion for promoting your charity’s mission, contact CIOTEK Ltd today to discuss how we might support you in this quest. We can offer guidance in relation to developing performance management procedures, individual profile and skills needs analysis, learning plan development, team building activities plus methods for employee engagement to ensure you attract and retain the right volunteers for your organisation.

Our support for your business development and growth plans starts with a clear purpose and direction. An agreed purpose and direction which has a small number of specific objectives. Objectives which are measurable and achievable, with carefully planned resources and timescales to support their achievement.

In practice we will help you understand exactly what you need to do to achieve the business development or growth that you are seeking. Our role is to provide you and your management team with the route map to success.

Our support for your charity development starts with a clear purpose, direction and small number of specific objectives which are measurable and achievable. We will work with you to carefully plan the required resources and timescales to support the achievement of these goals.

In practice we will help you understand exactly what you need to do to achieve the charity development or growth that you are seeking. Our role is to provide you and your management team with the route map to success.

Our feasibility studies are designed to provide you and your management team with the information on which you can confidently take actions and make clear decisions.

We have a successful track record in the development of elegant feasibility studies, designed to gather the key information that you need to move forward. Our feasibility studies provide cold hard facts together with relevant views and opinions, delivered from an impartial, professional and independent viewpoint.

Working with you, we produce creative and imaginative ways forward supported by a practical action plan to deliver the solutions you are seeking.