The Giving Heart

Ciara Scallon

The Giving Heart was born of a desire to help charities and communities raise funds that contribute to solving a social problem, to realising dreams or enriching lives. I care especially about the arts, culture, heritage and health. The reward is immeasurable when a  project catches the imagination and delivers on its promise to change or improve lives.

I work with CEO and executive teams in Arts and Health charities to fill short-term resourcing gaps in their organisations on an interim, time or project basis. Using the most appropriate mix of human resources to approach and succeed in the fundraising task with a forensic and fresh perspective can be the difference between rejection and success particularly in today’s challenging funding environment.

As an experienced fundraiser, charity board Trustee, volunteer and donor I comes to the task of strategic income generation with valuable insights into stakeholders’ motivations. Recent successes include awards from national and private charitable trusts including capital bids of £2.8 million and £1 million in match funding as well as smaller but impactful project award grants of £10,000.