We are delighted to announce our new Chair today. Richard Taylor, the Outgoing Chair of the Board, will pass on the baton to Luke Mallett, who was appointed as the charity’s incoming Chair last month following an extensive search during Autumn. We thank Richard Taylor, our outgoing Chair, for ... [Continue Reading]
A Mentee’s perspective: Nick Sankey
We’ve been asking our mentees to share, in their own words, their experience of The Elischer Foundation’s mentoring programme. Here’s what Nick Sankey had to say… Tell us a bit about yourself... When I started the programme, I was Director of Fundraising at Pratham UK - I am now Executive ... [Continue Reading]
Creating a Legacy through Partnership
We are delighted to be working with Legacy Futures on our upcoming mentoring programme for 2024/25! Our mentoring programme is for fundraising leaders from any discipline who want to take the next steps on their leadership journey. But in our conversations with Legacy Futures we identified ... [Continue Reading]
A Mentee’s Perspective: Emma Leiper Finlayson
We've been asking our mentees to share, in their own words, their experience of The Elischer Foundation's mentoring programme. Here's what Emma Leiper Finlayson had to say... 1. Tell us a bit about yourself. My name is Emma and I've recently wrapped up seven years at Sue Ryder, where i held ... [Continue Reading]
Renaming Our Charity
On the one-year anniversary of the death of our wonderful founder Nicky Elischer, we have decided to mark the occasion by renaming our Charity. The Tony Elischer Foundation was set up in 2017 by Nicky shortly after her husband Tony passed away. Tony was a high-profile speaker, consultant and ... [Continue Reading]
Manager or Leader: Spot the Difference
Recognising and understanding the differences between management and leadership qualities is not always easy. Two of our mentees, Sabrina Nixon and Karen Searle, explore this in a bit more detail and share top tips to help navigate the journey to leadership. Hello! We’re Karen and Sabrina, ... [Continue Reading]
Making the most of mentoring
A good mentoring relationship can be transformational in many ways bringing confidence, knowledge and clarity to your professional life. The mentees on our programme can testify to this but would also point out that the results come about due to a lot of effort and input from both the mentor and the ... [Continue Reading]
Say yes to saying no….
Translating the energy of a conference into practical learning and action which is woven into your working life can be hard to achieve and this is even more of a challenge in 2020. Two TEF mentees have been determined to apply their learning from attending the 2020 Institute of Fundraising ... [Continue Reading]
Five priorities when the future is unclear
Translating the energy of a conference into practical learning and action which is woven into your working life can be hard to achieve and this is even more of a challenge in 2020. Two TEF mentees have been determined to apply their learning from attending the 2020 Institute of Fundraising ... [Continue Reading]
Don’t worry too much about being consistent!
Not another Covid related blog, I hear you cry, followed by ….please, at least say something different. Like you, I’m becoming weary of hearing about the “new normal” not knowing what it means, other than the prospect of fewer people working in central offices. Is that it, really is ... [Continue Reading]