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 “As the Chairman of Martin House I would have no hesitation in recommending Paddy most warmly.  He has helped us raise essential funds for our Teenage Unit by directing the appeal that has reached its £2.2 million target. Apart from being effective and knowledgeable he is actually, and perhaps more importantly, a sensitive and understanding individual and this affects the way he works. He has been most understanding in knowing when to keep a low profile and in dealing with Martin House he has respected the wishes of staff, parents and children.” 

 “We needed to raise £2.6 million to build a day centre for homeless people and had no idea where to start when we met Paddy.  He soon sorted us out by systemising what we had to do. He learnt all about the charity and what we wanted to do, wrote out our ‘case for support’, helped us with the costings for the project and then worked with us laying out our capital appeal strategy.  I was particularly impressed by how he insisted on meeting some of the homeless people themselves on his own and chatting to them about their lives and their issues. He then helped us recruit the lord lieutenant as an appeal patron, a chairman for our appeal committee and then the other members of that committee. This was the cornerstone to the whole appeal and from that time, with Paddy’s advice, we were able to raise the appeal total and build the day centre.”  

 “Paddy helped us with our appeal to raise £1.5 million towards our largest project ever costing some £7.5 million. In his time here, he has been thoroughly professional, showing expertise and knowledge in all areas of fundraising, but especially with supporting our efforts in raising £850,000 from trusts and foundations. The networking he undertook unearthed over 100 contacts with people ranging from local landowners to trustees of some of the UK’s largest trusts.  It was a pleasure to work with Paddy, his passion and enthusiasm shines through at all times and, above all, he completely understands the ways of funders and the voluntary sector. Many thanks.” 

 “I just wanted to thank you both [Paddy and Heidi] for being at the launch of our brand new £1.2 million building yesterday. When we engaged you three years ago you embraced our project and our ethos and became part of our organisation believing passionately in Homelink and the service we provide. Starting with a £760,000 grant from the Department of Health and then with other grants and pledges we knew we would succeed with this appeal. Thank you for everything, we could not have got to where we are today without your help. We believe that we have been very lucky to find you and you have both proven your weight in gold." 

 “Paddy is helping us with our £21 million re-development appeal.  We have raised £14 million so far from statutory and similar bodies and Paddy is now showing us how to approach prospective major donors and how to maximise on trusts and foundations.  We are impressed with how he is overseeing the fundraising department and how he is taking a lead on the activities while, at the same time, is transferring his skills and experience to the team.” 

 "Paddy worked with us for a period of over a year. His methodology includes spending a good amount of his consultancy time actually with his clients and their prospects and with us there was no exception to this. He travelled up to us every fortnight for a two-day visit, staying in an inexpensive B&B, and was really part of the team at our Coventry offices.   He worked well with the staff and volunteers and networked thoroughly - he even managed to recruit all the lord lieutenants for each of our five counties where we work. Furthermore he was instrumental in recruiting the appeal chairman and asking and receiving from him a leading gift of £360,000. "