Head of Fundraising, Deborah Roe

Winner

National Institute of Fundraising Award for the
Best Up and Coming Fundraiser 2007

This award aims to encourage those who are still relatively new to fundraising, and who have shown aptitude, ability and success beyond their experience.

Deborah joined the Scottish Spina Bifida Association in July 2004 with no previous fundraising experience, and almost immediately found her overall target doubled to £500,000. In less than three years she has helped to secure Gordon Ramsay as Patron and created the 'Gordon Ramsay Buy a Brick' appeal to raise funds for a new build Scottish Family Support Centre.

The Centre was completed in April 2006 and the £250K deficit which had led to her target being doubled, was raised in less than nine months.She also exceeded the core revenue targets in 2004/05 and 2005/06 and is likely to be on target to do the same in 2006/07. RoI for core fundraising has now increased from 1:2 to 1:3 by tripling income from trusts and volunteer fundraising.