Hello,
I have recently joined a small charity, as their first fundraiser. This is a completely new area for me, as I've come from the private sector and I therefore feel a little "naive".
I have been given a target of £50,000 for 2007/8 which includes my own salary. I am applying to various Trusts, in a first instance, but most say they don't fund salaries... I wonder how appropriate it is for the Charity to have employed me and now ask me to find the funds to pay my salary? Surely, this should work the other way round? They must have found the funds first to employ me?
Is this something that I should raise at the next Trustee meeting?? Obviously quite a sensitive issue...
The other option is to find Trusts that do fund salaries, but then they wouldn't fund something that has already been spent??
I am confused....
Many thanks for your thoughts!
Catherine
