I am a volunteer fund raiser for a local charity (Wiltshire) for children with special needs. All of my fund raising is home-based (grant applications, letters to local businesses and groups etc) - I can't do 'active' stuff due to disability. I need to raise around £35,000 per year (up from £10,000 when I began in 2001) and I am worried that I will let them down if my health gets worse - or even if it doesn't. For the last few years income and expenditure have been pretty evenly matched and I put quite a few hours in over the whole year.
My role expanded to include some book keeping etc and now I am trying to find out for reserves purposes - how much would it cost the charity to replace me with a paid fund raiser?
And, if we need some extra assistance, how much to get someone to do part of it (half perhaps?)
I realise it's better to have unpaid fundraisers but there is not much chance of another volunteer - as mentioned above my role has expanded as others have left, and parents often say they are guilty they can't help. Parents of members have far too much on their plates already; one of the reasons that our service is so important is lack of support services for children with special needs & their families.
