SPEED-MENTEE REGISTRATION FORM

Please complete the following proforma to provide information relating to your career and current role. This information will be available only to those running the speed mentoring. The section in blue will be shared with your mentors once matches have been made.

Name:

Job title:

Organisation:

E-mail address:

Mobile:

1. Please indicate which speed-mentors you would like to see in order of preference

2. Please provide main responsibilities in your current role as well as a list of previous job roles and

organisations if applicable of attach an up-to-date CV that we can share with your mentor

3. Please describe what you hope to gain through the mentoring scheme

You may or may not have clear ideas on what you would like to address through mentoring, but it is useful to be as aware as possible of what you’d like to achieve. Of course, you will still have the freedom for your aims to shift throughout the mentoring period.

4. Please complete the brief questionnaire below. This is to help you reflect on your priorities so that you can be clear about what you want from the session, and to help us match you with speed mentors.

I can do this well

I need more

practice

I can’t do this

Development priority 1=very

important2=quite

important3=not important

I can prepare and deliver a presentation

I am confident speaking in from of a group of people

I am able to negotiate effectively

I can express my ideas clearly and effectively in writing

I am able to explain issues or tasks to other people

I am confident when discussing issues with people in more senior roles

I manage my time effectively

I am able to prioritise tasks and activities effectively

I am able to define an effective Case for Support

I am able to undertake effective research into the current status of the fundraising marketplace

I can use a variety of different channels to access funds and funders (eg. Grant applications, mailshots, special events etc)

I am competent in the following areas of fundraising:

Identifying an applying to grant-making trusts and foundations

Identifying an applying for donations and/or corporate sponsorship

Identifying an applying for statutory Government funding

Securing regular donations from individuals

Cultivating and managing major donors

Organising fundraising events

Thank you for taking the time to complete this proforma – please return it to info@youngartsfundraisers.org