Stacey Hunt

BA (Hons) Sociology and Media Studies

Roles

• Funding and Development Officer

Responsibilities

Stacey’s primary role as a Funding and Development Officer is to obtain funding from a range of sources to enable the charity's work to continue. She is responsible for writing bids and applications to trusts, foundations and companies, and building ongoing relationships with these funders when the bids are successful. Stacey also supports the charity's amazing volunteer fundraisers in their activities, giving advice on fundraising ideas and techniques, researching and organising places for a range of fundraising events and challenges, and generally helping where she can to make the event a success.

Stacey is also heavily involved in the charity's Up for Reading campaign, organising fundraising packs and supporting the schools, nurseries and other organisations involved. Stacey also deals with a wide range of marketing and publicity activities, as well as aspects of legacy fundraising. 

Background

Stacey studied Sociology and Media Studies at the University of Portsmouth between 2002-5, carrying out several theory based projects on charities and charitable giving in the modern world. She then spent two years in Business administration at a local company in Portsmouth. However, Stacey soon realised that she wanted to put her knowledge, enthusiasm and interest in the area of charitable giving to good use, and started her role as Funding and Development officer at the charity in March 2008.