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NEW Assistant Grants and Trust Fundraiser
On-site | £31,609 Pro Rata | 10 hours a week (2 days a week Wednesday afternoons and Thursdays) | Permanent Contract | Deadline Monday 2nd December 2025
Job Description & Specification
Aid Box Community (ABC) is a Bristol charity that provides hope, love and a sense of belonging to people seeking asylum in Bristol. The charity was started 10 years ago on the Refugee camps in France by a local mum and has grown and evolved to support over 5000 people a year through our Free Shop and Welcome Hub, Activity Groups and Trips and Connections Befriending program. We have 336 volunteers and a fantastic, small team and we are looking for an Assistant Grants and Trusts Fundraiser to join our dedicated team. The job is for 2 days a week and based at the new ABC Hub, St Andrews area, Bristol.
This role would suit someone who has a passion for the plight of refugees, is interested in fundraising, highly organised, with excellent writing skills and attention to detail.
You will work closely with the Grants and Trusts Fundraiser supporting them to raise money from trusts and foundations and to achieve the budget fundraising targets agreed with Trustees. This work will involve researching potential trusts and foundations, through online databases, by reviewing income sources of other similar organisations and using ABC’s networks to uncover lesser-known trusts, often linked to one individual or family. It will also involve researching requirements for these potential trusts and summarising these for the wider organisation. Once a decision has been made to apply to a trust, your work is likely to involve writing parts of the application and collecting the necessary information from other staff as needed. If such an application is successful, you will liaise with the donor to establish their reporting requirements and write reports for the donor that respond to these.
You are likely to work with most of ABC’s staff team including with the Communications and Local Fundraiser whose work may overlap with yours in terms of drafting communications for use by the organisation. Because ABC has a small staff team, you may sometimes be asked to perform duties outside your job description when workloads are heavy.
For full details of the role please read the Job Description and Specification in the link above.
Location: St Bartholomew’s Parish Hall, Sommerville Road, Bristol, BS6 5BX
Duration of work: 10 hours per week – to be worked over 2 days
Start date: Tuesday January 7th 2026
Closing date for applications: 9am Monday 2nd December 2025
How to apply: Please send your CV and cover letter to the Charity Administrator Susan Qazi susan@aidboxcommunity.co.uk
Interview date: Wednesday 9th December 2025.
About Aid Box Community
Our Vision, Mission & Values
Vision - that the rights of refugees and those seeking asylum will be respected so that they have the opportunity to achieve financial and emotional independence.
Mission – to provide a warm welcome to people seeking asylum in Bristol and to offer the support they need to access living essentials, emotional support, recreation, shelter, community, legal advice, health care and employment.
Values – we welcome with open arms all displaced people regardless of their faith, race, ethnicity, culture, age, disability, gender and sexuality and always respecting the principle of equity. We treat everyone with respect, compassion and love and seek to offer hope, advocacy and a space to belong.
Safeguarding Statement
ABC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its service users and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
ABC operates Safeguarding Policies for the purpose of protecting Young People and Vulnerable Adults. All staff members are required to undergo a BASIC or Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service DBS checks depending on their role in the charity.
Statement on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
ABC aims to be anti-discriminatory organisation committed to the promotion of quality and diversity and, in line with the Equality Act 2010. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups and those with lived experience.
We are part of the Experts by Experience Employment Initiative (www.ebeemployment.org.uk). The network supports inclusive recruitment of people with lived experience of the UK asylum or immigration system. If this is your experience, you can find useful resources [www.ebeemployment.org.uk/ebe].