Aug 18, 2026 · 43 min · 14 segments
Moira joined the Orpheus centre in summer 2016 and is the Chief Operating officer. She brings over 20 years of experience in fundraising, marketing and communications across the charity sector…
Chantal BakerHost
Matthew BakerHostYes.
I would imagine that that's a lot more difficult for charitable organizations where you haven't got, like, a major client base where you've got money coming in from work and things like that.
Do you find that a lot of your time is involved in fundraising, or how does- How does that work?
I spend less of my time fundraising now than I used to.
Um, but I do still head up our communications team, so I work with them on, on marketing and really getting our message out to a ...
We have a big network of supporters.
Um, as, as you said, you know, we've, we've been around for a while in the area-
... and people are an amazing, um, support to us.
Uh, we do get some funding from local authorities.
We get some central government funding through the Department of Education, but about a third of our income is, um, through charitable donations and, uh, our amazing network of donors and volunteers.
And do you find that now that a lot of people are more suffering with potential recessions or economic climates and things like that, that your funding from donations does affect that, is affected by it?
Uh, that's a really good question, and obviously, hm, one of the most difficult things about being a bus- in business at the moment is it's kind of the uncertainty-
... and the economic challenges.
Um, but I am very much a, a solutions-focused person, [laughs] so I'd always say there's a way round.
There's a ways and a means, and maybe you need to reach more people so you can have smaller donations, but at the same time, the, the pot as a whole stays the same.
So I think it's always trying to be adapt to the circumstances.
That's what I'd say.
Yes.
I would imagine that that's a lot more difficult for charitable organizations where you haven't got, like, a major client base where you've got money coming in from work and things like that.
Do you find that a lot of your time is involved in fundraising, or how does- How does that work?
I spend less of my time fundraising now than I used to.
Um, but I do still head up our communications team, so I work with them on, on marketing and really getting our message out to a ...
We have a big network of supporters.
Um, as, as you said, you know, we've, we've been around for a while in the area-
... and people are an amazing, um, support to us.
Uh, we do get some funding from local authorities.
We get some central government funding through the Department of Education, but about a third of our income is, um, through charitable donations and, uh, our amazing network of donors and volunteers.
And do you find that now that a lot of people are more suffering with potential recessions or economic climates and things like that, that your funding from donations does affect that, is affected by it?
Uh, that's a really good question, and obviously, hm, one of the most difficult things about being a bus- in business at the moment is it's kind of the uncertainty-
... and the economic challenges.
Um, but I am very much a, a solutions-focused person, [laughs] so I'd always say there's a way round.
There's a ways and a means, and maybe you need to reach more people so you can have smaller donations, but at the same time, the, the pot as a whole stays the same.
So I think it's always trying to be adapt to the circumstances.
That's what I'd say.
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