Steamship Shieldhall is seeking to appoint an experienced Fundraiser to help secure The National Lottery Heritage Fund (Heritage Fund) Delivery Phase application for the “Steamship Shieldhall: towards 2055, the next 10 years” project. This is a consultancy appointment.
The Fundraiser will work closely with the Shieldhall team to develop an Activity Plan which is in accordance with the Heritage Fund’s Activity Planning Good Practice Guidelines (2024). SS Shieldhall is the country’s last steam powered cargo and passenger ship and the largest operational steamship in Europe.
Shieldhall is unique and of recognised national significance as one of just 200 vessels forming the National Historic Fleet. She is berthed year-round in Southampton and welcomes passengers and visitors on board from 110 Berth in the Western Docks. She is capable of carrying up to 220 passengers and from spring to autumn each year she operates a programme of public sailings ranging from two hour trips to full day cruises. She is also open for occasional alongside events, and is available for private charters and for hire for training activities, meetings, functions and filming. In 2024/25 the ship welcomed 4,000 paying passengers on board.
The charity is wholly run and led by volunteers and has an active volunteer base of more than 100. The full Invitation to Tender can be downloaded from the Shieldhall Website https://ss-shieldhall.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ITT-Fundraising-CP08032026.pdf or can be requested from joanna.w@conservationplus.org
Closing date PDF ITT Fundraising CP08032026.pdf Job type Contract QualificationsExperience required:
- Successful fundraising for NLHF-funded projects of a similar scale.
- Writing successful Fundraising Strategies for similar sized projects.
- Working with heritage organisations with a large volunteer base.
- Good knowledge of the National Lottery Heritage Fund grant process.