Midas People

Midas has a team of highly experience fundraising consultants. For further information on all them and for their contact details please follow the links. "Contact person here"

Catherine Farrell

Catherine is a Midas partner and has been fundraising for 13 years. She is an expert in networking, raising money for special projects and running capital appeals. Catherine specialises in trust and major donor fundraising and has also achieved significant success in raising money from Landfill Tax sources for community projects. Catherine is an experienced and driven networker who always reaches her targets and is determined to succeed on behalf of her clients.*** This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Fabienne Poulet

Fabienne is a Midas partner who focuses on statutory funding for UK and international projects. She had a career in sales before becoming a freelance fundraising consultant in 1994 and has worked as a fundraiser for a range of environmental, health and overseas NGOs since then. Fabienne’s main area of expertise is statutory fundraising from the central and local government, the European Commission and occasionally other European governments, as well as lottery and Comic Relief, UK grant-making trusts and European foundations. Fabienne is a trainer for BOND (in-house and open programme) on EC funding as well as the BOND EC funding adviser (including EC contract management) for international development organisations. She also deliver training courese for the IDOX Group (in-house and open programme) on tender writing for UK voluntary organisations. ***  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Martin Shaw

Martin is a Midas partner and has worked with Midas in various capacities since 1995. He specialises in fundraising appeals and has a particular interest in raising money from the corporate sector, events, and the Internet.  He has been a fundraising and management consultant for over twenty two years, and has raised significant sums of money from sources such as the European Commission, the corporate sector and the Lottery. He has worked in multi faith groups and works extensively within the Muslim and other faith communitites, particularly on management and governance issues. ***  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

David Hanley

David joined Midas in 1999, and specialises in capital appeals, trust fundraising and BIG Lottery bids. He worked in the City of London before spending eight years in the Appeals Division of the NSPCC. He is an experienced capital fundraiser, a strategist and an experienced networker.  He is a friendly and relaxed team player who has raised millions of pounds for his clients since he joined Midas.***  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Khalida Hussain 

Khalida joined Midas in 2011 and has been fundraising for 12 years and is our Associate in Scotland.  She has extensive fundraising experience and has raised significant sums of money from sources such as the Big Lottery, Local Authority, BBC Children in Need, Department for International Development (Dfid), Lloyds TSB and smaller trust funds. She has a particular interest in race equality and social justice causes.  Previously she worked for 15 years for a Race Equality Organisation and has held various positions on boards of voluntary organisations.***  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it