David Dixon Associates is the UK's premier arts fundraising and marketing consultancy, helping cultural organisations to maximise income through building long-term and profitable relationships with their visitors, customers, donors, and other key stakeholders. Led by David Dixon and Rick Holland CFRE, DDA offers each of our clients decades of fundraising and marketing experience, as well as the unique combination of expertise that comes from working in the United States of America, Europe, and the United Kingdom. The complementary skills of our consultants ensure that David Dixon Associates offers a wide range of services and support, including: Sponsorship and fundraising audits Fundraising feasibility studies for capital and annual campaigns Development and sponsorship strategies Research & evaluation Strategic planning Funding application and proposal writing Customer retention and loyalty strategies Brand audits and rebranding methodologies Marketing and communications strategies Audience development plans Training and executive coaching In addition, DDA's Fundraising & Development Healthchecks are powerful diagnostic tools which provide a snapshot of your organisation's performance in fundraising and customer relationship management. Clients and associated companies include the Royal Shakespeare Company, Tyne & Wear Museums, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse, Welsh National Opera, Audiences Central, the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Opera North, mac, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Theatre Royal Norwich, Northern Ballet Theatre, Tyneside Cinema, Pennsylvania's State Theatre, New Mexico's Explora! Science Center and Children's Museum, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, The Lowry, and Roses Theatre Tewkesbury. David Dixon was a senior Fundraising Manager at Oxfam before joining the Oxford Playhouse Theatre as Development Director in 1991. At the Playhouse he pioneered fundraising techniques which were new to the cultural sector and in 1993 he set up David Dixon Associates to bring these techniques to the wider cultural and heritage sector. Rick Holland CFRE is one of only a handful of professionals in the UK to be awarded the CFRE (Certified Fund-Raising Executive) credential. Rick's background includes arts and cultural organisations in his native USA, and since coming to the UK in 2005 he has worked with clients in the UK and Europe. Visit us at www.ddassociates.co.uk or call us at +44 7867 814 690 for an initial chat. There's no obligation, so what are you waiting for?