Supporting your team - a manager's guide

Facilitated by Claire Warner Charity Culture, Wellbeing & Leadership Specialist

Aimed at managers | heads of | directors working in fundraising and marcomms leadership roles in UK hospices

Please only sign up for this session if you have line management responsibility

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Managing a team of fundraisers isn’t just about hitting targets - it’s about keeping your people motivated, engaged, and well-supported. Hospice fundraising comes with unique pressures, and as a manager, you play a crucial role in helping your team navigate them.

This practical, interactive workshop will help you:
- Recognise the early signs of stress and burnout in your team
- Create a culture of support, resilience, and psychological safety
- Implement strategies to balance high performance with team wellbeing

With real-life examples, discussion, and actionable takeaways, you’ll leave with the tools and confidence to be a stronger, more effective leader for your fundraisers.

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Claire Warner (she/her) is a Charity Culture, Wellbeing & Leadership Specialist.

Before developing this specialism, Claire had 19 years working in the charity sector, including 10 years in Director / Senior Leader roles. But it was a period of significant unwellbeing (breast cancer) that led Claire to the career change. And it was in conducting a large piece of research into sector wellbeing, that Claire recognised this significant gap in provision and went on to create Lift.

In 2020, Claire won the Best Digital Leader Award at the Social CEO Awards for her wellbeing work during the pandemic. In 2021, she curated the first Charity Workplace Wellbeing Summit and was named as one of Charity Times Magazine’s 20 Pandemic Pioneers.

Claire lives in rural Lancashire with her husband, their two daughters, Rowan the dog and horses Maddie and Bernie.