Fundraising and brand building for social impact: Ben Lindsay’s insights on tackling violence affecting young people

Fundraising and brand building, alongside developing relationships and partnerships is how Ben Lindsay OBE has successfully founded and grown the charity, Power the Fight, which works to address violence affecting young people. Listen in to learn about the issue and the mixed funding model Ben and is team are developing. 

Episode Keywords:

Youth Violence, Early Intervention, Cultural Sensitivity, Public Health Approach, Zero Exclusions Policy, Fundraising, Brand Building, Marketing, Strategic Networking, Corporate Partners, Social Media, Content Creation, Training, Income Generation.  

Chapters:

(0:00:00) – Violence affecting young people – systemic issues, root causes and early intervention

(0:21:13) – Charity start up, fundraising as a black-led organisation, equity and funding

(0:25:30) – Fundraising and brand, mixed funding model

(0:36:12) - Networking and partnerships, engaging with corporates and high net worth individuals

(0:52:00) - Power to Fight's approach to tackling violence affecting young people

(0:55:50) – Training and income generation

(01:04:11) – Recommended resources.

Ben Lindsay, Founder CEO, Power the Fight

Ben Lindsay OBE is founder CEO of Power The Fight, an award-winning charity, launched in 2019, which tackles violence affecting young people. PTF creates long-term solutions for sustainable change and acts as a link between the community and policy makers.

Winner of the Charity Times 2022 Rising Leader Award and one of The Evening Standard’s Progress 1000 London’s most influential people for 2018, Ben is an experienced presenter, trainer and facilitator with more than 20 years spent working with high risk young people in the field of gangs and serious youth violence.

You can find Ben at Power the Fight UK and on Linkedin and Twitter.

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