TGA: Background and Fee Structures

gillassociates.com was founded by Trevor Gill in 1996. Previous to this Trevor worked in senior management positions for a number of voluntary organisations in London and Northern Ireland including a 10 year period as Senior Fundraising Manager of a Northern Ireland mental health consortium and a spell as the senior staff member of a London based charity and grant making trust for homeless people. In all Trevor has over 20 years experience of working in the not for profit sector.

Trevor's academic and professional qualifications include an undergraduate Bachelor in Education from Queen's University Belfast and a Master of Arts in Marketing from the University of Ulster. He has served on the management committee of the Institute of Fundraising's Northern Ireland branch as well as acting as a guest speaker at three of the Institute's Annual Conferences and leading a number of fundraising workshops for Institute members. Trevor received a Millennium Fellowship Award in 2002. In addition to his work in managing TGA, he is a Grants Assessor for a number of major grant awarding bodies.

TGA clients have included Barnardo's Northern Ireland, the Scout Association NI Scout Council, the Simon Community Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Association for Mental Health and PAPA, Northern Ireland's Autism Charity. TGA clients range from large regional organisations to smaller, local community and church based organisations. In 2003, Trevor and local consultant Alice Garrad founded 'Training People' - a consultancy providing top quality training in fundraising and personal development issues for not for profit organisations.

TGA fees are negotiable and can be organised on an hourly basis, a 'per project' basis or through a retainer contract system. TGA fees are highly competitive!