CHARITY
 
 
Since 2003, when he was invited to be Vice-Chairman of the prestigious British Red Cross London Ball, the British Red Cross’s flagship annual event, James Johnstone has been actively involved in fundraising for the Red Cross and has helped raise nearly £3,000,000.   He was Chairman of the Ball 2004-7 and in that time not only dramatically increased the amount of money raised but also the profile of the Ball.
 
Under his chairmanship the Ball won the following awards:
 
Eventia Awards 2007:  Best Celebratory Event of 2006 for 'The Secret Garden (2006) - Winner
RSVP Awards 2007: Most Creative Use of Theming and Props for ‘The Secret Garden’ (2006) - Winner
RSVP Awards 2007: Most Creative Event of the Year for ‘H20’ (2005) - Highly Commended
Eventia Awards 2006:  Party Of The Year for ‘H20’ (2005) – Highly Commended
Event Awards 2006: Best Overall Event In Any Category for ‘H20’ (2005) – Winner
Event Awards 2006: Most Improved Experiential Campaign for ‘H20’ (2005) – Gold
Event Awards 2006: Best Celebration Event for ‘H20’ (2005) – Gold
Event Awards 2006: Most Effective Event Activity FCMG/Healthcare for ‘H20’ (2005) – Silver
CEA Awards 2005: Most Effective Use Of Budget Award for ‘YAKSHA-YAKSHI’ (2004) – Highly Commended
 
For further information about the Ball visit www.thelondonball.com.
James also now works for the British Red Cross as a Major Donor Consultant, raising money for projects in the UK and throughout the world and would be delighted to answer any enquiries about current British Red Cross projects or how to donate.
 
 
OTHER CHARITY-RELATED WORK
James has advised or raised funds for organisations including the following:
  1. The Citizens Foundation
  2. Freemasons Grand Charity Conference
  3. Christian Aid
  4. Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research
  5. Save the Children (Festival of Trees)
  6. Fairbridge
  7. Help For Heroes
  8. Al Madad Foundation
  9. Education for All Morocco
  10. The Queen Mother’s Memorial Fund
  11. Why Not?
  12. Give A Future (member of the Advisory Board)
  13. Bonding For Good (member of the Advisory Board)
  14. Goldman Sachs (fundraising event)
  15. Training For Life
  16. aAIM (set up fundraising event)
  17. South West Hospice
  18. The Prince of Wales Arts & Kids Foundation
  19. Help Centre (Saudi Arabia)
  20. Lake Turkana Fishing Boat Appeal (see photo below)
  21. RAFT
  22. Starfish Greathearts Foundation
 
If you or your organisation would like help with your fundraising  then do get in touch.
 
James has also been a speaker at a number of events including several highly rated appearances at the Institute of Fundraising’s National Conferences.
 
 
Lake Turkana 2007: Fishermen trying out their new boat. This is one of ten new boats. Each boat is shared by 10 fishermen, providing their families with food and a source of income.
 
British Red Cross London Ball 2007:  Raising money!
(Bob Jones/ExPress Pictures.co.uk)
 
 
‘Excellent and entertaining! - James should be a protected species or a Red Cross “treasure” or something!  No one wanted to leave this session!’  
(Post-workshop appraisal written by a delegate to the International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies’ International Fundraising Conference)
 
‘Really inspiring!’
‘Passionate, mesmerising and spoke a lot of sense’
‘Quality of the information was excellent’
‘Very entertaining’
‘Hilarious and brilliant!’
‘He was amazing - very charismatic but talked great sense too’
(Appraisals from 2009 Event Managers Forum)
 
‘Everyone thought you were extremely entertaining and said it was well worth attending the conference just to hear you’
(Event organiser of the Freemasons Grand Charity Conference 2009)
 
British Red Cross London Ball 2006:  Raising Money!
(Alan Davidson/ThePictureLibraryLtd.net)
British Red Cross London Ball 2004:  Raising Money!
British Red Cross London Ball 2005:  Raising Money!