Wellbeing & Workplace Culture Consultant
Claire Warner
Claire Warner is a former charity Fundraising Director & Senior Leader, turned Culture & Wellbeing consultant
It was in trying to throw herself back into her beloved Fundraising Director role after 12 months’ treatment for aggressive breast cancer, that Claire realised the focus & memory loss and heart condition side effects she’d been left with after her treatment, plus the life-changing experience of the illness itself, meant a 300% commitment, 50+hours a week Fundraising Director role was no longer an option.
On looking into what others do in this situation, Claire discovered the field of workplace wellbeing, the work of Prof Cary Cooper, the Gallup Organisation and Simon Sinek, and hasn’t looked back since.
In 2018, Claire created her own piece research into the wellbeing of fundraisers and when it concluded in 2019, over 700 fundraisers had taken part. The results of the research were used to devise and inform the work Claire does with organisations and individuals in the charity sector today.
In 2020 Claire won the Best Digital Leader Award at the Social CEOs for the free online programmes she provided for charity sector colleagues through the pandemic, which thus far, have had over 1000 participants.
Today, Claire works on organisational culture and wellbeing projects with charities and offers coaching and mentoring programmes to sector professionals
My Upcoming Events
Thursday 20th November 2025 @ 12:00 GMT
Fundraising Culture & Change Conference 2025
Do you feel overwhelmed or stuck in your career? Or are you surging with ambition and want to know how to navigate progression in an ever-changing environment? The Fundraising Culture & Change conference gives you the skills and networks to grow professionally, and provides support for building safe and supportive teams. Book now to join us in November.
My Previous Events
Disruptor Wellbeing: are you ready?
This session will look at what being at that best entails: how to know when we’ve taken on or are nearing taking on too much; what the basics of self care are and how they are in fact essential to our best, not a distraction from it; and will ask delegates to consider what are the ingredients of YOUR balanced disrupter wellbeing-filled life, and how can you prioritise and achieve them.
What Fundraisers Are Saying About Their Mental Health
Using research conducted in the sector, Claire looks at the most common causes of stress in the sector and how to reduce these and boost your resilience.