Simon Varley
Country Manager
Fractional growth and partnerships lead at Conversr, working with charities to improve supporter engagement and fundraising outcomes through more human, conversational messaging.
He helps fundraising and digital teams move beyond broadcast comms, using SMS and mobile-first journeys to build stronger human relationships, improve retention, and increase lifetime value.
With a background spanning charity, SaaS, nonprofit tech, and commercial growth leadership, he focuses on turning engagement strategy into measurable revenue impact without adding operational complexity.
My Previous Events
On Demand
Digital Fundraising Conference 2026
Cut through the noise, remove overwhelm, and learn the tools, tactics, and strategies to grow your digital fundraising. Join the UK’s largest virtual Digital Fundraising Conference on July 9th 2026
Whatsapp vs SMS
Compare WhatsApp and SMS for supporter engagement and learn how to choose the right mobile messaging strategy to strengthen relationships and improve fundraising results.
Real conversations, real results: How AI-Driven text stewardship can lift fundraising by 20%+
In this fireside chat, Conversr and charity partners PCUK share how AI-driven conversational stewardship is transforming event fundraising.
On Demand
Events Fundraising Conference 2026
Discover how to recruit more events participants and increase ROI at the Events Fundraising Conference 2026.
JustGiving x GivePanel: Fundraising on Facebook, Instagram & TikTok
Leave this session knowing how the JustGiving and GivePanel integration helps your charity to increase fundraiser activations, improve supporter experience and monitor performance in one place.
The evolution of Facebook Challenges and predictions for 2023
GivePanel’s Simon Varley is joined by a panel of fundraising events experts from a number of UK charities to share their thoughts on the evolution of Facebook Challenges and their predictions for the coming year.
Social Fundraising
In this session, Jill O’Herlihy and Simon Varley from GivePanel will show that by embracing social fundraising you can hedge against this.