UGB160 Essential Study and Employment Skills Fundraising Report

This report details a fundraising project aimed at supporting the Teenage Cancer Trust. It begins with an introduction to cancer and its impact, followed by an audit and evaluation of key skills such as teamwork, communication, and research. The report includes an analysis of planning, decision-making, and problem-solving abilities, along with a personal development plan. It also presents a SWOT analysis, highlighting strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats related to the project. The reflection section describes the project, societal feelings, and the evaluation phase, leading to a conclusion that emphasizes the importance of understanding societal problems when writing proposals for charity. The report concludes with a call to action and references relevant literature.

FUNDRAISING TO SUPPORT
TEENAGE CANCER TRUST
Introduction
Cancer is a term used to refer to a large group of ailments that affect any part of the body, whether
internal or external. Scholars attribute it to be the result of gene mu or chromosomal mutation,
leading to uncontrolled multiplication of cells. It is is associated with over 100 disease categories,
with varying features like uncoordinated growth and spread of cells caused by a stream of genetic
mutations lading to suppressed control capability, genotypic incoordination and metastasis (Kerr,
Tsao, Nicholson, Yatabe, Wistuba, Hirsch and IASLC Pathology Committee, 2015).

2.0 AUDIT AND EVALUATION OF KEY SKILLS
• Teamwork: refers to the ability to work in collaboration with others. It
is one of the skills that is critical to enable people to complete their
tasks efficiently successfully within the set timelines.
• Communications: this is the process of conveying information from
one point to another. For the purposes of the project, it refers to the
ability to pass information to others as it is without altering meaning
to give insight into well-wishers concerning the problem.
• Research: Research skill is one of the instrumental tools needed for
writing a proper funding proposal. It is through this platform the
researcher sets out the parameters for requesting for the finances.
Similarly, one is able to identify the strides made by others hence can
either forge a new field of problems to eradicate or improve the
existing conditions as set out by others .

Key skills of competency
• Planning: I had come up with a plan that was
tailored for a first timer, to guide the team
throughout the fundraising period with insights into
practical activities to prepare us for the actual work.
• Decision-making: The ability to be firm in terms of
principles and flexible in discussion to come up with
a unanimous stand as far as the team is concerned
is an effective way to gain loyalty (Suor, Sturge‐
Apple, Davies, and Cicchetti, 2017).

Other skills to be analysed
• Problem solving: This kind of case study is a
good opportunity to enable learners to
conceptualize the skills learnt in class by app
• Organization: Proper coordination was
necessary to ensure careful consideration of
all factors affecting the success of the
projectlying them in real-life situation.

Development record of accomplishment
• Ability to participate in discussions pitching up
professional organizations
• actively participate in research and write a
professional report as proposed by Quinlan,
Babin, Carr and Griffin (2019).
• improved performance in class and in the field of
work
• ability to accomplish assigned tasks within the
stipulated time

3.0 The areas for development and the avenues for improvement to be pursued in the
PDP. And the SWOT Analysis
• Teamwork: There is need to enhance my
teamwork skills to be able to trust others that
they can perform as per the required
guidelines.
• Research: The quantity of research that was
conducted in the group was not sufficient to
provide enough information about the project
• Planning: Planning was not done properly.

Personal development plan
• To cover areas of priority
• Current proficiency
• Development opportunity available
• The criteria for ascertaining success in the
training process

The SWOT analysis
• Weaknesses: The whole team had an improperly
designed career development plan.
• Opportunities: In accordance with Deal et al. (2016),
one of the opportunities that the team could benefit
from was the presence of common challenges which
team members are aware of. of cancer in the society.
• Threats: The group had limited resources that could
not be enough to execute the activities of the team
within the set deadlines.

REFLECTION
• Project description: the manner in which the group members described
the project was astonishing.
• The feelings of the society: during public participation to ascertain what
was actually ailing the community, we realized that people were happy,
saving and investing in development activities.
• The evaluation phase: I would not be able to accomplish the task had it
not been for the professional assistance from our supervisor.
• Conclusions: based on the findings from the community opinion leaders
and contribution from the members of the society, all members agreed
to come up with a project that was intended to help a particular group
of the society that had been overlooked by most organizations.
• Call to action:

4.0 CONCLUSION
• Writing proposal for charity requires a deeper
understanding of the problems affecting the
society. Effective project design also requires a
deep insight into the problems affecting the
community in the ground. Based on the result
of the funds drive, people the world over are
motivated to contribute towards helping
cancer patients (Haugen, 2017. 2015) .

References
• Haugen, B.R., 2017. 2015 American Thyroid Association management guidelines for adult
patients with thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer: what is new and what has
changed?. Cancer, 123(3), pp.372-381.
• Kerr, K.M., Tsao, M.S., Nicholson, A.G., Yatabe, Y., Wistuba, I.I., Hirsch, F.R. and IASLC
Pathology Committee, 2015. Programmed death-ligand 1 immunohistochemistry in lung
cancer: in what state is this art?. Journal of thoracic oncology, 10(7), pp.985-989.
• Deal, E.N., Stranges, P.M., Maxwell, W.D., Bacci, J., Ashjian, E.J., DeRemer, D.L., Kane Gill, S.L.,‐
Norgard, N.B., Dombrowski, L., Parker, R.B. and American College of Clinical Pharmacy, 2016.
The importance of research and scholarly activity in pharmacy training. Pharmacotherapy:
The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy, 36(12), pp.e200-e205.
• Quinlan, C., Babin, B., Carr, J. and Griffin, M., 2019. Business research methods. South
Western Cengage.
• Suor, J.H., Sturge Apple, M.L., Davies, P.T. and Cicchetti, D., 2017. A life history approach to‐
delineating how harsh environments and hawk temperament traits differentially shape
children's problem solving skills.‐ Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58(8), pp.902-
909.