I'm an experienced trust fundraiser, and have been wondering for a while about going freelance.
Are any of you, or have you been, a freelance trust fundraiser? I have so many questions! How do you get work (especially outside of London - I'm not in the capital)? How much do you charge and for what types of work? Is there even work out there? Insurance? Would it work doing it part-time? Are charities more forthcoming with project information when they're paying you by the day?!
I enjoy all aspects of trust fundraising - strategy, research, forecasting, writing compelling bids, report-writing, general stewardship and so on - and am good at it. I've brought in small grants and raised six-figure sums. But in my current role, there's nowhere to go from here - no scope for progressing.
I feel stuck and want to broaden and enrich my career. I'd like to have a go at fundraising for some different causes. And I'd like more flexibility with juggling work around my children, especially when they're sick or it's the school holidays. (Freedom from truly exhausting office politics, low team morale, constantly shifting agendas and unproductive meetings would be good too! 
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But I could be romanticising here. We absolutely depend on my income - which is very good in the context of the profession and my location - and so it would be a risk to go it alone. But trust fundraising jobs are rare where I live, outside the capital, so simply finding another job isn't much of an option either.
My main concerns are: would there be enough work and can I earn enough (I need at least £1,200 net a month); is freelancing really as flexible as it sounds; and would I knuckle down and not get distracted at home?
Please come and chat to me (on here or off-board) so I'm not just going round in circles talking to myself about this, while doing nothing to change the status quo! Thanks.