NFP WORKSHOPS
Affordable Training Courses
18 Blake Street, York YO1 8QG 01133 280988
Bid Writing: The Basics
ONLINE VIA ZOOM COST £95.00
TOPICS COVERED
Do you know the most common reasons for rejection? Are you gathering the right
evidence? Are you making the right arguments? Are you using the right
terminology? Are your numbers right? Are you learning from rejections? Are you
assembling the right documents? Do you know how to create a clear and concise
standard funding bid?
Are you communicating with people or just excluding them? Do you know your own
organisation well enough? Are you thinking through your projects carefully
enough? Do you know enough about your competitors? Are you answering the
questions funders will ask themselves about your application? Are you
submitting applications correctly?
PARTICIPANTS
Staff members, volunteers, trustees or board members of charities, schools, not
for profits or public sector organisations who intend to submit grant funding
applications to charitable grant making trusts and foundations. People who
provide advice to these organisations are also welcome.
Bid Writing: Advanced
ONLINE VIA ZOOM COST £95.00
TOPICS COVERED
Are you applying to the right trusts? Are you applying to enough trusts? Are
you asking for the right amount of money? Are you applying in the right ways?
Are your projects the most fundable projects?
Are you carrying out trust fundraising in a professional way? Are you
delegating enough work? Are you highly productive or just very busy? Are you
looking for trusts in all the right places?
How do you compare with your competitors for funding? Is the rest of your
fundraising hampering your bids to trusts? Do you understand what trusts are
ideally looking for?
PARTICIPANTS
Staff members, volunteers, trustees or board members of charities, schools, not
for profits or public sector organisations who intend to submit grant funding
applications to charitable grant making trusts and foundations. People who
provide advice to these organisations are also welcome.
BID WRITING: THE BASICS
Mon 08 Feb 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Mon 22 Feb 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Mon 08 Mar 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Mon 22 Mar 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Mon 12 Apr 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Mon 26 Apr 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
BID WRITING: ADVANCED
Tue 09 Feb 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Tue 23 Feb 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Tue 09 Mar 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Tue 23 Mar 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Tue 13 Apr 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Tue 27 Apr 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Recruiting and Managing Volunteers
Where do you find volunteers? How do you find the right volunteers? How do you
attract volunteers? How do you run volunteer recruitment events? How do you
interview volunteers? How do you train volunteers? How do you motivate
volunteers? How do you involve volunteers? How do you recognise volunteers? How
do you recognise problems with volunteers? How do you learn from volunteer
problems? How do you retain volunteers? How do you manage volunteers? What
about volunteers and your own staff? What about younger, older and employee
volunteers?
ONLINE VIA ZOOM COST £95
Wed 10 Mar 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Thu 13 May 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Major Donor Fundraising
Major Donor Characteristics, Motivations and Requirements. Researching and
Screening Major Donors. Encouraging, Involving and Retaining Major Donors.
Building Relationships with Major Donors. Major Donor Events and Activities.
Setting Up Major Donor Clubs.Asking For Major Gifts. Looking After and
Reporting Back to Major Donors. Delivering on Major Donor Expectations. Showing
Your Appreciation to Major Donors. Fundraising Budgets and Committees.
ONLINE VIA ZOOM COST £95
Wed 10 Feb 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Wed 14 Apr 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Thu 10 Jun 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Corporate Fundraising
Who are these companies? Why do they get involved? What do they like? What can
you get from them? What can you offer them? What are the differences between
donations, sponsorship, advertising and cause related marketing? Are companies
just like trusts? How do you find these companies? How do you research them?
How do you contact them? How do you pitch to them? How do you negotiate with
them? When should you say no? How do you draft contracts? How do you manage the
relationships? What could go wrong? What are the tax issues? What are the legal
considerations?
ONLINE VIA ZOOM COST £95
Mon 01 Mar 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Capital Campaigns
What is a capital campaign? Is it just for buildings? What about endowments?
What about new projects? How should we estimate the costs of the project
itself? How should we estimate the annual operating costs? How should we
calculate the resources required to fundraise those amounts? Should we setup a
campaign committee? Should we recruit campaign volunteers? How should we manage
and co-ordinate the campaign? Would story telling help the campaign? How should
we set targets and timetables? How should we find donors? How should we
motivate donors? How should we recognise donors? What should we do next after a
capital campaign?
ONLINE VIA ZOOM COST £95
Tue 02 Mar 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Legacy Fundraising
Why do people make legacy gifts? What are the ethical issues? What are the
regulations? What are the tax issues? What are the statistics? What are the
trends? How can we integrate legacy fundraising into our other fundraising?
What are the sources for research? How should we set a budget? How should we
evaluate our results? How should we forecast likely income? Should we use
consultants? How should we build a case for support? What media and marketing
channels should we use? What about in memory giving? How should we setup our
admin systems? What are the common problems & pitfalls?
ONLINE VIA ZOOM COST £95
Wed 03 Mar 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Running Fundraising Events
What are our aims and objectives? Where can we find ideas for new events? How
should we research our supporters? How should we find a venue? What are the
risks? How should we manage those risks? How should we set a budget? How should
we organise for catering and entertainment? How should we build a team? How
should we negotiate with suppliers? How can we best prepare? How can we best
manage on the day? How should we publicise the event? What are the legal
requirements? What are the health and safety issues? What are the common
problems and pitfalls?
ONLINE VIA ZOOM COST £95
Thu 04 Mar 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Recruiting & Working With Trustees
Why do we need trustees? Who do we need as trustees? How big should our board
be? Is our board diverse? What is the role of our board? Where should we
advertise? How many applications do we need? How should we shortlist? How
should we interview? What induction should we provide? Should we pay expenses?
How should board meetings be run? How should conflicts of interest be handled?
Should committees be set up? How should we review performance? How should we
explain our finances? What are the common problems and pitfalls?
ONLINE VIA ZOOM COST £95
Fri 05 Mar 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Being A Better Trustee
Why should I become a trustee? How do I become a trustee? What should I expect?
How can I best understand the organisation? How can I best understand the staff
and the volunteers? How can I best understand about finance? Will I be
accountable? Will I be liable? Will I be on committees? Will I have a code of
conduct? How will I measure my performance? How will I measure my
effectiveness? How will others assess my performance and effectiveness? Will I
be able to make a difference?
ONLINE VIA ZOOM COST £95
Fri 12 Mar 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Community Fundraising
What is Community Fundraising? How can we develop a community fundraising plan?
Do we need a communications plan? How could we best manage all the data? Should
we be planning ahead? How can we best encourage fundraising activities? What is
the best way to organise events? How should we manage fundraising volunteers?
How can we engage with community groups? Do we need to engage with local
businesses?
ONLINE VIA ZOOM COST £95
Mon 15 Mar 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Writing For Work & The Web
Why care about words? How should I prepare? How can I create readable sections?
Is it only me that suffers writer’s block? Am I really writing in plain
English? How should I choose my words? How are letters, memos and emails
different? How is the internet different? What are the essential points of
grammar? What are the ingredients of a good report? How long should reports be?
How should I write for presentations?
ONLINE VIA ZOOM COST £95
Tue 16 Mar 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Time Management, Delegation & Meetings
Where does my time actually go? Am I good at estimating how long a new task
will take? Could I be better at prioritising? Are interruptions disrupting me?
Do I know what others expect of me? Why delegate at all? How much should I
delegate? What is the best way of deciding which tasks to delegate? Who should
I delegate to? What about mistakes? Do you need meetings? What makes for an
effective meeting? Do you need minutes taken? What makes a good chair? Are
participants actually participating?
ONLINE VIA ZOOM COST £95
Wed 17 Mar 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Delivering Presentations
What are my objectives? What is a good audience? What is a bad audience? Am I
ready for an off day? How should I gather topics? How should I select and
structure? Am I ready for opening and closing? What about my tone? What about
my gestures? What about my jokes? Should I use visual aids? How should I use
visual aids? How should I deal with questions and interruptions?
ONLINE VIA ZOOM COST £95
Thu 18 Mar 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Leadership
What are the leadership strategies available? Are our leadership behaviours the
best ones? How should we assess the effectiveness of our team? Who is the team
leader? Why was the team leader appointed? Who exactly is in the team? How have
they been recruited? How is the team structured? How are the team members
rewarded? Is the team working well? How can we best develop the team? Are team
meetings making things better?
ONLINE VIA ZOOM COST £95
Fri 19 Mar 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
GDPR & Data Protection
What are the key elements of Data Protection? Who are data controllers? What
does Lawful Basis mean? What are the six principles of data protection? What
rights do data subjects have? How should we respond to Subject Access Requests?
Within service delivery what are the data protection issues? What are the data
protection issues within fundraising? How should staff records be maintained?
Who are the ICO? What do the ICO do?
ONLINE VIA ZOOM COST £95
Thu 25 Mar 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Public Relations & Publicity
What is Public Relations? How is it different to Publicity? How can I create a
good press release? How can I stand out? What are the common copyrighting
mistakes? How should I choose between direct mail, advertising and online
advertising? How can I research media contacts? Could I write and publish
articles? Should I try to get on TV or Radio? Should I arrange press
conferences? Are newsletters worthwhile? What about Posters and Leaflets? What
makes a great image? How can I evaluate my work?
ONLINE VIA ZOOM COST £95
Fri 26 Mar 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Coaching & Mentoring
What is coaching? What is mentoring? What is the difference between the two?
What are the benefits of coaching? Which coaching style should I use? Am I
asking the right questions? Am I listening? How should I set goals? How can I
best obtain feedback? How can I avoid the pitfalls of coaching? How should I
ensure objectivity? Am I being challenging enough? How can I evaluate the
results?
ONLINE VIA ZOOM COST £95
Mon 29 Mar 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
Training For Trainers
How should I assess training needs? What are the venues considerations? What
room layout should I choose? What presentation style should I opt for? What are
the things to avoid doing? Can I turn people who don’t want to learn into
people who do? How can I make people relax? How serious or how funny should I
be? Can I gauge attention spans? When should I invite questions? How should I
invite questions? Is there some way to handle unhappy delegates? Can I learn
from mistakes? Should I seek feedback? How can I make my next course better?
ONLINE VIA ZOOM COST £95
Tue 30 Mar 2021
10.00 to 12.30Booking Link
FEEDBACK FROM PAST ATTENDEES AT LIVE WORKSHOPS
I must say I was really impressed with the course and the content. My knowledge
and confidence has increased hugely. I got a lot from your course and a lot of
pointers!
I can say after years of fundraising I learnt so much from your bid writing
course. It was a very informative day and for someone who has not written bids
before I am definitely more confident to get involved with them.
I found the workshops very helpful. It is a whole new area for me but the
information you imparted has given me a lot of confidence with the direction I
need to take and for that I am very grateful.
I found the day very informative and it gave me confidence to take on this
aspect of work that I had been apprehensive of. I enjoyed the session and
found it valuable.
So much relevant, practical information all passed on in a way which I was able
to follow. All greatly enhanced by your sense of humour.
It was a useful course and your examples real or otherwise helped to make it
practical. Many thanks. The morning just flew by - always a good sign! I
enjoyed the course and learnt a lot. I will begin putting this into practice.
This email has been sent to [email protected]
CLICK TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM LIST
Alternatively send a blank e-mail to [email protected] quoting
[email protected] in the subject line.
Unsubscribe requests will take effect within seven days.
