Sector Events
Must-attend events from the wider music education sector
This course will support you to identify the most appropriate individual giving schemes for your organisation or project and – more importantly – for their potential supporters. You will learn about the different ways that individuals give, and to understand how to identify supporters’ motivations. The training outlines how to plan the journey from initial donor awareness to building long-term relationships.
We all know the mantra ‘fundraising is everyone’s responsibility’, but how do we take this from theory to practical application? Successful fundraising requires not just creative ideas and specialist expertise, but support from every part of the organisation.
This course provides a step by step guide to developing successful sponsorship and membership programmes. This is relevant for organisations looking to work with all scales of businesses, from local companies through to national brands. You will also have the opportunity to discuss issues and think creatively around sponsorship challenges.
Fundraising is a long game, and requires clever, strategic use of what are always scarce staff and financial resources. It is impossible to fundraise effectively and consistently without a strategic plan that has been agreed and is being implemented by all Directors/Trustees and staff.
This course aims to dispel the mystique of writing strong applications for funding – whether grants from trusts/foundations or statutory bids. With practical exercises to improve your writing skills, the course ensures that anyone can produce a strong fundraising application provided that they follow some simple rules, undertake thorough research and are tenacious.
The landscape for fundraising remains full of opportunities, but they are increasingly fragmented, specialised and time-consuming. It is impossible for an organisation to pursue a wide range of opportunities alone to maximise its fundraising potential – the most successful organisations work in partnership.
