"How-to" Raise Money from Trusts

Aims

Please note: Individual members get a 10% discount on all courses. Band A £150.00 Band B £225.00 Band C £290.00 Band A: Voluntary and community organisations with a turnover of between £100,000 and £500,000. Band B: Voluntary and community organisations with a turnover of over £500,000. Band C: Statutory and commercial organisations.

To enable participants to identify an initial list of target trusts, appreciate what trusts are looking for from applications, and write appropriate applications.

For

Those working in voluntary sector organisations who are involved in raising money from trusts. The course is aimed at those with little or no experience of fundraising from this source.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Identify fundraising readiness
- Put together a fundable proposal using a structure
- Know where to research and find trusts
- Interpret guidelines and criteria
- Keep and develop relationships with trusts
- Write effective applications
- Match suitable projects to the appropriate funder

Content

- Are you ready to fundraise from trusts?
- Defining your project and making your case
- Budgets, evaluation and monitoring
- Criteria, guidelines: how to learn funder speak
- On the other side, 'you are the funder' exercise
- Thanking properly and forging longer-term relationships