First Fundraising Programme Courses of 2007 Take Place

Howard Lake | 13 February 2007 | Newswire

The Fundraising Programme 2007 is well under way, including a suite of new courses around diversifying fundraising and income – such as the two-day workshop Getting Ready for Enterprise. Bringing together the strengths of two of fundraising’s leading training provides, the Directory of Social Change (‘DSC’) and the Institute of Fundraising (‘Institute’), the purpose of the Programme is to bring fundraisers the highest standards of specialised training.
The Fundraising Programme is training for fundraisers by fundraisers featuring programmes tailored to meet the needs of large and small organisations. All courses are designed to enable fundraisers to follow through from those for the novice fundraiser to more advanced courses that lead to the Institute’s Certificate in Fundraising Management, the qualification for professional fundraisers. These are The Foundation Course in Fundraising Practice, one of the most comprehensive introductions to fundraising available within Europe, and Managing Fundraising, designed for those wishing to complete the Managing Fundraising element of the Certificate in Fundraising Management.
Amanda Shepard, Director of Professional Development at the Institute of Fundraising comments: Why not raise your game in 2007 by investing in a training course from the Fundraising Programme? The Fundraising Programme offers a single point of contact for all of your training needs, allowing you to develop the practical knowledge and skills required to fundraise effectively.”
To find out more about the Fundraising Programme, contact 020 7391 4805.
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MEDIA ENQUIRIES
For further information please contact:
Diana Mackie Tel. 020 7840 1027 / 07793 802 852
Institute of Fundraising email: pr***@in**********************.uk
NOTES TO EDITORS
1. The Institute of Fundraising (www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk) represents fundraisers and fundraising throughout the UK and is committed to the highest standards in fundraising management and practice. The Institute of Fundraising is the largest individual representative body in the voluntary sector with 4200 individual members and 250 organisational members.
2. The Directory of Social Change (www.dsc.org.uk) aims to help voluntary and community organisations become more effective. A charity ourselves, we are the leading provider or information and training for the voluntary sector. We run more than 350 courses each year and publish an extensive range of guides and handbooks.

About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.