Free places on entry-level fundraising programme for final year students
Howard Lake | 14 May 2007 | News
The Fundraising Academy is offering a free place on the UK’s first entry-level qualification for fundraising to any final year students who are intending to make their careers in the voluntary sector. The offer should be particularly relevant to rag fundraisers.
The first 40 students of the Foundation in Fundraising Certificate (FFC), delivered by the Fundraising Academy, will take 15 modules covering every aspect of fundraising when they begin their studies on May 30. It will culminate in a summer school in mid-August, consisting of practical workshops and career-development training.
The Fundraising Academy has been set up by Rupert Tappin, Managing Director of professional fundraising organisation Future Fundraising and its sister company Fundraising Recruitment. It has been designed as a “new route” into fundraising for people who have little or no relevant charity experience.
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There are no course fees for the FCC, apart the week-long summer school which is compulsory and costs £200 plus VAT. Instead of charging students, Fundraising Recruitment will be trying to find jobs for students from the moment the course starts, recouping the money it costs to train students through the usual industry recruitment commission
“There is a long tradition of students moving into the voluntary sector and some of today’s leading fundraisers began their careers with student rags,” Tappin says. “We hope that the Fundraising Academy will make it easier for talented fundraisers to develop the knowledge and skills to move into charity jobs.”
To qualify for the course, a candidate will need to have been involved with their college’s rag fundraising, have volunteered or otherwise been involved in charitable activity, or be able to demonstrate a strong desire to work as a charity fundraiser.
Registrations for the first intake must register online by 22 May.
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.