# Free places on entry-level fundraising programme for final year students

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/05/14/free-places-entrylevel-fundraising-programme-final-year-students/
- Published: 2007-05-14T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**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.

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