New Foundation in Fundraising certificate available to fundraisers next year
Howard Lake | 16 August 2007 | News
Following the success of the Fundraising Academy’s Foundation in Fundraising Certificate this summer, the course will also be offered next year as a continuing professional development course for those already in junior fundraising positions.
The Foundation in Fundraising Certificate (FFC) began this year as an entry-level course for people trying to break into fundraising. However, following interest from charities and existing fundraising staff, it will be offered in an alternative version for existing fundraisers.
“We have not charged applicants this year because we aim to cover our costs through the recruitment fees for finding them jobs,” said Rupert Tappin, Chief Executive of Future Fundraising, who devised and founded the Fundraising Academy, which delivers the FFC.
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“This means we can’t accept people who are already fundraisers because there is no need to find them a job at the end of the course.
“But we had many requests from charities to send their junior fundraisers on the course to ensure they got a thorough grounding in all aspects of the profession. More and more fundraisers are specialists in one particular discipline, such as trust or corporate, whereas 10 or 15 years ago, fundraising was a much more generalist profession.
“So we have been getting interest from specialist fundraisers who want to broaden their knowledge and understanding of other areas of the profession. There’s a definite appetite for this generalist approach which is why we will be offering the FFC to existing fundraisers from 2008.”
The next two intakes for aspirant fundraisers will be in February-April and June-August 2008. The two intakes for existing fundraisers will take place in April-May and September-October or October-November.
The version for existing charity staff will offer exactly the same syllabus. However, the delivery method will be different. Instead of evening classes, the course will be run on a day release, one day a week over five weeks, with three modules a day being taught. The charity version will be charged at £300 a day, or £1,500 for the entire five-day course.
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.