# Action Planning announce sixth annual 'Funding the Future' conference

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/10/13/action-planning-announce-sixth-annual-039funding-future039-conference/
- Published: 2007-10-13T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Fundraising consultancy Action Planning will run this year’s ‘Funding the Future’
conference on 5 December in London. The event will feature leading statutory, lottery
and trust funders, together with six Government Ministers.**

The morning of the one-day event features 40 presentations in plenary session from
statutory, lottery and trust funders, and then a choice of seven afternoon streams
covering specialised fields of charitable work.

‘Funding the Future’ is organised in association with acevo, Third Sector, UK Fundraising
and CAF.

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The morning plenary session includes presentations from Third Sector Minister, Phil
Hope MP; Big Lottery Fund Policy Director, Gerald Oppenheim; Chair of the Charity
Commission, Dame Suzi Leather; and Enterprise Director of acevo, Peter Kyle.

The seven after streams are:

* Health and Social Care with the Health Minister, Ivan Lewis MP, the Big Lottery
Fund, Futurebuilders, grant-making trusts – plus DH briefing on hospice funding.

* Community Regeneration and Social Change with Communities Minister, Baroness Andrews,
the Big Lottery Fund, Futurebuilders and grant-making charitable trusts.

* Children and Young People with DCSF lead Minister for the third sector, Kevin 
Brennan MP, BBC Children in Need Chief Executive, David Ramsden, Big Lottery Fund,
Futurebuilders and grant-making trusts.

* Arts and Heritage with the Culture Minister, the Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Arts
Council England, the Heritage Lottery Fund, grant-making trusts, and guidance on
raising funds from America

* International Development with Shahid Malik MP, lead Minister for NGO funding 
in DFID, the Big Lottery Fund, grant-making charitable trusts and guidance on raising
funds from America.

* The Environment featuring the Big Lottery Fund and the Royal Society of Wildlife
Trusts, with which it is working to distribute funds, grant-making charitable trusts
and guidance on raising funds from America.

* Faith-based organistions with the Director of the Henry Smith Charity, Richard
Hopgood, Futurebuilders and grant-making charitable trusts.

The fee for the day is £145, including VAT, lunch, presentation materials and the
networking reception.

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