# 2011 Funding Roadshow to be held in London, Leeds and Birmingham

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/07/21/2011-funding-roadshow-be-held-london-leeds-and-birmingham/
- Published: 2011-07-21T10:59:28+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Fundraising specialists Action Planning are to hold the 2011 Funding Roadshow,
a one-day conference featuring leading funders, in three cities during September.
It takes place in Central Hall Westminster (13 September), West Yorkshire Playhouse,
Leeds, on 15 September , and Birmingham Hippodrome on 27 September.**

The event features statutory, lottery and trust funders. Funder representatives 
will differ between locations but all three conferences will cover the same subject
matter. Speakers include:

• Department of Health Partnerships Director, Mark Davies, and colleagues

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• Big Lottery Fund Chief Executive, Peter Wanless, and his team

• Heritage Lottery Fund Chief Executive, Carole Souter, and her team

• Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Chief Executive, Dawn Austwick

• Lloyds TSB Foundations Chief Executive, Linda Kelly and her team

• BBC Children in Need Chief Executive, David Ramsden and his team

The Roadshow will be launched on 13 September by Minister for Civil Society, Nick
Hurd MP.

Other sessions include:

• Statutory funding and the Big Society opportunity – with Dr Peter Kyle, Acting
Chief Executive of ACEVO, and Seb Elsworth, Director of Strategy

• Building a world-class fundraising team – with Aneesha Moreira, formerly Fundraising
Director of the British Heart Foundation and now Director of Fundraising and Marketing
Consultancy at Action Planning

• Accessing European Union funding – with Diana Mathis of YTES in Lille, experts
in establishing pan-European partnerships for leading charities

The attendance fee of £128 includes lunch, all presentation materials and a networking
reception.

www.actionplanning.co.uk/fundingroadshow2011

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