# 2012 Charity Funding Roadshow visits three cities this month

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/09/05/2012-charity-funding-roadshow-visits-three-cities-month/
- Published: 2012-09-05T09:31:45+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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The 2012 Charity Funding Roadshow, a one-day conference featuring statutory, lottery
and trust funders, takes place this month in London, Birmingham, and Leeds.

Presented by Action Planning with ACEVO, CAF and Blackbaud, this annual event features
speakers from key funders, and guidance on increasing your income from grantmakers.

## Funders

Representatives of funders who will present include:

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* Minister for Civil Society, Nick Hurd MP, and colleagues from the Office of Civil
Society, on statutory funding programmes

* The Department of Health’s Civil Society Team on how to succeed in the new commissioning
environment

* Big Lottery Fund Chief Executive, Peter Wanless, and his regional team on how 
to benefit from the growth in BIG funding after the Olympics

* Heritage Lottery Fund Chief Executive, Carole Souter, and colleagues on how the
HLF’s growing share of Lottery funding will be invested in the sector

* Arts Council England Regional Directors, on how to access national portfolio and
strategic funding programmes plus open access grants

* Chief Executives and grant-makers from leading grant-making charitable trusts

## Advice sessions

Practical advice sessions include:

* Winning more statutory contracts and grants – with Derek Smith, formerly Services
Director of RNID

* Raising more online – with Bertie Bosredon, who pioneered digital fundraising 
at the British Heart Foundation

* Social enterprise opportunities for charities – with Andrew Johnson of the Action
Planning Social Enterprise Team

## Booking

Places at the event cost £127 which includes lunch, all presentation materials and
a networking reception.

www.actionplanning.co.uk

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