Free heritage fundraising training on offer in Northern Ireland
Howard Lake | 27 November 2014 | News
Business in the Community NI and the Northern Ireland Environment Link have teamed up to provide fundraising advice to community and voluntary groups working in the heritage sector.
The Heritage Sector Workshops initiative has been designed to help heritage organisations access funding and support from the private sector and is part of the Heritage Lottery Fund Catalyst Umbrella Programme “Investing in Northern Ireland’s Heritage.” The project is designed to improve the fundraising capacity of the heritage sector in Northern Ireland.
The series of half-day workshops and master classes will be delivered across Northern Ireland from November 2014 until June 2015 and will cover:
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- Understanding how and why the private sector supports third sector organisations
- Tips and hints on how to develop relationships with companies
- Understanding what companies are looking for from sponsorship
- Maximising your chances of being selected as charity of the year
- Discovering how to make your message more interesting and relevant to the private sector
The next event is a Master Class – ‘How to create an outstanding Charity of the Year proposal’ and will be held at Citi, Gateway Building, Titanic Quarter, Belfast on Wednesday 3 December 2014.
Places at events are restricted to 20 people and allocation will be made on a first come, first served basis.
Northern Ireland Environment Link is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund to design and deliver a fundraising, capacity building and training programme to the Heritage & Environment Sector in Northern Ireland.
Heritage organisations interested in the free programme can e-mail de*************@********rg.uk, call [telephone number deleted] or visit www.bitcni.org.uk
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.