# New online training resource launched for the arts, cultural & heritage sectors

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/03/13/new-online-training-resource-launched-arts-cultural-heritage-sectors/
- Published: 2018-03-13T09:00:18+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy has launched an online resource of training specifically
for the arts.**

The portfolio offers free online learning and professional development for staff,
practitioners and trustees in the arts, cultural and heritage sectors and features
arts fundraising trainers sharing their key insights and experiences. It consists
of three e-learning courses under the banner Cause4 Advance on the Proversity platform,
with more to come over the next four years; as well as a Massive Online Open Course(
MOOC) on the FutureLearn social learning platform, developed by the University of
Leeds.

[Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy](http://www.artsfundraising.org.uk) will be collaborating
with [Cause4 Advance](https://advance.cause4.co.uk/), University of Leeds and [FutureLearn](https://www.futurelearn.com/)
to deliver the courses, which are also supported by Arts Council England.

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The courses range from short two-hour training courses for first-time fundraisers
to a two-week leadership training course designed for senior leaders. They cover
topics such as ethical fundraising, change management, policy making and strategy.

With the Cause4 Advance courses, each module is under two hours, and can be watched
on or offline at a time that suits the learner. These courses are available free
of charge via desktop, laptop and smartphone app.

The courses also provide the opportunity to participate in peer forums on the issues
that participants are most interested in and to get the latest insight into hot 
topics in the sector. Participants can measure their own knowledge and learning 
using our instructor devised assessments.

The following three courses are live on [Cause4 Advance](https://advance.cause4.co.uk/)
and via the Cause4 app until 4 May 2018.

_Asking People for Money_: providing an introduction to individual giving, and covering
the basics of setting a strategy, cultivating relationships, communicating with 
supporters, and managing donation schemes and events.

_Trustee Leadership in Fundraising and Income Generation_: covering the key responsibilities
of Trustees in fundraising, the regulations around fundraising, and how participants
might help build relationships with donors and funders to boost their organisation’s
income generation.

_Ethics in Fundraising_: designed to give Trustees, CEOs and Senior Fundraisers 
guidance as to how to approach issues in relation to ethics in fundraising.

The two-week leadership course _Effective Fundraising and Leadership in the Arts
and Culture_ on FutureLearn has also just gone live. It covers the importance of
developing organisational resilience through effective leadership and management,
and how to diversify income streams.

Michelle Wright, founder and CEO of Cause4 said:

> “Many leaders of arts organisations are time poor and we’ve set up these training
> courses in bite-sized chunks to fit easily within a busy working day. Being online
> allows us to update the material as legislation and technical information changes.
> We’re offering practical advice and helping demystify the fundraising process.
> “Case studies throughout the training modules will help inspire the learners with
> great examples of new business models and quick wins for the long term and we 
> will combine with micro-learning modules of 3-5 minutes for those practitioners
> that struggle to fit in learning.”

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