Fit for Funders Course – Delivered in-house for Students’ Unions, Charities and Community Organisations

An introduction to making funding applications and developing the skills to pitch your project ideas. These dual skills that must go hand in hand to make your funding application successful. This event is ideal for those working in the Students’ Union, community, voluntary or social enterprise sectors looking to develop their skills to achieve funding for projects.

All of our courses are interactive, creative and focused on reflecting on your working practice, and developed in consultation with the community sector.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Understanding different funding streams available and how to access/identify them
  • Gain experience through looking at example grant forms from small and large funders and understand what they are asking for
  • Develop insight to establishing an evidence base for your applications
  • Evaluate the use of partnership working for projects
  • Understand and apply the principles of making an effective presentation/pitch

If you have specific funding streams you are looking at we can tailor the training so that participants are working with the exact forms and guidance that they will need to be using.

Course Schedule:

  • Day 1 – Introduction to funding, limitations and opportunities – how to source finding, different types of funding (including grant funding and crowdfunding) and how to access this; Unpicking the process, looking at different application forms and what they ask for, what different funders expect and how you might evidence the need for your project
  • Day 2 – Partnership Working and Presentations, how you can work with others to increase your chance of funding success alongside looking at what makes an effective presentation;  Making your pitch, in the final week everyone will get a chance to apply skills learning and do a short presentation on a funding idea and get feedback from the rest of the group

We deliver the course in-house in your organisation, it runs over 2 days for up to 12 participants.

Overall cost – £1350

10% Discount for August Only! For booking and further details contact heather@magneticideals.org