Charity fundraising webinars

Your free window into a wider world of fundraising advice and support, guided by seasoned industry experts offering insight into navigating the current fundraising landscape.

Online charity webinars

Expert views to help guide your fundraising

Benefact Group’s online charity webinars are free fundraising-focused sessions for charity and non-profit professionals. Led by sector experts, they offer practical advice on fundraising strategy, corporate partnerships, trusts and foundations, storytelling and income generation.

Previous Webinar recordings

Webinars April 4, 2025

FundrAIsing: How to improve fundraising opportunities with AI

AI continues to be a hot topic. In this session we will explore the potential opportunities and challenges that rapidly developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology will bring for charities. We will look at how AI is already being used to help deliver charitable social missions in innovative new ways, and how the technology might radically alter the operating environment for charities in the future, by creating both new ways of working as well as new practical and ethical challenges.

Webinars February 28, 2025

How to ensure you are set up for fundraising success

DSC Associate Richard Sved, co-author of Fundraising Strategy and author of Charity Fundraising Templates brings his usual mix of inspiration, passion, and practical examples to this important topic. He brings with him the experience of leading fundraising teams at over ten national charities, and advising dozens of others, so get ready for a fast-paced session packed with detail.

Webinars November 14, 2024

Positive Teams: Recruitment, Retention and Wellbeing

Great charities are built by great people. While strategy, fundraising and service delivery are often the focus of organisational growth, the most successful charities recognise that their biggest asset is their people. Recruiting the right individuals, helping them flourish and creating an environment where they feel valued and supported is fundamental to long-term success.

Webinars October 2, 2024

Digital Fundraising: Tools and Tactics

The developments in digital communications mean that digital fundraising is pretty much a must for all of us now.

Webinars July 9, 2024

Q&A: Writing Winning Fundraising Applications

In this recording Layla Moosavi, Associate Trainer, Directory of Social Change and Chris Pitt, Impact Direct, Benefact group delve into the questions posed following our ‘Writing Winning Funding Applications’ webinar, providing further insight into what makes a winning funding application, how to make your application stand out and how to secure those all-important funds.

Webinars July 2, 2024

Writing Winning Fundraising Applications

In this workshop Layla Moosavi, Associate Trainer, Directory of Social Change, looks at how our approach to funding applications has changed within the shifting funding landscape and shares some top tips for writing winning applications. This session is a useful reminder for those who have some experience – successful or otherwise, as well as those at the starting line.

Webinars May 24, 2024

Funding core costs: In principle and in practice

Asking funders for Core Costs is an eternal conundrum for fundraisers – funders often say they don’t fund these, but we know they’re essential for project development and management as well as the provision of day-to-day services. In this workshop style webinar, we talk about the need for securing essential costs and some practical ways to breakdown the costs, and frame that for funders and for funding applications.

Webinars April 10, 2024

Developing and nurturing high value relationships

Many organisations dismiss “Major Giving” because they assume it is too expensive, believe they need connections to millionaires or worry about how to justify a ‘big ask’ of donors. In this webinar, Mark Carrigan, MD Carrigan Consulting Ltd draws on his 20+ years of experience in facilitating high value relationships to show that achieving transformational results is attainable for organisations of any size. He outlines the process, provides straightforward frameworks for success, shares hard-truth realities, and offers strategies for avoiding the pitfalls.

Webinars November 16, 2023

A practical introduction to social impact measurement

Being able to demonstrate the impact of your work can improve your chances of funding. Join us for this introductory session on social impact measurement and discover simple and practical steps to begin or improve your impact reporting journey.

Webinars September 14, 2023

How to deliver successful fundraising challenge events

Events can provide a valuable source of funding. Join us for guidance on how to maximise income from your attendees and help your participants hit the ground running.. … or cycling, walking, skydiving, etc!