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.

DSC Training Consultant George Knight brings his usual cheer to the topic, helping release the despair and frustration that comes with chasing core costs. So get set for a fast paced, information packed session.

Webinar Speaker

George Knight, Training Consultant Directory of Social Change (DSC)

George is one of DSC’s established Consultant Trainers delivering courses, workshops and webinars on fundraising, management and leadership and personal development topics. He delivers the DSC course “Why Core Costs are not ‘Costs’ as well as a range of Fundraising topics for DSC In House clients: Writing Funding Applications, Introduction to Trust Fundraising and Using Social Media to Fundraise. In order to provide the best support for individuals and organisations, George adapts his style between trainer, coach, mentor and facilitator.

As the originator and host of DSC’s popular Charity Questions podcasts, where he interviews a range of influential individuals from across the sector, George has a good understanding of the challenges individuals and organisations face in their charity work.

George is a published author having written Managing your Inbox for DSC and also Beyond Domestication for Hatherleigh Press in the US.

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The fundraising plan

A fundraising plan is a must to enable your organisation to have the confidence that it can generate income and run the services it provides.

The fundraising sources

Support from individuals, corporates and grant-making bodies are just three key areas to source income for your charity.

Your fundraising message in current times

Fundraising is ineffective when it’s a one-way process.

Going digital

Many charities are keen to tap into digital opportunities both to raise money but also to maintain relationships with donors.

Funding Applications: A Practical Guide

Expert insights on increasing your chances of grant application success.

Digital Fundraising; More questions than answers?

Watch our recorded Q&A digital fundraising webinar where your questions are answered by an expert panel.

Corporate Partnerships

Working with the Directory of Social Change we brought together an expert panel who shared their tips on all things corporate fundraising.

Managing fundraising events

Expert insights on what the cost-of-living crisis means for fundraising events.

Legacy Fundraising 101

Legacies (or gifts in Wills) are the fastest growing source of income for charities. In this recorded webinar, we attempt to simplify legacy fundraising and cover why legacy giving is growing, why people leave legacies and when and why people make a Will.

Social Media Fundraising

Over 4.7 billion people around the world use social media. It can be a fantastic way for charities to build their network, reach new audiences, share success stories and importantly, boost donations.

Cost of Living: Help and Hope

From increased demands on services to reduced donations, the current cost of living crisis is placing the charitable sector under significant pressure.

Fundraising is friend-raising: Donor care and stewardship

Effective donor care and stewardship underpin successful fundraising efforts and is all about building long term relationships.

Valuing volunteers

Volunteers are the life blood of the charitable sector. So how can we ensure we engage with and attract potential new volunteers, retain existing volunteers, and build volunteer advocacy?

Pitch-perfect funding applications

With increasing demand on funders, applications have become very competitive. To maximise your chances of success it’s vital that any application is as close to perfection as possible.

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!

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.

Developing and nurturing high value relationships

Webinar, Writing Winning Funding Applications

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.

Writing Winning Fundraising Applications Questions and Answers

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.

Digital Fundraising: Tools and Tactics

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

Positive Teams: Recruitment, Retention and Wellbeing

Getting the right people and looking after them the right way means that staff stay with us, and stay happy with us. However, these things go beyond process, policies and procedures. They are about more than having written up documents on ‘things managers should do in the event of’. It is about our values and organisational culture, who we are being as managers and leaders, as well as what we are doing.

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.

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.