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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