Fundraising, Trusts and foundations, Funding sources
Maximising Support from Trusts and Foundations - Online course
If you know how trusts and foundations think you’ll understand how to get money from them.
One day online course
Online courses take place via Zoom and include a one hour lunch break as well as brief refreshment breaks.
Duration: 1 day course with morning and afternoon break and lunch time (time- 10.00-16.00).
Digital book (pdf) included:The Guide to New Trusts 2025/26
About
Unlocking funding can be tricky. But this training, aimed at those with some trust fundraising experience, will certainly help. You’ll learn how trusts and foundations think and what they want from applications, so you can understand how to get money from them. You’ll also find out the importance of the The R’s as a way to maximise support for your organisation.
You’ll leave with the knowledge to seriously increase your organisation’s income.
Who should attend?
This course is aimed at those with some experience of trust fundraising, and for anyone involved in managing this area of fundraising and wanting to know how to make the most and increase cash, level and length of funding from this key income stream.
Outcomes
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the environment around this key area of fundraising currently
- Be aware of trends and changes to some working practises within trsuts and foundations
- Understand the place of trusts in an organisation’s fundraising strategy.
- Understand the keys to successful trust fundraising.
- Develop and monitor effective relationships with trusts.
- Make confident decisions when choosing a trust programme to best match the funding priorities for your organisation
- Prioritise which trusts to approach and should form part of your pipeline
What will it cover?
- Key elements around the nature, structure and types of grant making trusts
- Current research and updates on the way trusts are working
- Identifying the place of trusts in your overall fundraising strategy
- Understand the main elements of your trust fundraising strategy
- Working with service colleagues to identify funding priorities suitable for trust fundraising
- Dealing with the difficult parts of the application process and understanding the jargon
- Monitoring and evaluation – vital account management
- Elements of a strong relationship
- Rules of engagement, top tips and best practice
Trainer: Gill Jolly, DSC Associate
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