Giving to Heritage is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund under the Catalyst initiative. The Project is run in partnership with the Heritage Alliance and The Institute of Fundraising. 

Who should attend this Workshop?

All staff or volunteers responsible for writing trust applications, researching, developing and maintaining trust and foundation relationships for grant income.

In addition, applicants should be:

• Actively engaged in fundraising
• Willing to cascade the learning within their organisation
• Willing to demonstrate how their organisation would benefit from the fundraising training
• Willing to provide feedback to the IoF (for HLF) on progress in applying the training across their organisation (where applicable) within 12 months of attending the course

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this workshop, it is expected that learners will be able to:

• Liaise with relevant colleagues to identify potential projects/areas of work that might attract grant support
• Conduct research and prioritise potential grant makers
• Assemble all the information necessary to compile a compelling case for support to meet the needs of a targeted funder/donor
• Use full cost recovery to develop an appropriate budget
• Build in an ability to measure and control your activities for evaluation and donor stewardship