free workshop: First Step to Sustainability

Looking to make your voluntary/community organisation or social enterprise sustainable?

This fundraising workshop is aimed at voluntary and community groups and social enterprises, to enable them to plan for sustainability, by looking at what they want to do in the short and long term and how this can be funded. It will encourage organisations, which might presently rely on limited funding streams such as grants, to consider new funding opportunities e.g. contracts and trading (income generation) and look at the pro’s and cons of each. It will look at what groups need in place to access a range of different funding streams, introduce strategic planning and finish with where to get information and support.

The session will cover: funding trends; funding sources – pro’s and cons; planning for sustainability; and support and information.

The workshop is run by fit4funding, Harrogate & Area CVS and Charity Bank in the North as part of Charity Bank’s Investment Readiness Programme.

The workshop is free to voluntary and community organisations in Yorkshire and the Humber. 

To book your place contact Jeanette at the Forum on 01347 825710 or email jeanette.lilley@nyfvo.org.uk  

Date: Thursday 11 March 2010
Time: 10am to 1pm
Venue: Henshaws Arts & Crafts Centre, Knaresborough
Trainers: Kaye Wilson (fit4funding) and Nina Muir (Harrogate CVS)
Cost: FREE to VCOs in Yorkshire and the Humber