Capacity Building

An opportunity to meet fellow Fundraisers and discuss the challenges and new opportunities arising in our sector.

There has never been a greater need for fundraisers to get together and share knowledge and experience. Get Grants free Virtual Fundraisers Networking Events bring fundraisers together to access friendly peer support from our UK-wide Get Grants Community.

Join Get Grants for a Meet the Funder event with Alicia Cheshire from Groundwork. Tesco Fruit & Veg Grants provide charities, community organisations, schools and local good causes with grants of up to £1,500. Every four months, three local good causes are selected to be in the blue token customer vote in Tesco stores throughout the UK. The funding aims to make a positive difference to local communities, with priority given to causes that help children and young people.

By attending this event you will be given the opportunity to:

Come and join staff from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and The Phoenix Community Trust to find out how to develop competitive applications for projects exploring African heritage within Greater Manchester.

The event will introduce funding available as well as key strategies to make your applications competitive.

A light lunch will be provided as well as tea, coffee and biscuits.

Join Steve Butterworth from Neighbourly and Mic Miller from easyfundraising for a relaxed and practical conversation about funding for charities and community organisations.

They’ll discuss some of the challenges good causes are facing, the funding opportunities that can sometimes be overlooked, and how platforms like Neighbourly and easyfundraising can provide additional ways to bring in support.

2027 looks different for charities. Fewer people give, but those who do give more. Trusts and foundations are swamped with applications. AI is changing how people find charities, and a new Prime Minister has reset the agenda at Westminster. What should charities be planning for?

nfpResearch tracks the public, MPs, journalists and funders for charities across the UK and beyond. In this session, Tim Harrison-Byrne and Cian Murphy will draw on that research to set out the questions we think will matter most next year, and what the data says about each.

What you'll take away:

An engaging, interactive workshop designed to help clubs and organisations build stronger listening skills and create environments where people feel heard, valued and understood.

Participants will explore the impact of active listening, recognise barriers to effective communication, and develop practical approaches to foster trust, inclusion and meaningful conversations across teams, organisations and sporting environments.

This free webinar, designed for Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises (VCSEs), will introduce core social media principles and provide participants with the building blocks to create their own social media strategy, to support their organisation’s visibility, engagement, and community reach.

Please note: attendees will need to have existing knowledge of how to post on social media.

The workshop will cover: