Funding

Get Grants: Meet the Expert – Charity Excellence Framework

Join Get Grants to explore ‘Purposeful AI’ and how fundraisers can work with AI to help your applications stand out.

There has never been a greater need for fundraisers to come together and share knowledge and experience.

Get Grants will be joined by Ian McLintock, Founder and CEO of Charity Excellence Framework, for a discussion on the current state of the sector and updates to the platform’s tools and opportunities.

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Get Grants: Accessing invite-only funders masterclass

Have you ever felt that excitement when you come across a funder that seems like a great fit, only to be stopped in your tracks by those three deflating words: “no unsolicited applications”?

What should you do in this situation: Consign them to the scrap heap? Take a punt and apply anyway? Find a different way of engaging them?

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NPC: Everyone's Environment – Women & girls report launch

This online launch will mark the upcoming publication of How Will the Climate and Nature Crises Impact Women and Girls? – a major new briefing produced jointly by the WEN (Women’s Environmental Network) and NPC’s Everyone’s Environment programme. The session will introduce key findings from the report and explore what they mean for women’s and environmental organisations, funders, policymakers and practitioners across the UK.

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NCVO: Better impact reporting

This practical session will build your awareness of different types of reporting and support you to tell a compelling story through your reporting

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Impact reporting should tell a great story about the difference you make. It should also provide the information your organisation needs to demonstrate the impact of your work.

This course will introduce the principles of good reporting including basic data visualisation and traditional evaluation reports.

By the end of the training, you'll: 

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NCVO: Theory of change for strategic planning and evaluation

Learn how to create your own theory of change and narrative. This course will challenge you to think critically about what you're doing and why

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A theory of change is a popular tool used to help plan and communicate what you do. It can also help support your monitoring and evaluation.

A theory of change will help you articulate the changes your organisation wants to make. It will also help connect these changes with the activities you're planning.

By the end of the training, you'll: 

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Blume: AI & Funders – what are Trusts & Foundations seeing, thinking and doing?

AI is changing the funding process for charities and funders alike. Find out how funders view these changes and what happens next.

You've heard the warnings about ‘AI slop’. You've seen fundraisers swear off AI completely, convinced it only creates generic, boring applications. But you're also hearing that AI is a game changer for some charities…

So what do the funders think?

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