Planning and strategy

This 75-minute reflective session is designed for chairs of small charities to step back from the day-to-day and take a moment to reflect on the financial future of their organisations. Using the Association of Chairs’ five financial leadership questions as a guide, we will explore how these apply in your own context:

• How can we support trustees with their financial duties?

• What board arrangements will support strong financial governance?

• Do we have a clear financial plan?

• Do we have the financial information we need?

As chair, building and maintaining a successful relationship with your chief executive is a key part of the role. But it’s not always a simple task. Each relationship is complex, dynamic and unique and it needs time, energy and effort to make it a success.

This interactive session will look at what is needed at key stages in the chair-chief executive relationship including appraising your chief executive. We will provide insight and tips on how to build a successful relationship with your chief executive as well as pointers for when things go wrong.

We will cover:

Join Get Grants for a FREE introductory workshop on our Monitoring & Evaluation Training Course. Discover how to make monitoring, evaluating, and reporting to your supporters accessible, relevant, and empowering that is designed for fundraisers in all roles.

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How do you build a professional online presence without feeling like you’re “selling yourself”?

This practical 90-minute workshop is designed for early careers professionals who want to use online communications more confidently, thoughtfully and effectively. That might include students, recent graduates, apprentices, interns, trainees, new third sector staff, emerging leaders, career changers, or people taking their first steps into a new sector.

September is the perfect time to take stock. Social media moves fast, and what worked six months ago might not be cutting through anymore. In this session, we'll look at what's changed, what's working now, and how to adjust your strategy so you're heading into the rest of the year with clarity and confidence. 

Walk away with fresh thinking and a clearer sense of where to focus your energy next.

A practical introduction to running paid social ads across the major platforms. We'll cover what each channel does best, what to avoid, and how to make your budget work harder, wherever your audience is. Perfect for teams who can't afford to waste money on the wrong channels.

This workshop encourages discussion, reflection and critical thinking to enhance your safeguarding adults policy and procedures is fit for purpose.

Developed through the lens of those with lived-experience, this workshop focuses on the fundamentals of developing an effective policy and the accompanying procedures and applying a values-based approach.

Date: Thursday 30 July 2026
Time: 10.00 am – 1.00 pm
Location: Online
Price: £99 per person

Get Grants FREE Introduction to Major Donor Fundraising Workshop, looking at practical solutions and ideas for growing your charity’s income through support from individual donors.

Check out our Major Donor Fundraising Course here.

WHAT TO EXPECT

In this friendly 60-minute session, you will have the chance to:

Collaboration and partnerships are instrumental in achieving change. How can trustees support effective partnership-working in 2026 and beyond?

We (NPC) will cover:

• The case for partnership-working and collaboration
• Overcoming challenges of collaboration
• A case study of effective partnership-working

Who is it for?

Many charities feel that fundraising is all about the next ask but the organisations that build lasting income focus on something deeper: meaningful donor relationships. 

This practical webinar will help charity leaders shift from transactional fundraising to long-term stewardship, giving you simple, realistic ways to strengthen relationships with the people and organisations who support your work. You'll learn how thoughtful engagement and communication can turn one-off gifts into lasting partnerships.

In this one-hour session you’ll learn: