Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy events & activities 2015/16

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COACHING AND ACTION LEARNING

AMA CONFERENCE 2015

The Coaching and Action Learning programme aims to develop confident, resilient arts leaders and peer-to-peer leadership communities, who can share working practices and learn from each other. The next (and final) deadline for applications is Friday 13 June 2015.

Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy is supporting AMA conference 2015 in Birmingham (21– 23 July 2015), devising fundraising content and offering heavily subsidised places for fundraisers.

NETWORKING EVENTS Working with our network of Regional Coordinators, we will be organising a series of networking events for fundraisers across England during 2015/16 – keep an eye on our website or join our mailing list for details.

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Connect to the latest thinking and fresh insights with a wide range of online resources, case studies, articles and reports on fundraising and development best practice from across the cultural sector: culturehive.co.uk Also look out for a series of online workshops taking place throughout 2015/16: artsfundraising.org.uk/ ama-events

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ESSENTIAL FUNDRAISING SKILLS TRAINING TRUSTEE LEADERSHIP TRAINING BESPOKE TRAINING COURSES TRAINING ON DEMAND COACHING & ACTION LEARNING NATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ARTS FUNDRAISING & LEADERSHIP AMA CONFERENCE 2015 SECTOR PARTNER EVENTS ONLINE WORKSHOPS POST GRADUATE CERTIFICATE ARTS FUNDRAISING FELLOWSHIPS REGIONAL NETWORKING EVENTS CULTURE-PRO CULTURE HIVE PLUS MUCH MORE

NATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ARTS FUNDRAISING & LEADERSHIP Booking is now open for the second National Summer School for Arts Fundraising and Leadership, taking place in Leeds from 16 –21 August 2015. Aimed at emerging cultural leaders and entrepreneurs, it will be led by renowned academics and arts sector professionals.

POST GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN ARTS FUNDRAISING & PHILANTHROPY Led by the University of Leeds, the Postgraduate Certificate will provide a platform for graduates wishing to develop their careers in Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy and/or progress onto Masters study in the broader fields of Arts Management and Cultural Leadership.

Image: Canterbury Festival – Soweto Choir. Photo by Tim Stubbings

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WELCOME As we enter Year 3 of the Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy programme, I would like to thank everyone who has supported and engaged with us over the past 18 months. You may be interested in reading the independent Evaluation Report for Year 1 of the programme that has now been published – you can download it from our website at artsfundraising.org.uk/ evaluation/ Our plans for 2015/16 include a full set of Essential Fundraising Skills one-day training courses, further Trustee Leadership half-day courses, more bespoke/tailored training, and a number of one-day courses being offered on demand. We have the final deadline for the Coaching & Action Learning programme in June, and lots of other events already planned, including the AMA conference in July and the National Summer School for Arts Fundraising and Leadership in August.

There will be much more happening throughout the year, and I would encourage you to join our email list and/or follow us on social media – see back page for all the links – to ensure that you are kept fully up to date on all our events and activities for the coming year. I hope you will find much of interest for yourself and your team.

ARTS FUNDRAISING FELLOWSHIPS 2015/16

FUNDRAISING TRAINING COURSES

The Arts Fundraising Fellowship Programme aims to create the next generation of leading Development Directors skilled with the vision, entrepreneurial expertise and ingenuity to make a significant difference to the arts fundraising landscape. Thanks to support from Arts Council England, we have been able to launch a national rollout of the Fellowships programme for 2015/16, enabling us to support five Fellows in each of the five Arts Council England areas. You can follow their progress via the Fellows blog at artsfundraising.org.uk

ESSENTIAL FUNDRAISING SKILLS TRAINING COURSES

• Using and managing data in fundraising • Practical digital fundraising • Writing strong funding applications

TRUSTEE LEADERSHIP IN ARTS FUNDRAISING & PHILANTHROPY

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Our popular half-day course, suitable for executives and Trustees of arts/cultural organisations, returns in autumn 2015.

To register your interest, please email artsfundraising@cause4.co.uk and we will let you know when dates are confirmed.

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Photo by Manuel Harlan New Writing North – Kate Tempest, Durham Book Festival 2014

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• Planning a fundraising strategy

• Successful networking and relationship management

Studio Wayne McGregor – Atomos, 2013.

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MICHELLE WRIGHT, PROGRAMME DIRECTOR ARTS FUNDRAISING & PHILANTHROPY

Our one-day courses are suitable for anyone involved in fundraising or wanting to develop fundraising skills in the arts/cultural sector.

Taking place in locations across England, the following five courses will be scheduled to run between October 2015 and March 2016:

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Image: Royal Exchange Theatre – Maxine Peake as Hamlet in Hamlet. Photo by Jonathan Keenan

TRAINING ON DEMAND Starting in summer 2015, we will be offering a selection of our most popular one-day courses ‘on demand’ in London and Manchester, and will only run if there is sufficient demand in each location. Full details will be published on our website in April 2015.

BESPOKE TRAINING We can create tailored courses for staff within individual organisations, or across groups of organisations. We are also able to deliver our existing courses in locations convenient to you – we have already successfully delivered courses in locations as diverse as Cornwall and Norwich. Email us at artsfundraising@ cause4.co.uk if you are interested in finding out more.