NFP Not For Profit are running a series of workshops on effective Bid Writing. They state:

Topics covered:

Do you know the most common reasons for rejection? Are you gathering the right evidence? Are you making the right arguments? Are you using the right terminology? Are your numbers right? Are you learning from rejections? Are you assembling the right documents? Do you know how to create a clear and concise standard funding bid? Are you communicating with people or just excluding them? Do you know your own organisation well enough? Are you thinking through your projects carefully enough? Do you know enough about your competitors? Are you answering the questions funders will ask themselves about your application? Are you submitting applications correctly?

Attendees:

Staff members, volunteers, trustees or board members of charities, schools, not for profits or public sector organisations who intend to submit grant funding applications to charitable grant making trusts and foundations. People who provide advice to these organisations are also welcome.

Booking details:

£95 including booking fees. Start time 09.00. Finish time 11.30. Refreshments provided. Attendees receive full notes and sample bids by e-mail after the workshop. The workshop consists of talk, questions and answers. There are no power points or audio visuals used. All places must be booked through the online booking system using a debit or credit card. We do not issue invoices or accept bank or cheque payments. If you do not have a debit card from your organisation please use a personal one and claim reimbursement using the booking confirmation e-mail as proof of purchase. Use this link to find a suitable location and book a space:

Questions:

If you have a question please e-mail questions@nfpmail1901.co.uk You will usually receive a response within 24 hours. Due to our training and travel commitments we are unable to accept questions by phone.

Support Cambridgeshire is committed to running three Practitioner Sessions each year. This second event enables practitioners to come together, network and discuss issues which affect them.

These sessions are Free to any community individual or organisation that operates in the voluntary sector within Cambridgeshire.

The focus of this second session is Insights – what makes for a successful funding application and what tools and resources are available to help you make the best use of data and intelligence to support them.

This includes:

A brief overview of how to make a successful funding application.

Cambridgeshire Insights – what information can be obtained about your local area on health, housing and well-being. How can it be extracted? How can I best make sense of it?

Support Cambridgeshire 4 Communities – how can the self-help portal help you to browse, search and apply for funding.

1-1 Development sessions – how can they really help?

If you wish to book a space contact russell@huntsforum.org.uk.

Please note that tea and coffee will be provided and free parking is available at the venue.

New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) are running a training workshop on Impact practice aimed at voluntary sector organisations.

Understanding impact and sharing what organisations learn about is key to the voluntary sector becoming more effective.

With results and value for money coming under increasing scrutiny, demonstrating impact to others is also important.

Led by NPC’s expert measurement team, this workshop will take you through their four pillar approach, helping organisations decide what to measure, understand what different types of data will tell organisations, and which methodology could be used.

With a group size of no more than 15, the workshop will be interactive and hands-on. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

To book a space click here:

Village Hall Coffee Mornings are run by Support Cambridgeshire partner, CambridgeshireACRE.

They are fun, interactive and informal sessions where current or potential village hall trustees can come together and share best practice.

These sessions are Free to any community organisation that operates within the County.

The subject of this session is Fire Prevention in your Village Hall or Community Building. A Representative from the Cambridge Fire and Rescue Service will be speaking.

To book a space contact Lisa Chambers at: lisa.chambers@cambsacre.org.uk

Our Annual State of the Sector Survey for 2018 entitled Building Confidence informed us that many community organisations are diversifying their income, and raising money through events fundraising.

This course provides an introduction to events fundraising, how best to do it, how not to do it and issues you will need to consider, including regulation and the law.

This session is Free to any community organisation that operates across the voluntary sector in Cambridgeshire.

To book a space click here:

Village hall events are organised through the Support Cambridgeshire partner, Cambridgeshire ACRE.

These are informal and participatory sessions covering a particular topic.

This evening event covers the subject of social media, and is free to any organisation across Cambridgeshire who runs or owns a village hall or other type of community building.

To book your free space contact Lisa Chambers at lisa.chambers@cambsacre.org.uk

Please note that if you wish to attend you should bring a laptop or tablet to use.

Corporate Social Responsibility is about driving business engagement with local community based organisations, but its also about creating sustainable partnerships between sectors.

Support Cambridgeshire are working with Rachel Briant of Get Synergised to deliver a workshop event where local business (including PwC, Kameo Recruitment and BMW) will talk about how they approach their Corporate Social Responsibility and what they require in a community partner. This is an opportunity to get inside the heads of business and find out what they need or require from community partners, and what you can do to lever in that much needed assistance to drive your projects or services.

This is sure to be a lively and interesting event.

Spaces are limited and this session is Free to any community organisation that operates across Cambridgeshire, including Village halls and Parish Councils.

Refreshments and lunch are being provided by Barons BMW.

This event is now full but if you want to enter the waiting list then please contact Keith Johnson at keith@huntsforum.org.uk.

Village hall events are organised through the Support Cambridgeshire partner, Cambridgeshire ACRE.

They are generally informal and participatory sessions which cover a particular topic.

The subject of this session is Village hall or Community buildings insurance – and why it’s so important. A speaker from Insure your Village Hall will be in attendance.

This session is free to any community organisation across Cambridgeshire and will be of particular interest to those that run or own a community building.

To book your space contact Lisa Chambers at lisa.chambers@cambsacre.org.uk