Bite-Size Courses
3-Week E-Learning Courses Covering All Major Fundraising Techniques
As an alternative to our full six week Level 3 Certificates, we now offer a range of three-week accredited courses focusing on specific techniques. This option enables you to learn valuable new techniques, top up your training and start raising funds from a wider range of sources. So if you need to brush up your writing skills, put together a funding strategy, or increase sponsorship, active e-learning offers you the knowledge, tutor expertise, flexibility and value for money.
Who are Bite-Size Courses for
Our bite-size courses are designed for advisors, volunteers and staff from charities, schools, clubs, social enterprises and support agencies with no or limited experience of fundraising techniques.
E-learning
Each three week course is accredited and leads to a Level 3 Open College Award (1 Unit).
The courses take 9-10 hours of your time and are delivered in our e-learning internet based classroom. Discussion boards and case studies are used to bring materials to life, and you’ll join a class with between 6 and 20 other learners, studying at a time that suits you!
Every course include a written assignment: you complete this online and receive detailed feedback from a fundraising expert and qualified tutor.
Course Fees and Dates
Click through to each course to see the dates on which it will run
You can register online for any number of bite size courses at a cost of £225 per course. Small charities receive 15% discount. Book 2 or more options to receive 10% discount.
Need help with course fees?
We have produced a comprehensive directory of small grants available for training courses, for the convenience of staff and volunteers from the voluntary sector, sports clubs, individuals, schools and self help groups. You can order a copy of the directory here.
Courses Available
Each course is self-contained: you can study any combination and in any order.
Statutory and Lottery Funding
- Understand grants criteria and application process
- Gain insight into the assessment process through exercises
- Understand key sections of an application form
- Provide evidence to use to demonstrate the need for a project
- Assignment: Produce a strategic case for supporting a submission to a grant aid organisation
Trusts and Foundation Funding
- Produce a convincing case for funding
- Write effective Trust proposals
- Know where to research and find trusts
- Critique sample applications from a similar organisation
- Assignment: Create a sample appeal letter for a project of choice
Funding Strategy
- Provide a description of your organisations fundraising model
- Provide a critique of how you identify fundraising needs
- Appraise a fundraising plan from a similar organisation
- Assignment: Produce a Funding Strategy, rationale and prioritised list of projects
Creative Bid Writing
- Adapt your writing style according to requirements of donors, trusts, foundations & business
- Convey the right balance of emotion and reason within a draft application
- Describe your project using active language and good visual presentation
- Assignment: Produce 3 key written sections of a funding proposal
Corporate Giving & Securing Sponsorship
- Identify the characteristics of corporate fundraising
- Package your group’s work
- Identify key selling points
- Make an approach for corporate support
- Assignment: You will produce a sponsorship appeal pack
Maximising Income from Merchandise & Trading
- Case study based approach to added value to merchandise & trading income streams
- Introduce appropriate merchandising & trading in order to maximise financial return
- Assignment:You will critique merchandising & trading options and rank your own options
Community Fundraising and Events
- Plan how to introduce events to generate maximum income
- Maximise the role of Celebrities, marketing and promotion
- Assess the community fundraising potential of your organisation
- Assignment: Produce an event plan with budget
Legacy Fundraising
- Describe donor relations and methods for attracting future legacies
- Critique ‘will to give’ literature from a similar organisation
- Assignment: You will produce ‘will to give’ literature for your group
Bite-Size Courses
Each course takes 3 weeks, with 2-3 hours studying per week with support and feedback from a fundraising expert. You can study courses in any order
Corporate Giving & Securing Sponsorship
Maximising Income from Merchandise & Trading
Community Fundraising and Events
If you are interested in any of our courses we'll put some copies of our brochure in the post.