The FSI offers, without cost, an extensive programme of learning opportunities tailored to meet the specific needs of small charities. As part of this programme we would like to offer the following training opportunity for up to 14 delegates. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Efficient project management need not be an overwhelming process, this course provides an introduction to practical tools your charity can use to plan projects, set them up and keep them on track. The trainer is qualified as a PRINCE 2 Project Management Practitioner, a standard recognised internationally for its best practice and flexibility for use with projects of all sizes with all types of organisations.

Target Audience:

Individuals responsible for planning, implementing or managing projects from both a fundraising point of view and an operational standpoint.

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Assess the ‘business case’ for your charity embarking on a new project
• Define roles and responsibilities for key members of the project team
• Use planning tools to break down a project into distinct activities
• Allocate sufficient time and resources to each activity
• Implement processes to ensure that projects are kept on track for funders

 Trainer: Shirley Viggars, Head of Learning & Business Development

Availability: 14 places which will be allocated on a first come first served basis to employees or volunteers from 100% not-for-profit organisations with a raised voluntary income of less than £1.5 million.

Date: This one-day course will take place on May 10^th .  Click on your preferred date to book online (this will link you to Eventbrite, our online booking system).

Time:  9.30am – 4.30pm

Venue: The FSI Office, Central London

Support: There are travel expenses available for those travelling from outside of London using the cheapest fares. Please contact The FSI for a travel expense claim form.

 The use of social media has exploded in recent years, and can be a valuable tool for small charities to communicate their good work.  Research suggests that an organisation’s social media activity can have significant impact on their brand reputation, whether positive or negative – bringing both opportunities and risks.

This course will help you understand how you can use social media to enhance and promote your valuable work.  We will look at how social media fits with your overall marketing and communications strategy.  We will also consider several case studies, providing both good and poor examples of how social media has been used by other charities.

This practical, hands-on course will also provide an opportunity for participants to work on their profiles for several social media platforms, such as Linked in, Facebook and Twitter.  We recommend that participants bring a laptop with wifi capability to ensure maximum benefit from the course.

Target Audience:  This course will benefit anyone in a marketing and communications role, who want to find out how they can best harness social media tools for their charity.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Recognise the importance of social media and where it fits in their overall marketing mix.
• Describe how social media differs from traditional media routes.
• Ensure that social media activity is consistent with their organisation and brand.
• Monitor their brand and what is being said about their small charity, tracking online activity.
• Identify and mitigate the risks associated with using social media.
• Use a range of social media tools to support their communications activity, including Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Trainer: Garreth Spillane, Head of Policy and Communications.

Availability: 14 places which will be allocated on a first come first served basis to employees or volunteers from 100% not-for-profit organisations with a raised voluntary income of less than £1.5 million.

Date: This one-day course will next be held on 29th of March 2012, 23rd of April 2012 and 22nd of June 2012. Click on the date to book online (this will link you to Eventbrite, our online booking system).

Time:  9.30am – 4.30pm

Venue: The FSI Office, Central London

Support: There are travel expenses available for those travelling from outside of London using the cheapest fares. Please contact The FSI for a travel expense claim form.

Target Audience

This course is for anyone who has previously attended either of the three courses above.  It is ideal for anyone who would like to enhance their telephone skills to ramp up the return on their investment in time in this area. You will be currently actively seeking support (even if very unsuccessfully) and looking for ways to make it both easier and more effective.

 Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, you will know:

What to say. Including knowing how pitch your ideas, question to build commitment, get past gatekeepers and overcome objections.

How to say it and when. Communicating more naturally and effectively, including learning specific listening skills, effective language structuring and knowing how to manage your tone, pace and volume, is crucial to developing strong rapport – the bedrock of any relationship.

How to manage your mindset. Our thoughts in our head fundamentally dictate our experience of life. Learning how to manage what is going on in your head will enable you to bounce back from rejection, and actually find cold calling an easy and fulfilling activity. With the right mindset, your ability to obtain support will also sky-rocket.

How to build an effective plan and get fully behind it. Reconnect with your true purpose, decide on long-term objectives and then establish a plan that will be both simple to follow and will ensure you achieve your targets.

 About the trainer: Nick Broughton – Director, Call Dynamix

Call Dynamix began when Nick took responsibility for training up new consultants whilst at a city-based executive search firm.

As one of the company’s fastest and most consistent billers ever, Nick utilised what he had learnt and combined this with his extensive knowledge of NLP, Co-Active Coaching and other progressive teaching techniques. The new starters were quickly generating significant revenue, more than any previous starter by quite some margin.

Nick is bringing his extensive knowledge and experience to the small charity sector and has developed this course specifically for the FSI.  We think it’s a fantastic opportunity to upskill and get corporate and statutory sector supporters on board with your cause!

Availability: 14 places which will be allocated on a first come first served basis to employees or volunteers from 100% not-for-profit organisations with a raised voluntary income of less than £1.5 million.

Date: This one-day course will next be held on 7 February 2012.  Click on the date to book online (this will link you to Eventbrite, our online booking system).

Time:  9.30am – 4.30pm

Venue: The FSI Office, Central London

Support: There are travel expenses available for those travelling from outside of London using the cheapest fares. Please contact The FSI for a travel expense claim form.

This course will help you understand how you can use social media to enhance and promote your valuable work.  We will look at how social media fits with your overall marketing and communications strategy.  We will also consider several case studies, providing both good and poor examples of how social media has been used by other charities.

This practical, hands-on course will also provide an opportunity for participants to work on their profiles for several social media platforms, such as Linked in, Facebook and Twitter.  We recommend that participants bring a laptop with wifi capability to ensure maximum benefit from the course.

Target Audience:  This course will benefit anyone in a marketing and communications role, who want to find out how they can best harness social media tools for their charity.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

     Recognise the importance of social media and where it fits in their overall marketing mix.

     Describe how social media differs from traditional media routes.

     Ensure that social media activity is consistent with their organisation and brand.

     Monitor their brand and what is being said about their small charity, tracking online activity.

     Identify and mitigate the risks associated with using social media.

     Use a range of social media tools to support their communications activity, including Facebook, LinkedIn and
      Twitter.

Trainer: Garreth Spillane, Head of Policy and Communications and Janine Edwards, Learning & Development Manager

Availability: 14 places which will be allocated on a first come first served basis to employees or volunteers from 100% not-for-profit organisations with a raised voluntary income of less than £1.5 million.

Date: This one-day course will next be held on 29 March 2012.  Click on your preferred date to book online (this will link you to Eventbrite, our online booking system).

Time:  9.30am – 4.30pm

Venue: The FSI Office, Central London

Support: There are travel expenses available for those travelling from outside of London using the cheapest fares. Please contact The FSI for a travel expense claim form.

TARGET AUDIENCE

This course will benefit those who are new to legacy fundraising and want to develop a legacy programme in their organisation.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

     Explain the unique characteristics of legacy fundraising and the benefits to their charity.

     Identify and prioritise legacy prospects.

     Develop appropriate communications related to legacy giving.

     Engage potential legators.

     Comply with relevant legislation and best practice.

     Evaluate the success of a legacy fundraising programme.

 Trainer: Janine Edwards, Learning & Development Manager

Availability: 14 places which will be allocated on a first come first served basis to employees or volunteers from 100% not-for-profit organisations with a raised voluntary income of less than £1.5 million.

Date: This one-day course will next be held on 17th of April 2012.  Click on your preferred date to book online (this will link you to Eventbrite, our online booking system).

Time:  9.30am – 4.30pm

Venue: The FSI Office, Central London

Support: There are travel expenses available for those travelling from outside of London using the cheapest fares. Please contact The FSI for a travel expense claim form.

Corporate Fundraising

Trusts and Foundations

Major Donor Fundraising

Community Fundraising

and Fundraising and Governance

Date: Tuesday 25th October 2011, 9.15am – 4.35pm
Venue: Credit Suisse, Canary Wharf
Availability: All 250 free places are allocated on a first come first served basis to employees or trustees from 100% Not-for-profit organisations with an annual raised voluntary income of less than £1.5 Million.

This event has been kindly supported by Legal and General providing delegates from small charities with the chance to access interactive learning and networking opportunities at no cost

To reserve your free place: click here to sign up or contact events@thefsi.org for further information

Target Audience

This course is aimed at those in positions within their organisation who have the remit to look at expanding the horizons to include new ways of funding programmes and also for those who may be setting out to develop a social purpose enterprise whether that be as a charity, as a company limited by guarantee (not-for-profit/often termed social enterprise).

*Note social enterprises need to ensure that we have had full sight of their governing document prior to booking onto this course

Learning Outcomes

The Training will cover:

What is Earned Income

Getting Paid for What You Do

Launching a Mission Based Business Venture

Starting Your Business

Action Plans

Unrelated Ventures

Staying Strategic

Trainer: Shirley Viggars, Head of Learning and Business Development.

Availability: 14 places which will be allocated on a first come first served basis to employees or volunteers from 100% not-for-profit organisations with a raised voluntary income of less than £1.5 million.

Date: This one-day course will next be held on 26th of April 2012 and the 30th of May 2012.  Click on the date to book online (this will link you to Eventbrite, our online booking system).

Time:  9.30am – 4.30pm

Venue: The FSI Office, Central London

Support: There are travel expenses available for those travelling from outside of London using the cheapest fares. Please contact The FSI for a travel expense claim form.

Effectively demonstrating your impact to your key stakeholders e.g. donors and grant makers, partners, trustees, media and staff is essential for securing ongoing support for your work. Making a difference to the lives of individuals, communities, animals and/or the environments is probably the reason why your charity was established, so how can you show that you are making a real difference in order to build trust, rapport and credibility for your services?

This course will provide you with some simple tools and tips for starting this process yourself, without the need to spend money on buying in external consultants or expertise.

Target Audience

This course will benefit anyone who would like to implement a monitoring and evaluation system within their charity.  It will be particularly useful to those who are new to monitoring and evaluation and would like an introduction to key concepts.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course participants will be able to:

Define key terms used throughout monitoring and evaluation, including inputs, outputs and outcomes.

Develop an impact measurement system for their charity.

Use simple yet effective measurement tools to gather evidence of their impact.

Analyse the information gathered to identify key impacts and the difference their organisation makes.

Communicate their impact with stakeholders.

 Trainer: Janine Edwards, Learning & Development Manager and Shirley Viggars, Head of Learning and Business Development.

Availability: 14 places which will be allocated on a first come first served basis to employees or volunteers from 100% not-for-profit organisations with a raised voluntary income of less than £1.5 million.

Date: This one-day course will next be held on 27 March 2012 and the 21st of June 2012.  Click on your preferred date to book online (this will link you to Eventbrite, our online booking system).

Time:  9.30am – 4.30pm

Venue: The FSI Office, Central London

Support: There are travel expenses available for those travelling from outside of London using the cheapest fares. Please contact The FSI for a travel expense claim form.

This course aims to equip participants with the skills to get the most out of their trustees, fundraising and development board, and staff teams.

Target Audience

This course will be of benefit to CEOs who want to find out how to get the best out of their Trustees, Fundraising & Development Boards and staff teams.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Describe the role and composition of an effective board, including statutory requirements and best practice.

Engage trustees to go beyond the basic requirements of their role, bringing their full range of skills and values in order to demonstrate outstanding leadership.

Describe the role of a fund development board and why these are needed.

Identify how a fund development board could fit into their existing charity structure.

Engage potential members for a fund development board.

Use a range of tools to motivate and support staff teams.

 Trainer: Pauline Broomhead, CEO

Availability: 14 places which will be allocated on a first come first served basis to employees or volunteers from 100% not-for-profit organisations with a raised voluntary income of less than £1.5 million.

Date: This one-day course will next be held on 24 February 2012.  Click on your preferred date to book online (this will link you to Eventbrite, our online booking system).

Time:  9.30am – 4.30pm

Venue: The FSI Office, Central London

Support: There are travel expenses available for those travelling from outside of London using the cheapest fares. Please contact The FSI for a travel expense claim form.

Both central and local government have moved away from grant-making to commissioning services from the third sector. This course provides an overview of the expectations of public sector funders and outlines best practice in bidding to the public sector. The third sector is well-placed to deliver high-quality public services – but small charities need to present themselves as fit-for-purpose to make the most of the opportunities!

Target Audience:

Anyone who would like to learn more about public service commissioning and opportunities for their small charity.

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

     Describe the new public sector commissioning environment and models for delivery.

     Identify opportunities to secure statutory funding.

     Assess whether a consortium approach is suitable for their organisation, taking into account potential
     benefits and risks.

     Research potential supply chain opportunities to subcontract work from larger organisations.

     Develop a bid which covers key requirements; including aims, services, costs and credibility.

 Trainer: Shirley Viggars, Head of Learning & Business Development

Availability: 14 places which will be allocated on a first come first served basis to employees or volunteers from 100% not-for-profit organisations with a raised voluntary income of less than £1.5 million.

Date: This one-day course will next be held on 8 December 2011 and 17 February 2012.  Click on your preferred date to book online (this will link you to Eventbrite, our online booking system).

Time:  9.30am – 4.30pm

Venue: The FSI Office, Central London

Support: There are travel expenses available for those travelling from outside of London using the cheapest fares. Please contact The FSI for a travel expense claim form.