FSI Workshop: REMINDER

Monday, January 30th, 2012

Just a reminder about the next FSI Workshop, being held on Monday 20th February 2012. We have only a limited number of spaces left for the day, so book now to make sure you don’t miss out! For those of you who have already booked, please remember to send any outstanding deposit cheques (£50, returned on attendence) to the FSI as soon as possible. More details for attendees will be sent out soon, so watch this space!

The programme for the Workshop will cover the key back office skills identified as learning priorities in the FSI Small Charity Sector Skills Gap Survey. Across the day, delegates will have the opportunity to attend four different sessions on topics that are of most interest to them and their charity. We have an inspirational line-up of speakers covering topics including:

Full Cost Accounting
Small Charities and Local Government
Governance
Workforce Development
Managing a part-time workforce
Efficient Volunteers
Social Return on Investment

Design on a shoestring

Strategic Marketing

Leadership

Places are limited to one delegate per charity and are allocated on a first come, first served basis. To register for your free place please visit our online booking system here. If you have any questions about the Workshop please contact events@thefsi.org.

Venue: Legal & General Offices, Moorgate, London

When: 20th February 2011

FSI Announces 2012 Affiliates

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

After a competitive application process that attracted outstanding entries from right across the UK, we are delighted to announce the 2012 FSI Affiliates.

Affiliates receive a year of intensive support from the FSI aimed at moving them to the next stage of their development.

The 2012 Affiliates are:

CASH – Community Accountancy Self-Help (National) – Guardian Award Winner

Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (Coventry) – Guardian Award Winner

Nightstop Devon (Devon, Exeter and Teignbridge) – Guardian Award Winner

Spirit of Enniskillen Trust (Northern Ireland) – Guardian Award Winner

UNLOCK – The National Association of Reformed Offenders (National) – Guardian Award Winner

The Deborah Hutton Campaign (National)

Foresight North East Lincolnshire (Lincolnshire)

The Pirate Castle (London)

Sumatran Orangutan Society (Sumatra, Indonesia)

Positively UK (National)

Create (London and the South East)

Our congratulations go to the selected Affiliates, we look forward to working with you in the year ahead, and thanks to everyone who took the time to apply.

Applications for the 2013 programme will open in September 2012.

Major Announcement!

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

The Olympics is getting all the attention right now but there is another major event that will take the UK by storm in 2012.

Small Charity Week is set to return with more events, more ways to get involved and more opportunities to get the public behind your work. The UKs biggest celebration of small charities ever is about to get even bigger and we are already busily preparing. There are plenty of ways to get involved wherever you are and you can start today!

Right now there are three things we want you to do:

PUT THE DATES IN YOUR DIARY AND GET THINKING

Small Charity Week 2012 runs from Monday the 11^th of June through to Friday the 15^th. The week will take the same form as it did in 2011 – Monday is I Love Small Charities Day, Tuesday is the Big Advice Day, Wednesday is Policy Day, Thursday is Fundraising Day and Friday is Celebration Day.

You can get involved in a myriad different ways from attending FSI events, running your own event or campaign, submitting an item for the online auction…

ORGANISE YOUR AUCTION ITEM

In the lead up to this year’s Small Charity Week we would like to run a mass eBay auction with all of you taking part to raise money for your amazing causes! Do you or one of your supporters have an amazing auction item… something really unique? Does your charity have a celebrity patron who could auction off lunch with a fan to help your cause? Or perhaps you have an autographed collectable that could be fundraising gold… spread the word and see if your staff or supporters can help your charity.

TELL US WHAT PRODUCT YOU PREFER

Small Charity Week kicks off with I Love Small Charities Day – could there be a better start to the week? – and we want to produce merchandise that small charities can sell to raise funds whilst contributing to public awareness of Small Charity Week. Below are some options – we’d love to know what you think will work best for small charities so please get in touch and let us know by following the link completing this very short survey!

Small Charity Week Merchandise Survey

Small Charity Week is all about you. We want it to be even bigger and better than last year in every way, with more of you involved than ever before so please start thinking about how you can get involved in the small charity event of the year!

New Training Course!

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

At the FSI we are always looking to improve and expand our range of free training courses for small charities and with this in mind we are bringing you a fantastic opportunity to get corporate and statutory sector supporters behind your cause!

NEW! TELEPHONE SKILLS TO MAXIMISE CORPORATE SUPPORT

Previous FSI courses (Developing Corporate Relationships, Understanding Statutory Funding, Successful Events) have taught the processes by which small charities can actively foster support from other organisations. This course will help you to maximise your effectiveness in implementing these processes by teaching you additional skills that will improve your ability to call target companies and enroll them to your cause.

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!

This one day course will be taking place on 7 February 2012 – Book early to avoid disappointment!

For more information about this course and for links to our online booking system, please visit the summary on our website.

To view all up- coming trainings and for further information take a look at the FSI Calendar. If you have any questions regarding training please contact admin@thefsi.org.

The FSI Workshop is back – Don’t miss out on this fantastic free event!

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

The new year is nearly upon us and it brings with it great free training events for your charity! The first FSI Workshop of 2012 will take place in February and as always will be an opportunity to learn vital skills from industry leaders.

The programme for the Workshop has been developed to cover the key back office skills identified as learning priorities in the FSI Small Charity Sector Skills Gap Survey. Across the day, delegates will have the opportunity to attend four different sessions on topics that are of most interest to them and their charity. We have an inspirational line-up of speakers covering topics including: