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Name:  The Complete Works
  • Barnfield
    Bratton Fleming
    Barnstaple
    Devon
    EX31 4RT
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Training Description
Rick Bond, Director of The Complete Works offers a portfolio of governance, business and fundraising training programmes designed exclusively for managers and trustees of arts and cultural organisations.

Our 1 and 2-day programmes are suitable for in-house workshops, enabling managers and trustees to acquire and apply critical skills - fast.

For full details of all workshops, visit our website, or E-mail us for a brochure.

Training Programme Summary

Fundraising Essentials

: CREATE AN EFFECTIVE FUNDRAISING STRATEGY

  • Increase your presence and appeal to funders
  • Invest your time more effectively
  • Know when and how to ask
  • Raise more money for the things that matter most

GRANT APPLICATIONS: WRITING A WINNER

  • Greater success in writing applications - fewer rejections
  • Understand why funders want to give you money
  • Learn what funders look for in applications
  • Produce logical persuasive applications

ATTRACT SPONSORSHIP: WHAT REALLY WORKS

  • Produce a realistic sponsorship strategy
  • Create win-win benefits for both parties
  • secure stronger long-term relationships

CULTIVATING DONORS: RELATIONSHIP FUNDRAISING

  • Know who, when and how it is realistic to cultivate
  • Friends schemes: the good and the bad!
  • Big Gift campaigns
  • Corporate Membership schemes
  • Regular donor programmes

Governance:

TRUSTEE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Improved Board effectiveness
  • Improved Trustee - Management relationships
  • Greater 'buy-in' to organisational vision
  • More effective trustees. More effective meetings

TRANSFERRING TO A TRUST

  • For local authority venues considering a transfer to an independent trust
  • Learn how to determine whether the trust option is right - identifying the benefits
  • Understand why and when to transfer

BOARD DYNAMICS - CREATING A FUNCTIONAL BOARD

  • Create high-performance boards
  • Identify structures to suit your organisation's needs
  • Build Trustee and Management confidence

Business Strategy:

STRATEGIC BUSINESS DIRECTION

  • For senior management teams and trustess who need a shared appreciation of business strategy

HOW TO PREPARE A BUSINESS PLAN WITH YOUR TEAM

  • Discover a fresh approach to business planning with your team in creating realistic and sustainable plans

Feedback from Recent course participants:

  • “This was one of the best courses I've ever been on. As an FE trainer myself I can say, I think with some authority, that this was training of the highest quality.”
  • “The trainer was clearly highly experienced in his field and showed an obvious love of passing on his skills.”
  • “I think we are somewhat improved as an organisation. Relationships are better and we have significantly better systems in place. Also now much more secure about meeting our legal responsibilities.”

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