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How to Fundraise: A Guide to Fundraising for Non-Fundraisers

Future Learn

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Course Features

Duration

3 weeks

Delivery Method

Online

Available on

Lifetime Access

Accessibility

Desktop, Laptop

Language

English

Subtitles

English

Level

Beginner

Effort

4 hours per week

Teaching Type

Self Paced

Course Description

Create a fundraising strategy for your charity or group to help them take the next step

This course will give you practical advice on fundraising, whether you are a volunteer or a member of a charity or non-profit.

You'll find out who gives, how they do this, and why.

You'll learn how to manage fundraising and create a strategy that works for your organization as you explore the fundraising process.

This course will teach you how to raise the funds and support your charity, group, or non profit organisation needs to succeed.

Live tutor interaction is available during the course, which runs from 14 February to 6 March 2022.

Course Overview

International Faculty

Case Based Learning

Post Course Interactions

Case Studies,Instructor-Moderated Discussions

Skills You Will Gain

What You Will Learn

Identify why and how people and groups would want to give to your cause or organisation

Assess which methods of asking people to give are most suited to your organisation

Explore how to be emotionally and socially skilled facilitators of giving to your organisation

Develop your organisation’s stories in a way that will motivate people and groups to become loyal supporters

Investigate how to sensitively and effectively manage the fundraising process including processing donations and managing data

Design a fundraising strategy and plan that works for your organisation and be confident about what to do next

Target Students

This course is designed for anyone who would like to learn how to fundraise more effectively

Course Content

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Module 1: Why and how people give to charity, as well as other sources of voluntary funding and how to access it.

Module 2: How emotional and socially sensitive fundraising facilitates effective giving to your organisation.

Module 3: Preparing your organisation or group to fundraise effectively – establishing how much time and money you will need and who will need to be involved.

Module 4: Creating and communicating your own fundraising story.

Course Instructors

Ali Body

Instructor

Ali is Director of Studies for the MA in Philanthropic Studies at the Centre for Philanthropy. Her research focuses on voluntary action, donor socialisation and children's charities.

Beth Breeze

Instructor

Beth worked as a fundraiser and charity manager for a decade before co-founding the Centre for Philanthropy in 2008 where she now leads a team conducting research and teaching courses on philanthropy.

Claire Routley

Instructor

Instructor at Futurelearn

Stuart Chell

Instructor

Stuart is a fundraising consultant specialising in high-value giving (trusts, major donors and corporates) and faith based charities, and a current MA student at Kent University.

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How to Fundraise: A Guide to Fundraising for Non-Fundraisers

Course Features

Course Description

Module 1: Why and how people give to charity, as well as other sources of voluntary funding and how to access it.

Module 2: How emotional and socially sensitive fundraising facilitates effective giving to your organisation.

Module 3: Preparing your organisation or group to fundraise effectively – establishing how much time and money you will need and who will need to be involved.

Module 4: Creating and communicating your own fundraising story.

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