Friday Fundraising Club is a weekly gathering (1-2pm) of community champions collaborating to grow their fundraising skills.
About this event:
Friday Fundraising Club (FFC) is a one hour, online, weekly session where Lewisham voluntary and community groups learn from one another and from our speakers. If you want to learn, network and contribute positively this place is for you! Sign up for each of the weeks that you are interested in and you will get any notes/recordings if they are available for that week.
FFC also has a WhatsApp and LinkedIn group. Contact karen@lewishamlocal.com if you are interested in joining and explain what voluntary and community work your group is doing in the borough.
Here are some of the topics we have covered:
Meet the Funder: Lee Charity of William Hatcliffe
Social Media ideas and how to make them even better
Being Funder and Fundraising Plus ready, Feedback from others who have done Fundraising Plus
Meet the Funder: Lewisham Local Essentials grant and more AND Money4You BAMER HUB.
Fundraising tips from local consultant Lillian Brown
What’s an asset based approach and how do you take one? Angela Schlenkhoff
In person social, 11.30-1. Bring and share lunch. Please label your food carefully as to whether it is vegan, veggie, meat and whether it contains any items that might cause a reaction such as nuts, gluten, milk. If you have an allergy you may prefer to bring your own lunch.
Developing a budget and understanding what the terms mean, Selina Rice
Selina Rice : A committed and successful children services practitioner and senior manager with over thirty years’ experience in leading and managing services with and for children ,young people , families and communities within London .This has included working with a number of charities concerning organizational development, governance , financial sustainability, collaborative working, evaluation and community research.
Meet the Accountant, Celine
What’s ‘Social return on investment’ and how can small organisations show it? Jonathan Prince
How to promote in a diplomatic way, The Black Policy Institute
Meet the Funder: Foraging grant, questions
Low cost venue/desk space, The Albany and Clarion Housing
Basic full cost recovery and Meet the Funder: London Catalyst
Meet the Funder: Duke of Edinburgh Award funding.
Easy Fundraising the organisation demo a free way to collect funds
Karen- saving time with trust fundraising
City Bridge Trust’s work on DEI data collection –
IVAR – Fundraising Experience Survey
Landsec- raising support from businesses
Big Give Christmas Campaign
Making Monitoring Easy
Facebook Ads
Consultant Bayo gives us some tips for free!
BIPC free support for groups from the council
Meet the Funder – The Haberdashers’ Company (30mins) Getting more funding from trusts – The Fundraising Expert (30mins)
Zurich Insurance basics- more important to fundraising than you might think!
Writing for impact- telling the difference you are making – Explaining the difference you are making (Theory of Change)
What does the Co-op do to help local organisations?
Hot topics Pick and Mix
Commissioning from both sides of the fence
Lewisham Lottery
Continuing Professional Development- finding the courses that your group must and should be doing at low cost or for free.
Networking, community engagement/marketing, say something about simple evaluation
Grant Fundraising Dos and Don’ts
Case Studies
Social Media (Updated to talk about Governance)
Creating an Impact Report (Updated to talking about a fund for Black History month)
Big Give
How to choose which trusts to apply to
Lewisham Local Matched Funding with London Catalyst
Yapp Charitable Trust
Needs and generic feedback from baseline survey
Application process for trusts
Using Excel to record trusts
Flowchart and Baseline survey
If you need further support then make sure you are signed up to the Lewisham Local newsletter and the Friday Fundraising Club WhatsApp group where Meet the Funder, One to Ones and Drop ins will also be advertised.
