14 results for tag: Fundraising

What a ‘Star’…

I recently visited Starbank Park in Edinburgh to meet with the Friends of Starbank Park group and hear all about their fundraising efforts. The group have done extremely well in securing funding for various projects including a Children's Nature Trail which they are currently fundraising for.  They have already secured 55% of the funds for the project and have begun work on the fairy-tale inspired trail which they are working on in partnership with Victoria Primary School. The group is fundraising for the rest of the project with a crowdfunding campaign on MyParkScotland, here's the link for further information and to donate. Resourcing ...

Fundraising in a Fire Station

It's been a busy time for Resourcing Scotland's Heritage with the delivery of six events in four weeks! We have met some fantastic people and inspirational heritage projects however along the way, thank you to all who have been along. We even held a training event in the old fire station in Dunfermline which is now the home of Fire Station Creative.  Twelve participants came along to the 'Make it Happen' session and took inspiration from the fundraising efforts of the Fire Station Creative who have transformed the disused iconic building, which dates back to 1934, into an art gallery and artist studios with a fabulous cafe. We only have one ...

Planning to Progress Evening Course

Resourcing Scotland's Heritage delivered the strategy development course 'Planning to Progress' over two evening sessions for the first time recently. The course took place in Glasgow and was delivered with one of our partner organisations greenspace scotland. It was attended by a wide variety of organisations including the Friends of the TS Queen Mary, the Scottish Civic Trust, Glen Art and the Firth of Clyde Forum.  All of the participants took part in a 'pitch your project' exercise to practice putting across their project ideas to funders such as companies, major donors and charitable trusts. The next Planning to Progress courses are ...

Every Heritage Organisation Needs a Fundraising Strategy

We were in Glasgow last week for the last of the summer's training events - 'Planning to Progress: Glasgow'. We had a fantastic time at the Albany Leaning and Conference Centre with participants from Sustrans, greenspace scotland, DigIt 2015!, Logie Old Graveyard Group, Wildside Scotland and Museums Galleries Scotland.  Thanks to all who took part. The course includes an overview of why a fundraising strategy is so important and where it fits into an organisation's overall plan.  The most popular parts of the course involve a walk through analysis tools to help heritage groups and organisations to prioritise which fundriasing methods to focus ...