4 results for tag: Glasgow


Fundraising: Make it Happen (Glasgow)

‘Make it Happen’ is an introduction to fundraising from private sources for heritage groups and organisations. The course is best suited to registered charities and/or constituted community groups who are looking to kick-start their fundraising and diversify their income streams.  The day involves sharing of ideas and experiences and also provides an excellent networking opportunity. This one-day course will raise awareness of the various funding sources available to heritage organisations and projects. It will help you target the private sources of funding best suited to the work you want to do and outline the best practice methods of ...

We “Trust” this was a good “Foundation”

Wednesday this week (19th October) saw RSH in Glasgow with trainer Pam Judson to deliver a more in depth session, In Focus: Applying to Trusts and Foundations here we saw participants from across the built and environmental heritage environments learn more about the types of trusts and foundations from which they might be seeking funding. This detail is set within the current funding landscape in Scotland - and gets participants to consider their plans and projects from both an applicant and a funder's view point. At this session individual 'Surgeries' with the trainer were also available for the first time, this was a great opportunity for ...

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 ...