The Heritage Alliance (THA) have been granted a further award of £250,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to extend the ‘Giving to Heritage’ project.
The Heritage Alliance (THA) writes:
The Heritage Alliance is delighted to announce that it has been awarded £250,000 under the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) Catalyst Umbrella programme to extend Giving to Heritage for another 12 months from June 2016. This is on top of the initial grant of £500,000.
Due to the strong demand in the independent heritage sector for continuing fundraising training, there will be a series of workshops, webinars, coaching and other training events at locations across England for both inexperienced and experienced fundraisers.
In its initial two years, Giving to Heritage training has supported over 1,100 heritage staff and volunteers, from nearly 600 different organisations. Confidence levels in heritage fundraising and capacity building have increased substantially and there have been several examples of real successes including major sums raised from new approaches donors.
Loyd Grossman, Chairman of The Heritage Alliance said: ‘Giving to Heritage has been the largest project The Heritage Alliance has managed to date and it has been an overwhelming success, bringing new confidence and new funds to the independent heritage sector. Never has the need to search for private sources of funds been more important, and Giving to Heritage has been delivering the much-needed training to develop the skills the sector has been asking for. I am delighted that the HLF has allowed us to continue to deliver this exciting programme, in partnership with the Institute of Fundraising’.
The extended programme will include a series of workshops, webinars, one-to-one consultancy and support sessions and executive coaching across the country, delivered in partnership with the Institute of Fundraising. Subjects will include popular fundraising training topics such as Using Digital and Social Media and Legacy Marketing, which potential delegates may have missed the first time around, plus enhanced training for those wishing to move to their skill set to the next level. There will also be new subjects such as ‘Structuring your Organisation for Fundraising’ and ‘How to Organise a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign’. In addition, there will be a small number of exciting new workshops on how to apply for social investment funds and how to set up a community shares project.
Further details will be announced shortly, and regular updates will appear on the Giving to Heritage website
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