The Heritage Alliance (THA), the largest coalition of heritage interests in England, is currently developing a £500,000 HLF-funded fundraising programme for the independent heritage sector: Giving to Heritage and is asking people to contribute to its survey which closes on 30 August.
THA writes
This is a once in a generation opportunity to equip heritage and community enthusiasts with the skills and know-how needed to improve our fundraising capability and diversify our incomes for a more secure future.
Now is a crucial time to help shape this programme, to make sure it delivers what we need in the way we want. To do that we need to know what you think and what your members think. We want as many views as possible from organisations large and small working across the range of heritage interests to inform what we do. To capture that information we’ve put together a straightforward 5 minute survey, which you can access immediately by clicking on the link below:
Please fill it in. Please promote it to your membership, through your networks, to colleagues and friends. Please help us to make the most of this fantastic opportunity. The survey will close on the 30th August.
THA’s ‘Giving to Heritage’ background:
The project has been developed by The Heritage Alliance, in partnership with the Institute of Fundraising , in response to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s 10 Point Philanthropy Plan. It has successfully secured first round funding under the Heritage Lottery Fund’s Catalyst programme. It is now in development phase, working to submit a second round submission to the HLF by the 30th September.
Giving to Heritage intends to deliver over 8,500 training opportunities to heritage enthusiasts working with:
· The Historic Environment,
· Museums Libraries and Archives,
· Historic Landscapes,
· Industrial, Transport and Maritime and
· Intangible Heritage such as oral histories.
The training will be rolled out regionally, over 2014-15, by the Institute of Fundraising ’s network of professional trainers supported by heritage experts. It will be delivered through training workshops, advice surgeries, peer to peer learning, mentoring and online tools.
It will cover a range of topics including:
· developing fundraising leadership,
· fundraising strategy,
· major donors,
· community giving,
· corporate partnerships,
· trusts and foundations,
· legacies,
· measuring success,
· full cost recovery,
· using digital and social media and
· audience analysis and marketing.
For information on the Giving to Heritage project see: LINK
