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UKC - How to Fundraise: A Guide to Fundraising for Non-Fundraisers 

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Overview

Get a practical guide to fundraising and learn tips on everything from preparing your fundraising story to processing donations

Duration

3 weeks

Total fee

4,450

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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Credential

Certificate

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Highlights

  • Earn a certificate from The University of Kent
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Course details

Who should do this course?

This course is designed for anyone who would like to learn how to fundraise more effectively.

The course will be particularly useful for leaders and members of small charities or non-profit organisations, local branches of larger charities, volunteer-led groups and community organisations, as well as inexperienced or new fundraisers

What are the course deliverables?
Identify why and how people and groups would want to give to your cause or organisation.
 
Assess which methods of asking people to give are most suited to your organisation.
 
Explore how to be emotionally and socially skilled facilitators of giving to your organisation.
 
Develop your organisation’s stories in a way that will motivate people and groups to become loyal supporters.
 
Investigate how to sensitively and effectively manage the fundraising process including processing donations and managing data.
 
Design a fundraising strategy and plan that works for your organisation and be confident about what to do next.
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More about this course
  • On this course, you'll get practical advice on how to fundraise whether you work for a non-profit or charity, or you volunteer in a community organization.
  • Using evidence-based fundraising research, you'll learn who gives, how they do it, and why they do so.
  • As you explore the fundraising process, you'll build skills in fundraising management and learn how to create a fundraising strategy that works for your organization.
  • The course will help you to take the next step in raising the money and support that your cause, charity, group, or non-profit organization needs to thrive.
  • Paid certification course

How to Fundraise: A Guide to Fundraising for Non-Fundraisers
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Curriculum

Who do you ask and in what way?

Introduction

The fundraising mix

The individuals who give and why

Your potential supporters

What are you asking for and who does the asking?

Finding your fundraising stories

What and who do you need to tell your story?

Your fundraising story

What is your unique fundraising plan?

Reciprocity and developing loyal donors

The practical stuff

Your fundraising plan

Summary

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How to Fundraise: A Guide to Fundraising for Non-Fundraisers
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Faculty details

Claire Routley

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