Friday Fundraising Club (FFC) is a one hour, online, weekly session where Lewisham voluntary and community groups learn from one another and from our speakers. If you want to learn, network and contribute positively this place is for you! Sign up for each of the weeks that you are interested in and you will get any notes/recordings if they are available for that week.

FFC also has a WhatsApp and LinkedIn group. Contact karen@lewishamlocal.com if you are interested in joining and explain what voluntary and community work your group is doing in the borough.

Sessions are 1-2pm each Friday.

Upcoming topics

12/4/24 Holiday

19/4/24 Data First Aid

...and other free support from Pro Bono Economics

26/4/24 Nation Builder

Getting Personal: 3 ways to customize your fundraising efforts.

3/5/24 Using AI to find and write trust applications - with Plinth

10/5/24 Using Plinth (for free) to monitor, evaluate and create applications

17/5/24 NCIL Funding

Lewisham Council will provide information on this funding stream.

24/5/24 Meet the Funder: Clothworkers’ Foundation

The Clothworkers' Foundation speak to us about their capital grants.

31/5/24 Half term

7/6/24 Meet the Funder: Duke of Edinburgh Grants

Hear directly about the extra help for this time limited grant.

21/6/24 Bigoh Coaching

"Goal setting provides direction, motivation, and a clear purpose, guiding efforts toward meaningful achievements and personal growth." Or does it?

5/7/24 Good Finance

Find out more about alternatives to grant funding with this session on social investment.

12/7/24 TBC

12/7/24 TBC

Summer holidays - we return in September

13/9/24 Increasing donations through emotional connections

Online giving platform, Giving is Human, founder tells us more.

Normal Structure

1) Introduce your organisation

2) Micro-training or interactive session. Topics vary week to week, please see above.

3) 'Funding MOT' Get in touch beforehand if your group has a fundraising related problem and Karen will see if there is a slot in our MOT section. You'll get the chance to share your problem and the group will crowdsource solutions. These have been great at generating solutions for tricky issues!

4) Any other questions/good news.

We welcome community champions of all skill levels to join in this innovative community development initiative. The main thing is a desire to learn, contribute and see Lewisham thrive.

Old topics some available as recordings/notes

01/07/2022 Flowchart and Baseline survey

08/07/2022 Using Excel to record trusts

15/07/2022 Application process for trusts

22/07/2022 Needs and generic feedback from baseline survey

29/07/2022 Yapp Charitable Trust

05/08/2022 Lewisham Local Matched Funding with London Catalyst

12/08/2022 How to choose which trusts to apply to

19/08/2022 Big Give

26/08/2022 Creating an Impact Report (Updated to talking about a fund for Black History month)

02/09/2022 Social Media (Updated to talk about Governance)

5/9/2022 Case Studies

16/09/2022 Grant Fundraising Dos and Don'ts

23/09/2022 Networking, community engagement/marketing, say something about simple evaluation

30/09/2022 Lee Charity of William Hatcliffe

07/10/2022 Coalition for Efficiency explain their free help.

14/10/2022 Continuing Professional Development- finding the courses that your group must and should be doing at low cost or for free.

21/10/2022 Lewisham Lottery

28/10/2022 Commissioning from both sides of the fence

04/11/2022 Hot topics Pick and Mix

11/11/2022 What does the Co-op do to help local organisations?

18/11/2022

W riting for impact- telling the difference you are making

Explaining the difference you are making (Theory of Change)

25/11/2022 Zurich Insurance basics- more important to fundraising than you might think!

1 3/1/22 Meet the Funder - The Haberdashers' Company (30mins) Getting more funding from trusts - The Fundraising Expert (30mins)

2 0/1/23 BIPC free support for groups from the council

2 7/1/23 Consultant Bayo gives us some tips for free!

3 /2/23 Facebook Ads

1 0/2/23 Making Monitoring Easy

1 7/2/23 Big Give Christmas Campaign

2 4/2/23 Landsec- raising support from businesses

3 /3/23 IVAR - Fundraising Experience Survey

1 0/3/23 City Bridge Trust's work on DEI data collection

F ROM 17th ONWARDS FFC MOVES TO 1-2pm

1 7/03/23 Karen- saving time with trust fundraising

2 4/3/23 Easy Fundraising the organisation demo a free way to collect funds

3 1/3/23 Justin shares his list of trusts

7 /4 and 14/4 Easter break

2 1/4/23 Meet the Funder: Duke of Edinburgh Award funding

2 8/4/23 Phoenix housing

5 /5/23 How DISC can help when thinking about fundraising

1 2/5/23 Basic full cost recovery and Meet the Funder: London Catalyst

1 9/05/23 Yoello- scan, donate and pay

2 6/05/23 Publicity, by Michael Stuart

2 /6/23 Low cost venue/desk space, The Albany and Clarion Housing

9 /6/23 Meet the Funder: Foraging grant, questions

1 6/6/23 How to promote in a diplomatic way, The Black Policy Institute

2 3/6/23 What's 'Social return on investment' and how can small organisations show it? Jonathan Prince

3 0/6/23 Meet the Accountant, Celine

7 /7/23 Developing a budget and understanding what the terms mean, Selina Rice

1 4/7/23 In person social, 11.30-1. Bring and share lunch. Please label your food carefully as to whether it is vegan, veggie, meat and whether it contains any items that might cause a reaction such as nuts, gluten, milk. If you have an allergy you may prefer to bring your own lunch.

2 1/7/23 What's an asset based approach and how do you take one? Angela Schlenkhoff

2 8/7/23 Fundraising tips from local consultant Lillian Brown

1 /9/23 Meet the Funder: Lewisham Local Essentials grant and more AND Money4You BAMER HUB.

8 /9/23 Being Funder and Fundraising Plus ready, Feedback from others who have done Fundraising Plus

1 5/9/23 Social Media ideas and how to make them even better

2 2/9/23 No FCC as this is conference week

2 9/9/23 Group Coaching session- Lorna Dyke

6 /10/23 Meet the Funder: Lee Charity of William Hatcliffe

5/1/24 Meet the Funder:

Leathersellers and Merchant Taylors new Early Years Fund.

12/1/24 Two Formulars that will change how you measure data!

We'll look at how to do a =SUM and =COUNTIF forumlar.

19/1/24 Bigoh Coaching

"Goal setting provides direction, motivation, and a clear purpose, guiding efforts toward meaningful achievements and personal growth." Or does it?

26/1/24 How to run a Thankathon - Emma

Thanking is so important, not only because it is the right thing to do, but also because it often leads to more gifts. Come and hear some tips on thanking well.

2/2/24 Invest in yourself: how to make the right choices and get ahead without burnout

Nikki from Fundraising Everywhere shares some tips, with time to share your ideas too.

9/2/24 Infrastructure support for small groups

The Director of Organising for Civic Power Fund shares useful support to make your community group flourish.

Half term

23/2/24 Meet the Funder- The Leathersellers

This session will allow extended time (30minutes) for us to find out more about The Leathersellers. Why not check out what they do beforehand so you are ready? https://leathersellers.co.uk/foundation/

1/2/24 Local Giving

Gift Aid Potential for non registered charitable organisations. Local Giving, a fundraising platform dedicated to supporting grassroots community organisations will provide advice on how to diversify your donation income and take your questions.

8/3/24 Grill the panel! Ask your fundraising questions

Anyone want to be on the panel?

15/3/24 Bigoh Coaching

Good health enhances productivity, decision-making, and energy levels. In business or charity work, it sustains leadership, enabling effective strategies and a thriving, resilient organisation. How healthy are you?

22/3/24 No FFC as preparing for the conference

If you need further support then make sure you are signed up to the Lewisham Local newsletter where Meet the Funder, One to Ones and Drop ins will also be advertised.