A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm

Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) – Norwegian playwright, poet and often cited as the ‘father of realism’ in theatre

 

TRAINING AND SUPPORT

Fundraising is a team effort and every member of your organisation can play their part.

Of course, not everyone will have an in-depth knowledge of fundraising. However, everyone should have a basic understanding of your fundraising goals – including donor motivations and how and where they can forward requests about supporting your cause. For example:

• The whole Board being engaged and proactive in asking for support
• Box Office understanding  why asking for donations is vital
• Cleaning Team knowing where to find the donation boxes
• Outreach Team knowing what to do if a local group wish to run a fundraising event

This holistic approach ensures generating income isn’t just down to one ‘fundraiser’. People give to people, but they only do this if they are actually asked. That isn’t always something people have the skills, confidence or desire to do – especially if it isn’t deemed to be in their job description.

Freckle can provide tailored training to suit your needs. Longer-term, we will help you to develop a range of tools which embeds fundraising throughout your organisation.

In order to plan for any fundraising-related support, it’s important to have a rough idea of how much it might cost. Freckle is committed to being clear, honest and upfront when it comes to fees charged for our services – and further details can be found here.

The first step is to say hello.