Training

South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau runs various courses and workshops for local voluntary and community organisations throughout South Yorkshire. Most of our training is free, although we do charge a fee (currently £20 per place) on the OCN accredited course, and sometimes we charge larger organisations.

latest update 3 April 2008
(site usually updated Thursdays)

• Course dates and venues - Autumn 2008
• Funding and Fundraising for Community and Voluntary Groups - more information
• Other training courses and events we can offer

Course dates and venues - Autumn 2008

Our Autumn courses will be running in Rotherham, Mexborough, Burngreave in Sheffield and Thorne in Doncaster.

At the moment only the Rotherham dates have been confirmed. Dates and venues for the other locations will be announced on here as soon as they are finalised.

Rotherham, RAIN Building - Wednesday mornings
9.30am - 1.30pm Wednesday 1 October
10.00am - 1.00pm Wednesday 8 October
10.00am - 1.00pm Wednesday 15 October
10.00am - 1.00pm Wednesday 22 October
Course break
10.00am - 1.00pm Wednesday 5 November
10.00am - 1.00pm Wednesday 12 November
10.00am - 1.00pm Wednesday 19 November
10.00am - 1.00pm Wednesday 26 November

You can read a full outline of the course by clicking here

And you can work through a checklist to decide if the course is suitable for you below.

To book a place
Click here to download a booking form in pdf or Click here for one in rich text format (that you can fill in on your computer).
or request a form by calling
Sheila Bhandal
Tel: 0114 249 4343
email: sheila@syfab.org.uk

For more information about the course
Diane Harding
Tel: 0114 249 4343
email: diane@syfab.org.uk

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Funding and Fundraising for Community and Voluntary Groups - more information

We regularly run this Open College Network (OCN) accredited course aimed at members of local community groups and voluntary organisations who want to develop their fundraising skills. It runs over 8 half day or evening sessions covering:

• Introduction to fundraising
  
  
• Planning and preparation for fundraising
  
  
• Sources of funding
  
  
• Applying for funding
  
  
• Financial planning for fundraising
  
  
• Evaluation and monitoring
  
  
• Portfolio building and support

The course offers credits at levels 2 and 3. Courses run in Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield and occasionally, Dearne Valley.

Click here to see a full course outline

Is this course suitable for you?

Please work through the following questions. If you can answer 'YES' to all these questions, this course is probably suitable for you. Please contact SYFAB for more advice if you're not sure.

• Are you a member of a small-to-medium-sized voluntary or community organisation (staff, volunteer or management committee)?
• Is your organisation based within South Yorkshire?
• Do your organisation's activities benefit people in South Yorkshire?
• Does your organisation have:
  A voluntary management committee?
  A bank account in the name of the organisation?
  A written constitution or set of rules?
• Are you involved in doing the fundraising for your organisation?
• Do you want to learn more about raising money from grant-making funders, such as the lottery funders and charitable trusts?
• Do you have a specific piece of work or project that you want to fundraise for OR do you want to develop a funding strategy for your organisation? (This course is practical so you need to have something specific to work on)

• An individual who is not involved with a voluntary or community organisation as staff, volunteer or management committee member.
• From a public/statutory sector organisation
• From a private sector organisation
• A fundraising consultant or self-employed fundraiser
• A Development Worker who wants to learn about delivering funding advice to voluntary and community organisations

• Development Workers are only eligible if you are fundraising for your own voluntary or community organisation.
• Social enterprises are eligible if your activities are broadly charitable, and you have a voluntary management committee.
• Branches of national charities in South Yorkshire are probably eligible if you manage your own funding locally in your own bank account in the name of the local branch.
• If you are completely new to fundraising, you should consider going on an introductory course first, such as our Beginners Guide to Fundraising.

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Other training courses and events we can offer

In addition to our accredited course, the Bureau runs one day and half-day courses and workshops on a wide range of topics including:

• Introduction to different types of funders
  
  
• Developing a fundraising strategy
  
  
• Applying to charitable trusts
  
  
• Writing funding application letters
  
  
• Understanding the language of funders
  
  
• Management Committees - issues around funding and fundraising for your group

Our Funding Development Workers sometimes develop training courses tailored to meet a particular need in their area - contact us for details. Our courses are advertised on this page and in Funding News, our free monthly newsletter. Places can fill up very quickly, so you need to book early!

For more information, contact:
Diane Harding, Training Co-ordinator
South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau
The Workstation
15 Paternoster Row
Sheffield S1 2BX

Tel: 0114 249 4343
email: diane@syfab.org.uk

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