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Fundraising Strategy Support

Museum Development Midlands (MDM) and Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy are pleased to provide this important strategic training programme to ten museums in the Midlands. From January to March 2025, we will welcome up to two participants from ten organisations to join us through a series of workshops, developing your skills and supporting you to create your own fundraising strategy.  

Over the course of three online workshops with your cohort lead, you will establish a robust framework to begin building your fundraising strategy, which you will then continue to develop internally within your organisation.

The online sessions will cover:

  • An overview of the sector

  • Overview of a fundraising strategy

  • Assessing yourselves

  • Assessing the external environment

  • Benchmarking

  • Messaging and positioning

  • Identifying opportunities

  • Conducting research into prospects

  • Organisational resource

The workshops will take place online on the following dates:

  • Session 1: Tuesday 21 January 2025, 10am-12noon

  • Session 2: Tuesday 25 February 2025, 10am-12noon

  • Session 3: Tuesday 25 March 2025, 10am-12noon

Please note, the lead participant from each organisation will need to be available for all three sessions to join the programme.

As part of this programme, Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy will provide you with a template strategy, which includes a step-by-step guide and clear format for developing a fundraising strategy.

Your cohort lead will then be on hand throughout, providing direct feedback on your strategic document, guiding you as you develop your plan, and supporting you and your organisation to achieve success.

For full details, including eligibility, please read the programme information sheet.

Complete the online application form. This is an open call process so please tell us clearly what support is needed and why; how it will benefit your organisation and your communities, and why your organisation should be selected and how you will maximise the opportunity.

Applications close: 5pm, Monday 25 November

Key information:

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Want to apply?

To apply for the Fundraising Strategy Support Programme, please complete the online application form by 5pm, Monday 25 November 2024.

You’ll be notified of the outcome by 5pm, Friday 6 December 2024 at the latest.

To be eligible for this programme, organisations must be a museum or heritage organisation in the Midlands that is either Accredited or officially Working Towards Accreditation that is not an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) or a Nationally funded museum.

Please note that we will ask all successful applicants to provide us with some feedback following the programme to feed into our evaluation.

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