Rural Funding Festival Thursday 18th May 2006 The Arthur Rank Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire
Submitted by dave boucker on Wed, 08/03/2006 - 18:56.
Start: 18 May 2006 - 10:00
End: 18 May 2006 - 16:00
Type:
Conference
Description:
Rural Funding Festival
Thursday 18th May 2006
The Arthur Rank Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire
Rural Youth Network, Eastgate House, 19-23 Humberstone Road, Leicester, LE5 3GJ Tel: 0116 2427441 Fax: 0116 2427403
E-mail:
[email protected] Website: www.ruralyouth.com Registered Charity Number 1070928
The Programme
This event is a practical workshop based day to focus on the issue of securing funding for rural youth work and work with young people in rural areas. You will have opportunities to learn about a range of funding programmes and possibilities, applicable to voluntary, community and statutory sectors. Detailed descriptions of the workshops are provided overleaf to enable you to select the most appropriate choices for you and your work. You will also have the unique opportunity provided by our events to network with other professionals and practitioners from the youth work and rural development sectors, researchers, trainers and policy makers.
Provisional programme
1000am
Refreshments and registration
1030am
Welcome and opening addresses
1045am
Workshop 1
1145am
Refreshments
1200pm
Workshop 2
100pm
Lunch
215pm
Speaker
230pm
Workshop 3
330pm
Meet the funders ? your chance to ask the questions
400pm
Summary and finish
The Venue
The Arthur Rank Centre is set in the accessible rural location of Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire, situated close to the M6, M40 and M69. The venue has ample free onsite parking and is accessible by taxi from Coventry and Warwick Parkways train stations. There is accommodation available on site or nearby should you require it.
Rural Youth Network
Rural Funding Festival
Thursday 18th May 2006
Workshop choices
Workshop 1
Full cost recovery - details to be confirmed
Workshop 2
Children in Need will give an overview of their funding possibilities for work with young people in rural areas.
Workshop 3
Introduction to private sector fundraising.
John Heritage, Development Director of Making Space, the mental health charity, will introduce you to the world of private sector fundraising, including individual giving, corporate sponsorship, finding the right partners and how to recognise and reward your donors.
Workshop 4
How to win funds from the statutory sector. Derek Smith from actionplanning.co.uk will look at the changing patterns of statutory funding and future trends. The ?Golden Rules? of statutory fundraising will be introduced which provide practical advice to improve bids.
Workshop 5
The Big Lottery will give an overview of all their programmes.
Workshop 6
The Prince?s Trust/Big Boost has up to ¢5000 available for groups of young people in rural areas. Young people supported by the Prince?s Trust will speak about how they set up a youth café in Rhyl, Wales, and how they found the money to keep it going.
Workshop 7
An introduction to fundraising from charitable trusts and foundations. Steve Larcombe of the Directory of Social Change will show you how fundraising does not have to be an uphill struggle! Learn about the do?s and don?ts of fundraising, how trusts operate, what they want to know and what you need to know to make a successful application.
Workshop 8
The National Trust and Young Roots will demonstrate how they have worked inpartnership to provide access to NT properties and resources and funding for heritage projects of up to £25,000.
Workshop 9
Youth Bank will show you how the young people you work with could access start up funds of up to £5k to launch their very own rural youth bank.
Workshop 10
Commissioning. Colleagues from the statutory and voluntary sectors will share their experiences and expertise of commissioning services in rural areas.
Rural Youth Network
Booking Form
?Rural Funding Festival? on Thursday 18th May 2006
Name
Job Title
Organisation
Address
Postcode
Telephone
Email
Special needs e.g. dietary, access, etc
This event is being charged at the special rate of only £35 per delegate. This includes a hot lunch and refreshments. Due to the low rate for this event we hope your organisation will be able to send a member of their finance/management team to learn more about the funding opportunities available.
Please indicate below how you wish to pay.
¨ I enclose a cheque for £35. Please make cheques payable to ?Rural Youth Network? and send to Liz Alman at Rural Youth Network, Eastgate House, 19-23 Humberstone Road, Leicester, LE5 3GJ.
¨ Please invoice me/my organisation for £35. (Please provide name/address for invoice if different from above)
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Workshop Choices
Please see the information sheet for detailed description of each workshop. Please indicate below your 3 top workshops plus a reserve choice, in order of preference. Workshops will be allocated on first come first served basis.
1. Full cost recovery
6. Big Boost/Prince?s Trust
2. Children in Need
7. Trusts and Foundations
3. Private sector fundraising
8. National Trust/Young Roots
4.Bids to statutory sector
9. Youth Bank
5. Big Lottery
10. Statutory sector workshop
Please return this form as soon as possible in order to guarantee your place. Final date for bookings is 28th April. Cancellations after this date and ?no shows? on the day of the event will be charged for in full. You can however change delegate/s names after this date if necessary.
Signed Date
Rural Youth Network, Eastgate House, 19-23 Humberstone Road, Leicester, LE5 3GJ Tel: 0116 2427441 Fax: 0116 2427403
E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ruralyouth.com Registered Charity Number 1070928
