Knowing the Need
Fundamental to raising money for your organisation is being able to articulate the need that you are serving. This presentation will tell you how to tackle this piece of work.
Course Content
This is an intermediate level course
The better you understand the needs of your community and the people you help, the better. It will make your funding applications better and help you to design services that are sustainable.
This presentation covers:
- Are you needed?
- How to know
- Key data and sources of information
- Community consultation
- How does this link to funding?
- What do funders want?
- Sustainable funding
- Sustainable communities
This course is suitable for anyone working in a not-for-profit organisation. See below for other useful courses.
The video is 31 minutes long. The audio version is also available.
Learning journey
These courses expand on some of the issues raised here:
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The Basics of Income Generation
CourseThis course covers what you need to know to get started; types of income, tools and techniques and much more. This video comes with bonus material that looks at how to make a strong "pitch" and how to cope with word-counts when doing funding bids.
£32
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What are "stakeholders"? - a Top Tip
CourseThis short course explains the term "stakeholders" which is so often used in our sector.
£5
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How to do a needs analysis
CourseThis course will look at what a needs analysis is, why it's important and the best sources of information. It is a paid-for course.
£17
Cost
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Subscription options
Manage your organisation's training costs with affordable subscriptions for small, medium and large organisations. Alternatively take out subscription for one person. Both cover more than 80 courses.
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Organisational subscription
CourseKeeping your people informed is vital. Here's a way to get access to all of the Academy courses - plus 20% off Masterclasses and events. Choose the right level for you with options for large, medium and small organisations.
£100
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Individual subscription
BundlePay monthly, six-monthly or annually for unlimited access to all of our main training resources - worth more than £800. Includes new materials as they are launched.
£9 / month
Charging policy
DCA is committed to producing as much affordable training as we can. While some of the courses are charged-for, we offer subscription options to ensure that they are affordable (as above). Our courses still remain some of the best value in the industry.
We will offer money-off vouchers and special offers every month, so do look out for Academy news and promotions in our e-newsletters and at networking events. Sponsored courses will be free of charge.
You will receive a receipt upon purchasing this course, so don't forget to claim the course fee back from your organisation if you are able to do so.
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