Our Sustainability Training Programme courses are free for community organisations in the StreetGames network.
The webinars are very participatory so please be ready to get involved. If you would like more information, would like to register your interest for any courses that do not have dates next to them, or you cannot attend, please contact Emma.Tugby@StreetGames.org
11am-12:30pm, Thursday 18th May 2023
Demonstrating the Need
Are you unsure of the best way to demonstrate the need for your project? This will take you through when, what and how to use statistics and demonstrate the need within funding applications. If this is an area of the funding application that you struggle with, book on to learn more!
10-11:30am, Tuesday 27th June 2023
Starting your Fundraising Journey
This webinar is aimed at those who are brand new to fundraising (it’s a snapshot of the Race for Investment). It takes you through a typical funding application and general top tips for writing one. If you are brand new to fundraising, or have not been successful with funding applications this is the course for you.
2-3:30pm, 4 weeks starting Monday 11th September 2023
Race For Investment
This 4-week course is designed to offer sports clubs and community organisations (with little or no bid writing experience) hands-on support, advice and guidance. The aim is that each organisation writes a funding bid and submits with support. If you are brand new to fundraising or have not been successful with funding applications this is the course for you.
10-11:30am, Wednesday 13th September 2023
Monitoring and Evaluation
This webinar provides you with some ideas and practical tools to help you monitor and evaluate your projects effectively and demonstrate the impact of your work. If you are responsible for collecting data and/or completing the evaluation, book this course!
1-2:30pm, Tuesday 7th November 2023
Budget Plan and Terminology
This webinar focuses on the budget part of an application form. The webinar will take you through the terminology relating to budgets and applying for funding as well as top tips for completing this part of an application. If this is an area of the funding application that you struggle with, book on to learn more!
10-11:30am, Thursday 23rd November 2023
Alternative Income Generation
There are a number of different ways to generate income. This will take you through many forms in a little more detail, with a deeper dive into Crowdfunding and Trusts & Foundations. If you are looking for different ways to diversify your income, book on!
10-11:30am, Monday 4th December 2023
Writing your Fundraising Plan
This webinar will look at how to write a fundraising plan for a year, different income streams and putting SMART objectives in place for your fundraising. If you are managing an organisation and want to put a plan for generating income in place, this is the course for you.
The below courses are designed to go into more detail on specific areas that you may want to focus your funding applications on. Ideally, you will already be confident at writing funding bids.
1-4pm, Tuesday 30th May 2023
Small Grants
Focusing on the Sport England funding pots that are currently open, we will go through the questions asked and recommend how best to answer them. This is a great course if you are looking to go for one of the open Sport England pots.
10-11:30am, Tuesday 6th June 2023
Corporate partnerships and fundraising
This webinar goes through where to start when you would like to develop corporate partnerships to gain investment from them. If you are looking to diversify your income, this is a great way to do so; we can help you with where to start.
10-11:30am, Thursday 22nd June 2023
Community safety specific bids
This webinar goes through what funding you can go for to deliver a community safety programme. This is a great course if you are looking to apply for funding to deliver community safety programmes.
10am-12pm, Thursday 5th October 2023
Asset-Based Community Development
This webinar focuses on Asset Based Community Development and how we can use this approach to design and strengthen our community programmes. This is a great course if you are looking to reach more of your community when setting up a new initiative.
10-11:30am, Wednesday 18th October 2023
Housing Associations – Community Investment
This webinar will support you to feel confident in applying for funding from a housing association. We will look at the community investment priorities of housing associations and how to put together a strong funding bid. If you are looking for funding from housing associations, this is the course for you!
