Available courses

• Getting fit for grant funding

  Open Access - anyone who creates an account can access this course. This course is designed for staff and trustees to help them understand the issues to consider before applying for grant funding.

  

• Writing winning funding bids

  Open Access - anyone who creates an account can access this course. With the funding environment becoming more and more competitive it is vital that you make your applications for funding stand out from the crowd. Learn how to improve the quality of your applications by understanding what funders really want. 

  

• Writing a strategic plan

  Open Access - anyone who creates an account can access this course. A strategic plan plays a vital role in helping organisations to achieve their mission and long-term goals. It also enables them to plan for the future and work towards financial sustainability. This online course is designed to help you better understand what is involved in writing a strategic plan and how to use the ‘planning cycle’ effectively in your organisation.

  

• Finding the right funding mix

  Open Access - anyone who creates an account can access this course. Third sector organisations can normally locate funds to kick start projects, but find it difficult to secure funding for ongoing work. Many find themselves ‘trapped’ in the funding cycle and relying on grant funding as a main source of income. This online course will raise awareness and understanding of sustainable funding and will help organisations consider their right ‘funding mix’.

  

• To bid or not to bid?

  Open Access - anyone who creates an account can access this course. This online course is for those new to tendering and contains a wealth of information to help organisation bid for, and win public sector contracts. It helps organisations to understand the tender process, and how they can make it work for them.

  

• Welsh Language Awareness

  Open Access - anyone who creates an account can access this course. This is a short (and fun!) 15 minute course designed to help you find out more about online learning. The course is designed to give you a brief overview of the Welsh language, its use in Wales and to get you thinking! 

  

• Introduction to trust fundraising

  • Teacher: Eileen Kinsman

  Closed Access - only accessible to learners who have attended the face-to-face session. 

  There are nearly 9,000 grant-making trusts in the UK… 

  But what do they fund? And what makes a successful application? Our Introduction to Trust Fundraising course will answer these questions and much more.  

• Running a Successful Capital Appeal

  • Trainer: Eileen Kinsman

  Closed Access - only accessible to learners who have attended the face-to-face session. This course is for those new to capital appeal fundraising and is suitable for chief executives, senior managers, fundraisers and trustees, considering launching a capital appeal.

• Torfaen Social Enterprise Summit 2012

  Closed Access - only accessible to learners who have attended the face-to-face session. Access the resources here for the ‘Sustainable Funding – Finding the right mix’ workshop. This interactive session, delivered on 23 February 2012, provided participants with a general introduction to sustainable funding as well as the steps to financial sustainability.

• How to tender

  Closed Access - only accessible to learners who have attended the face-to-face session. To provide participants with an insight into the world of tendering and the tools and techniques to develop successful tenders.

• Planning for financial sustainability: a trustee's guide

  Closed Access - only accessible to learners who have attended the face-to-face session. This course is aimed at trustees to build skills and knowledge on planning for a financially sustainable future.

• Working With Outcomes

  Closed Access - only accessible to learners who have attended the face-to-face session. This course provides the knowledge, tools and techniques to use and practice an outcomes approach.

• Planning & Writing Successful Funding Bids

  Closed Access - only accessible to learners who have attended the face-to-face session. This advanced course is intended for experienced bid writers wanting to further develop their knowledge and skills to produce compelling funding bids.

• Funding for International Projects

  Closed Access - only accessible to learners who have attended the face-to-face session. This is an advanced course for experienced bid writers wanting to further develop their knowledge and skills to produce compelling funding bids for international projects.

• HYPE Pre-course reading

  Closed Access - only accessible to learners who have attended the face-to-face session. This is a one-day course on How to tender and includes pre-reading for participants before the course.