Building a Fundraising Ready Organisation: On-Demand

31 December 2025
12:00AM to 11:59PM

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As public funding faces cuts and grants become more challenging, diversifying income through effective fundraising is essential for organisational sustainability. Getting the fundamental building blocks right saves time and prevents common fundraising struggles.

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Transform your organisation's fundraising potential with this one-hour online course delivered through four practical modules. This course demonstrates what fundraising readiness looks like and how to create it in your organisation. 

Drawing on extensive experience, we guide you through Nova Fundraising's tried and tested 8 components of fundraising readiness that separate successful, sustainable fundraising from those who struggle to gain momentum. Whether you're new to fundraising or have faced previous challenges, this course provides an accessible approach to building your organisation's capacity. 

You'll discover what distinguishes fundraising-ready organisations, assess your current position, and develop a practical toolkit for success. Through real-world charity examples and proven frameworks, you'll learn to cultivate the right culture, build capacity, establish resources, and connect with potential donors. 

This isn't just theory – it's a practical roadmap to creating solid foundations for all your future fundraising efforts. 

Key information

Who is this course for?

Organisations new to fundraising, those branching out into new areas of fundraising, and groups transitioning from statutory to voluntary funding sources. 

Course content

This practical course takes you through Nova Fundraising's proven 8-component framework for fundraising success. Delivered across four focused modules, you'll explore each cornerstone: Culture, Integration, Intentionality, Accountability, Monitoring & Evaluation, Learning Organisation, Storytelling, and Donor Love. 

Learning outcomes
  • Master Nova's 8 vital fundraising readiness components 
  • Identify and address fundraising 'red flags' in your organisation 
  • Create intentional fundraising plans and accountability systems 
  • Develop compelling impact stories and donor stewardship approaches 

The course features a real-world case study showing how one organisation increased income from £7,000 to over £30,000 annually using these principles. Each module includes reflection exercises to assess your current position and develop actionable next steps for sustainable fundraising growth. 

About your trainers

Emma Low
Emma Low
Emma Low is a strategic leader with over 30 years of experience in the non-profit sector. Emma leverages her expertise in fundraising, communications, and project management to drive impact

She has led fundraising and communications  teams and exceeded ambitious targets as a leader for organisations including Crisis, Asthma UK, Womankind Worldwide and Fight Bladder Cancer. She specialises in developing new business streams, creating innovative and transformational programs, and building fundraising functions from the ground up. Emma has  wealth of experience delivering corporate social responsibility initiatives with major brands. Her commitment to social change and creating sustainable revenue has resulted in millions secured from government and foundation grants. Emma holds an MA from Edinburgh University, the CIOF Diploma,  the Certificate in Philanthropic Psychology.   

Emma's passion is people and empowering them to achieve their full potential for social improvement. 

Emma Louise Singh
Emma Louise Singh
Emma-Louise Singh is a highly experienced and qualified fundraiser with over 15 years of hands-on experience across trusts, events, Individual Giving, Legacy and In Memory fundraising.

She has worked with leading national charities as well as local organisations, implementing strategies that diversify income streams. Emma-Louise founded Nova Fundraising to empower small and medium charities to excel at fundraising. She is highly qualified, having completed the CIOF’s Diploma and International Diploma. Emma-Louise also brings cutting-edge expertise in philanthropic psychology to optimise donor relationships and increase giving. Her passion is helping charities turn possibility into reality by building professional, resilient fundraising programmes from the ground up. She is a strategic and organised thinker and is currently Chair of Trustees of two animal welfare charities and has in the past been a Trustee of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising, where she chaired the Learning and Development committee. 

About Nova Fundraising

Our Purpose

Nova Fundraising & Associates specialise in transforming purpose-led organisation's fundraising and income-earning potential. We believe every charity, regardless of size, can excel in fundraising when given the right tools and support and we have worked with many charities with proven success.   

The Nova Approach

Through our unique Nova lens, we examine your organisation from every angle, developing solutions that ensure fundraising is not just understood, but genuinely embraced by everyone - from trustees to volunteers. It is our view that a whole organisation cultural commitment to fundraising is an essential foundation for success.  

Relationship Focused

Drawing on latest academic research and sector insights, we'll help you build deeper, more fulfilling relationships with supporters - showing you how to inspire stakeholders to love you more and stay with you longer.  

Our Impact

We deliver three key benefits:   

  • Building fundraising confidence and capability within your organisation  
  • Increasing income and resources to expand your impact  
  • Providing practical solutions to remove fundraising barriers  
Your Partner

Working alongside charity leaders and fundraisers, we create sustainable strategies that deliver both effective fundraising results and long-term growth, ultimately helping you create more positive change for your beneficiaries. 

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