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Below you can find a list of our upcoming training courses, qualifications and events. You can also view any resources (including blogs, guidance and articles). You can use the filter on the left to search for a specific type or interest for example. 

Corporate Fundraising (Practitioner Level) (16 & 17-Feb-26)

You will develop the relevant knowledge, skills, techniques and confidence to enable you to successfully research, negotiate and manage corporate partnerships.

Storytelling Masterclass for Fundraising Copywriters, Marketers and Leaders (17-Feb-26)

Storytelling has a vital role to play in almost all types of fundraising content: letters, emails, social media, case studies, newsletters and trust applications.

Events Fundraising: Strategy & Planning (Management Level) (18 & 19-Feb-26)

This engaging course is designed to help you to evaluate the performance of your current portfolio of events, drive forward your events.

Foundations of Thriving Leadership and Sustainable Teams

Coming soon: A brand-new leadership programme with instant-access content plus monthly live peer-to-peer group sessions delivered through Zoom.

Digital Fundraising - Planning and Strategy (19-Feb-26)

In this one day digital fundraising strategy course, we will explore a variety of processes and tools to help you develop a strategic plan for your digital fundraising activity.

Inclusive Communications for Fundraising Masterclass (23-Feb-26)

This course will help you to develop the relevant knowledge, skills, techniques and confidence to audit, re-calibrate and design inclusive communications for your fundraising. This course will also cover best practice approaches for inclusive charity communications.

Fundraising Benchmarking - Report and Headlines

A new report by the Chartered Institute of Fundraising and AAW allows fundraisers to benchmark their voluntary income against other charities.

Data Storytelling for Fundraisers (24-Feb-26)

Demonstrating impact is crucial for fundraising – and data is the evidence that you can use. Visual presentations of data are proven to be more persuasive, engaging and effective than narrative text or tables of numbers.

AI for Fundraisers: An Introduction to AI Tools (25-Feb-26)

In this one-day course, we will guide you through some of the key considerations of utilising AI in your organisation, provide an overview of some of the popular AI tools and describe how you might use them to support your fundraising efforts.

Prospect Research (Getting Started) (26-Feb-26)

While most large charities have a role dedicated to prospect research, most fundraisers will be expected to carry out this vital fundraising activity with no training.

Community Fundraising for Practitioners (3-Mar-26)

Community fundraising is about getting people involved, and supporting, assisting, advising and guiding those individuals & organisations who want to help you by raising money.

Making the Ask: from Cultivation to Donation (3-Mar-26)

How do you ask for a major gift professionally, confidently and with gravitas? As donors begin to support fewer charities, with larger donations, it is now more important than ever for charities to know when and how to make the right ask to the right donor.

Masterclass - How to Write Fundraising Copy That Really Engages and Persuades (4-Mar-26)

Take your copywriting skills to the next level. Whether you write copy for fundraising letters, brochures, emails, web, or social, this online Copywriting for Fundraising Masterclass will boost your capability, confidence and results.

Managing your Community Fundraising Programme (5-Mar-26)

Managing community fundraising is a multi-faceted role requiring confident leadership and a strategic approach.

Corporate Fundraising (Management Level) (9 & 10-Mar-26)

This two day course gives participants the understanding, knowledge and tools to create an effective strategy for corporate fundraising (CFR) and to develop and manage complex corporate partnerships.

Trusts Fundraising - Improving your success (Intermediate) (10-Mar-26)

The estimated total £6.5 billion of annual grants are made by charitable foundations, which includes the £2.9 billion grant-making by the top 300 trusts. This accounts for around 15% of voluntary income in the sector.

Learnings from Fundraising Convention: From engaging LGBT+ supporters to dismantling the patriarchy

EDI was one of the main topics at this year’s Fundraising Convention and was discussed across a number of sessions, sharing both useful and thought-provoking insights.

Learnings from Fundraising Convention: How to get the Brilliant Basics right

Damian Chapman, director of fundraising and communications for Charity for Civil Servants pulled no punches in his Fundraising Convention session: Why your fundraising strategy should be all about get...

Learnings from Fundraising Convention: Talent and Leadership

As the charity sector continues to struggle with fundraiser recruitment and retention, talent and leadership were key themes across this year’s Convention programme.

Designing and Running a Successful Fundraising Event (Practitioner Level) (11-Mar-26)

This indispensable one day course will provide you with the logistical know-how to ensure that your next events run as smoothly as possible, giving you a thorough understanding of what is needed to design and deliver your best fundraising event to date.