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Being a Courageous Fundraiser - How to Boost your Resilience and Wellbeing

31 March 2026 9:30am - 4:00pm
Online
Training Courses
- Resilience
- Wellbeing
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The current climate requires fundraisers to be even more creative, courageous and bold in their fundraising. At the best of times, working in fundraising can be demanding with many pressures. However, in times of uncertainty and rapid change, stress levels rise and our ability to cope and bounce back becomes more challenging. It is therefore valuable to learn about the connection between pressure, wellbeing and fulfilling your potential. This vital course will give fundraisers the tools to thrive at work, no matter how demanding the role and the wider context we’re working within. The course will help fundraisers to build resilience, mitigate stress and increase their well-being, and therefore be even more courageous in their fundraising. This course is deeply thought-provoking, experiential, and interactive. Course participants will leave with a personalised plan for increasing their resilience and wellbeing.

Course Fees

Individual Member Fee

£343.00

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Non-Individual Member Fee

£413.00

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Topics covered in this course

The relationship between pressure, wellbeing and fulfilling potential
How to manage a large workload
The physiological effects of stress and how to counter these.
What is ‘resilience’ and how to strengthen your own resilience.
Managing your ‘state’ – how to ‘play to win’.
Dealing with change and uncertainty
Values: How are values shape who we are.
Beliefs: How beliefs shape what we do
Strengths: The importance of identifying your energising strengths and build on these.
Personal Impact and presence

About your trainer

Charly White

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Charly White

Biography:

Charly is an experienced trainer, facilitator, and leadership coach. Her background is in fundraising, specialising in Major and Mid-Value Giving. She has worked with some of the UK's leading philanthropists, building relationships, and influencing them to give big gifts. For over 15 years she raised significant funds for the NSPCC, The National Trust and Mary Potter Hospice in Wellington, New Zealand.

In 2016 Charly qualified as a leadership and personal coach, gaining a Post-Graduate Certificate from the University of Chester. She has coached over 500 not-for-profit sector leaders and emerging leaders, helping them to make a positive step change in their personal and professional development.

Through her company, Vivid Leadership Ltd, Charly provides coaching and training to leaders and teams, helping her clients to succeed in demanding roles whilst maintaining a healthy balance. She is a regular trainer for the Chartered Institute of Fundraising and Bright Spot Fundraising.

The live virtual training experience

The Chartered Institute of Fundraising's live virtual training is delivered by trainers who are leading experts in their chosen discipline. Each virtual course has been especially designed to deliver a rich virtual learning experience. Your course will feature:

Zoom platform learning environment
Interactive engagement with the trainer and peers
Group discussions and exercises
Real-life case studies and examples
Ample Q&A opportunities throughout the sessions

Technology requirements

The course is being delivered via the online platform zoom. To enable you to interact with your tutor and your class you will need to have access to a microphone (or access to a landline phone) and ideally have a working video link via a camera. To test compatibility with your system, you can join a test meeting via this link.