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Join us for an inspiring afternoon of accessible, high quality training that will help your fundraising fly!

Accessibility is at the heart of this event and we are delighted to be offering COMPLETELY FREE ACCESS to anyone from charities with an annual turnover of under £500,000.

And for those in larger organisations tickets are currently available at an early bird rate of just £30 for individual bookings and £300 for team bookings (with no upper limit on numbers in your group).

We couldn’t offer free tickets and maintain such super accessible pricing without our amazing headline sponsor Making a Difference Locally and our brilliant event partners – Polly Symondson Recruitment, Giftease, The Charity Knowledge Hub, Beautiful Insights, Apollo Fundraising, Griffin Chartered Accountants.

Here is the full programme of great speakers sharing empowering content - 

1230-1330 – Welcome and Opening Plenary with Samir Afhim – Why Centring Impact is our Fundraising Super Power! Join Samir as he explores the importance of impact in our fundraising. How do we understand, measure, and communicate the real difference every donation makes? How can we uncover that gold in our own organisations and how can we harness that power to enrich and equip our fundraising?

1340 – 1425 – CHOOSE YOUR SESSION

A Fundraiser’s Guide to AI: From Prospect Research to Donor Insights – Robyn Greaves, Co-Founder of Pravi. AI isn’t just about saving time - it’s quickly becoming a powerful ally for fundraisers who want to work smarter, find new opportunities, and connect with more supporters. In this session, Robyn Greaves (Co-Founder, Pravi) will explore how charities can use AI across different stages of fundraising - from research and strategy to engagement and stewardship. You’ll see live demos of three practical tools in action:

• Perplexity – for quick, reliable funding and prospect research
• ChatGPT Projects – as your personal Fundraising Helper for ideas, copy, and communications
• Pravi – for creating data-backed donor personas that guide strategy and messaging

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From Zero to Major Donor Hero: Building a successful Major Donor programme in 6 steps - Hannah Shepherd, Philanthropy Consultant, Money Tree Fundraising. Whether you have one or two Major Donors, an established Major Donor Programme which you are looking to grow or about to start engaging with Major Donor prospects, this session is for you.  Hannah will talk you through 6 steps to elevate your Major Donor fundraising putting relationships at the heart of every action, engagement and KPIs.  This session will cover how to effectively identify, cultivate and steward your Major Donors and Prospects and ensure you build a long-lasting fundraising relationships for your organisation.

1435 – 1520 – CHOOSE YOUR SESSION

What to do when everything is a priority - Vic Hancock Fell - Small Charity Specialist and Trainer. 
As a fundraiser or charity leader, you’ll likely be familiar with the demands of needing to be all things to all people – all of the time! But how do we manage that impossible prioritisation when everyone is shouting at once?! Vic will explore the tools and techniques that will help you be ‘enough’ (and more!) whilst also ensuring you protect yourself – after all there’s only one of you – and you are really valuable!

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Burn the Forms. Fund the Work – Luke Wilkinson, Founder, Raiser. Grant applications are a historical glitch: inefficient, inequitable, and overdue for disruption. What if we stopped trying to game the system by sprinkling AI fairy dust on broken processes—and built something better instead? This session explores a different future for charities, where impact speaks louder than paperwork and technology helps build relationships, trust, and transparency—not just transactions.

1530 – 1630 – Final Plenary - Why Supporter Experience is the golden thread in our fundraising and how we weave it throughout all we do – Lesley Pinder – Director, Compass. Lesley will round off our conference looking at why the experience we offer to our donors and supporters really is the beating heart of our fundraising and communications, and how we make sure those experiences hit the mark for each supporter now and in the future.

https://www.fundraisersforum.org.uk/fundraisingonthemargins 

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