June 22nd or June 27th 2007 10 am to 4 pm The Resource Centre, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 A choice of two one-day workshops for churches on how to run a successful capital appeal.

Attendance fee: £125 per person including VAT, presentation materials and lunchMeeting day-to-day financial needs is a tough challenge for many churches, but what happens when you also need to find tens or even hundreds of thousands of pounds for a major refurbishment or a new building?

Action Planning, a fundraising consultancy which specialises in helping churches and Christian charities, is teaming up with Premier Christian Radio and leading accountancy firm, Baker Tilly, to offer two ‘hands on’ workshops for church leadership teams faced with the challenge of raising large capital sums.

Presented by David Saint (Chairman) and Margaret Martin (Director of Capital Appeals) at Action Planning, with Steve McCrindle of Baker Tilly, these full-day workshops should help your team to develop the skills needed to run a successful capital appeal including how to:

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develop a vision and mission for your church which will help clarify the need for premises and other resources and the ways in which these may be provided

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research the opportunity, if relevant, to work with other churches, charities, your local council and others to make a major impact in your area

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develop a persuasive ‘case for support’ for your plans which can be presented to donors

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research this ‘case for support’ with donors

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establish and organise an appeal committee

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encourage all donors to make gifts proportionate to their means

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use a successful capital appeal to achieve a step change in regular giving

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reduce the total cost of the project by adapting your plans to minimise your VAT liability.

“These workshops are excellent and we have used your materials to help increase planned giving by some £80,000 this year. The day provided a large number of ideas, and boosted my confidence that we could raise money successfully. I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone fundraising for their church.”
John Barrett, Chair of Fundraising, All Saints Church, Fulham, London

“I am pleased to endorse this set of training workshops. A major capital fundraising campaign can be a daunting task and time invested at the beginning, thinking through the strategy and developing the right case support, increases the chances of success significantly.”
Dr John Preston, National Stewardship and Resources Officer, Church of England

“This workshop was clear, lucid, and honest. It was led by someone who was speaking from recent and successful experience, and provided clear explanation of useful fundraising tools and sound advice.”
Daniel Robinson, Development Funding Officer, Diocese of Gloucester

Organised by Action Planning in association with Premier Christian Radio & Baker Tilly