A one-day conference with top-level presentations from the main statutory, lottery and trust funders, presented in three locations.

Attendance fee: £125 per person including VAT, lunch, presentation materials and networking reception.
(10% discount for acevo members attending personally)Programme includes:

securing major donors

Midé Akerewusi, Head of High Value Relationships at Scope, and Robin Thomas of Action Planning, one of Britain’s most experienced big gift fundraisers, on how to recruit wealthy donors in your region.

key changes in statutory funding

Phil Hope MP, Third Sector Minister, who will launch the roadshow, and representatives of key government departments, agencies, PCTs and local authorities on statutory funding programmes and progress in implementing three-year contracts.

the new vision for Futurebuilders

Jonathan Lewis, the new chief executive of Futurebuilders, on how a wider range of charities can now benefit from the £215 million Futurebuilders fund.

a record year at the
Lloyds TSB Foundations

Linda Kelly, Chief Executive of the Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales, and colleagues on how the foundations will distribute the £37 million received from the Lloyds TSB Group this year.

recovering core costs

Peter Kyle, Strategy Director for acevo, on new ways to allocate core costs across multiple projects, with the support of your funders.

policy development at the Big Lottery Fund

Mark McGann and the regional team on current programmes, new non-Lottery funding streams and a look to the future.

winning contracts

Derek Smith of Action Planning, presenter of Britain’s leading course on winning statutory contracts, on the art of successful bid-writing.

earning more online

Nick Aldridge, Chief Executive of eBay’s charity partner, MissionFish, on how charities can profit from the multi-billion pound online trading revolution and the growth in social networking.

demonstrating performance to funders

Cynthia Hansen, Director of Management Consultancy at Action Planning, on why ‘outcome driven planning’ improves performance and strengthens your funding applications.

funders’ panel

a valuable opportunity to meet and question a panel of national and regionally based funders

Conference Chair

The three conferences are chaired by David Senior, Development Director at Action Planning, one of the leading UK strategy and fundraising consultancies.