Funding The Future

Submitted by circleinteractive on Fri, 12/12/2008 - 7:51pm
09/12/2008
Central Hall Westminster, 9 December, 10 am - 4 pm

We would be delighted to welcome you to Britain's largest 'meet the funders' conference, which features over 40 top-level presentations from the key statutory, lottery and trust funders - addressing a morning plenary session and your choice of seven specialist afternoon streams for charities is each field of work. The morning session includes:
  • The new Third Sector Minister, Kevin Brennan MP, on his plans to help third sector organisations to secure and deliver more statutory contracts
  • The new Shadow Third Sector Minister, Nick Hurd MP, who will consult delegates on Conservative proposals to reform statutory and lottery funding streams
  • Chief Executive of the Big Lottery Fund, Peter Wanless, on how you can influence the development of BLF's new funding streams.
  • Chief Executive of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts, Alan Bookbinder, on the financial crisis, what impresses his team about the charities they fund and measuring outcomes.
  • Chief Executive of Futurebuilders, Jonathan Lewis, on Futurebuilders' 'form free' strategy for funding a wider range of organisations.
  • Fundraising in a recession - A special presentation by Victoria Anderson, Director of Advisory Services at CAF, and Robin Thomas of Action Planning.
  • Survival strategies for the downturn - Stephen Bubb, Chief Executive of ACEVO, on how to grow income and contain costs
  • The Challenges of Success - New research findings into how the leaders of Britain's fastest growing charities are building their income streams and managing rapid change, presented by Kerry Rock and Tim Waldron of Action Planning.

Plus your choice of seven afternoon streams to enable you to meet funders interested in your field of work:

  • Health and Social Care including the Department of Health, Big Lottery Fund, Futurebuilders and grant-making trusts.
  • Community Regeneration and Social Change including Linda Kelly (CEO Lloyds TSB Foundations), Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, Big Lottery Fund and Department for Communities and Local Government.
  • Children and Young People including the Department for Children, Schools and Families, Youth Sector Development Fund, Big Lottery Fund, Futurebuilders and grant-making charitable trusts.
  • Arts and Heritage including DCMS, Carole Souter (CEO Heritage Lottery Fund), Francis Runacres (Investment Director, Arts Council England), Arts and Business and grant-making trusts.
  • International Development including Department for International Development and grant-making charitable trusts.
  • The Environment including Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, Groundwork Chief Executive, Tony Hawkhead, and grant-making charitable trusts.
  • Faith-based organisations including Church Urban Fund Chief Executive, Tim Bissett, Faithworks and grant-making charitable trusts.

    The event is organised by Action Planning with ACEVO, CAF, Blackbaud and UK Fundraising. Your attendance fee of
Start Time: 
10:00