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Grants from Asian businesses help North East organisations

Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland

Asian businesses in the North East have funded grants totalling £3,500 to charities providing help for health, homelessness and young people, in the latest round of funding from the Asian Fun

Norse Challenge chooses KidsCan as charity partner

The Norse Challenge

Norse Challenge, next month's Viking-themed extreme 10k obstacle course in Northumbria, has chosen Manchester-based children’s cancer research centre, KidsCan as its official charity part

Rural charities in North Yorkshire offered £12,000 matched funding

Localgiving.com

Localgiving.com, the online giving platform for small charities and local community groups, will this month run a £12,000 match giving campaign for rural charities in North Yorkshire.

Bacs Accredited 'Clear' Direct Debit Training Course

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Bacs Accredited 'Clear' Direct Debit Training Course
  • Date: 16 October, 2013 - 09:30 - 16:30
  • Venue: City Center Hotel, Sheffield
  • Fee: GBP £450 + VAT per delegate. This includes lunch, refreshments and all course materials including course workbook and certificates. Discounts are available for more than one delegate.

Are you responsible for managing fundraising efforts, regular giving and one-off donations?  Are you looking for ways to attract and retain more donors, find sav

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Bacs Accredited Clear Direct Debit Training Course

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Bacs Accredited Clear Direct Debit Training Course
  • Date: 24 April, 2013 - 09:30 - 16:30
  • Venue: City Center Hotel, Newcastle
  • Fee: GBP £450 + VAT per delegate. This includes lunch, refreshments and all course materials including course workbook and certificates. Discounts are available for more than one delegate.

Are you responsible for managing fundraising efforts, regular giving and one-off donations?  Are you looking for ways to attract and retain more donors, find savings in administration time and

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Crowdfunding: an introduction

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Crowdfunding: an introduction
  • Date: 24 October, 2012 - 09:30 - 15:30
  • Venue: Wansbeck Centre for Voluntary Service 107 & 109 Station Road Ashington Northumberland NE63 8RS
  • Fee: GBP £25 (£30 non members)

A practical workshop to enable you to
understand what crowdfunding is and how it works
learn from best practice
clarify your project or venture
start to plan a campaign
What is crowdfunding?

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County Durham Community Foundation receives £1m donation

Investment banker Jonathan Ruffer and his wife Jane have donated £1 million to the County Durham Community Foundation to help tackle social deprivation and create jobs in the area.

Successful Time Management (that works)

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Successful Time Management (that works)
  • Date: 20 November, 2012 - 09:30 - 12:30
  • Venue: Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Fee: GBP 49 + VAT

This course gives a range of time management techniques designed at making you more effective in your work
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Dealing with Difficult People

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Dealing with Difficult People
  • Date: 20 November, 2012 - 13:30 - 16:30
  • Venue: Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Fee: GBP 49 + VAT

This course gives a range of ways to deal with a wide variety of difficult people.

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Corporate Fundraising and Sponsorship

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Corporate Fundraising and Sponsorship
  • Date: 25 October, 2012 - 09:30 - 16:00
  • Venue: Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Fee: GBP £99

This course will help your organisation raise funds from the corporate sector.

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Your UK Fundraising

UK Fundraising - improving the effectiveness of charity and non-profit fundraisers

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