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TRAINING - Manchester - Developing a sustainable income approach for mentoring and befriending programmes
Date: 26/11/2009Time: 09:30 - 16:00
Location: MDDA, 117-119 Portland Street, Manchester, M1 6ED
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This course is run in partnership with NCVO's Sustainable Funding ProjectThis course is no longer available. The next course will run in London on 16th March 2010.
Aims
- To understand what ‘financial sustainability’ looks like and why it is important to adopt a ‘holistic approach’ to generating income
- To put ‘planning’ at the centre of your income strategies in all programme sizes
- To understand how to calculate full costs for your programme
- To explore the options available to generate income and develop a diverse income base including social enterprise, trading and loan finance
Audience
- Chief Executive, trustees, managers and staff of mentoring and befriending programmes
Learning outcomes
- Increased understanding of how a sustainable income approach works to grow and develop your programme
- Increased understanding of robust financial management procedures
- Increased knowledge of practical tools to develop a sustainable income strategy
- Increased understanding on how to identify new products or new markets to generate income
- Increased understanding on how loan finance can act as a tool to enable you to grow and develop
Trainer biographer
- NCVO’s Sustainable Funding Project approved trainers deliver this course. The trainer has developed this course in consultation with mentoring and befriending practitioners and has a wealth of experience in enabling voluntary and community programmes to develop and implement a sustainable funding income strategy.
This course is no longer available. The next course will run in London on 16th March 2010.
Accessible Pricing
Charges for 2009/2010 | Member price | Non-member price |
Voluntary/Community/Statutory groups (less than 5 staff) | £90.00 £103.50 inc VAT | £110.00 £126.50 inc VAT |
Voluntary/Community/Statutory groups (less than 15 staff) | £120.00 £138.00 inc VAT | £140.00 £161.00 inc VAT |
Voluntary/Community/Statutory groups (more than 15 staff) | £150.00 £172.50 inc VAT | £170.00 £195.50 inc VAT |
Commercial and private sector groups | £190.00 £218.50 inc VAT | £210.00 £241.50 inc VAT |
For further information email ntp@mandbf.org.uk

