Fundraising Surgeries for Creatives

Creative Wakefield has partnered with Good Fundraising [https://goodfundraising.co.uk/] to offerFREE fundraising surgeries for local creatives. These are 30 minute 1-2-1 meetings with during which you can;Discuss ideas for fundraising or development for your creative practice or organisation.
Get support in finding the right funder.
Improve your chance of success.Cath Longley & Cath Storey have extensive experience in supporting arts and cultural organisations from across the UK to prepare successful bids and secure income for projects, core activity, and capital works. They understand the intricacies of the funding landscape and can help charities, non-profits and freelance creatives navigate it.Cath Longley, areas of specialism:Arts & Culture Funders such as ACE (Arts Council England) and NHLF (National Heritage Lottery Fund). Cath has successfully secured Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants Funding for a wide variety of projects supporting arts organisations, museums and creative practitioners. Funded projects have included town trails, childrens festivals, coproduced community projects and exhibitions. Cath has also supported creative practitioners with Develop Your Creative Practices funding applications.
Community Funders such as Reaching Communities, Landfill Tax Funders and Awards For All, securing funding for a huge variety of capital and operational projects covering volunteering, children and young people support services, building refurbishment and nature trails to name but a few.Cath Storey, areas of specialism:Heritage Funders such as NHLF (National Heritage Lottery Fund). Cath has successfully secured funds from NHLF for a number of projects including one which delved into the interwoven roots of mining and rugby as well as the Big K Heritage Creative Film project developed in partnership with former coal miners and families from Kellingley Colliery, the UKs last deep coal mine.
Trusts & Foundations such as Garfield Weston, Awards for All, Reaching Communities and Children in Need. Cath has successfully secured funding from a range of funders for a range of charity partners including community theatres, community arts organisations as well as community centres and charities focussing support for young people and their families.Please tell us which funder you would like to see (or if you don't mind) and your preferred timeslot. We can't guarantee this will be available but will match you to the closest available timeslot.