Price: From £80

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Venue: Liberty Stadium, Swansea
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This year’s third sector funding conference is packed with more sessions, a wider range of funders, (plus some old favourites!), and intriguing ideas for new and better ways of working – to help you reduce costs and waste, and access more resources and support. We’ve focused on four key themes:

1.Procurement and tendering

Haven’t done it yet?  – for many organisations in the third sector, it’s only a matter of time, as more and more areas of work are put out to competitive tender. We’ve sessions for tender novices, as well as for those seeking to sharpen up their bids, and understand the buyer’s mind-set.

2.Funders and funding streams
 
New this year – sessions on BIG’s recession package, equalities and inclusion funds,  Comic Relief, Drinkaware UK, plus Tudor Trust, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales, the Waterloo Foundation, BBC Children in Need, loan funds (Unity Trust and Charity Banks, Venturesome, and Invest to Save) and live European tender opportunities.

3.Assets and enterprise

Social enterprise is rocketing up the political agenda, and more organisations are trying their hand at trading to extend and diversify income streams, while others take on the delivery of public services. Help is out there, if this is where you want to go! Plus: the new Community assets transfer fund  will enable community assets to be used to generate income streams - find out how!

4.Smarter working 

The third sector’s efficient, effective, responsive and makes every penny count. Right? If you think there’s no room for improvement, don’t bother with these sessions on: joint working to generate income; internet fundraising; making Gift Aid work for you; and applying ‘Lean’ thinking in the third sector...now there’s a thought!

Prices held at 2008 levels!    Book early to secure your place!

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