The 6th annual External Funding conference will tackle the latest developments in funding and assess the landscape in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Interactive workshops, all led by representatives of expert organisations, will look at:

• Lottery funding – The Big Lottery Fund will explain what it has planned for the coming years and how you can work more effectively with BIG’s local officers in your part of the country.
• Capacitybuilders – This session offers a chance to find out about the nine priority work areas of Capacitybuilders National Support Service programme and to assess what the changes mean for your
organisation.
• Local Area Agreements (LAAs) – Find out what is happening and how the new LAAs, which place more emphasis on area-based service delivery and impose fewer central targets, will change the way your organisation is funded.
• Social enterprise – Discover the benefits, how to acquire funding and the unique outcomes that can be delivered through social enterprise.
• Sustaining organisations – Increasingly charities are being told to move away from grant ependency, become more businesslike, earn income, develop an asset base and consider loan finance. Opportunities for delivering public services are also increasing. The NCVO’s Sustainable Funding Project will offer practical strategies for how to make the most of these opportunities as part of a sustainable funding mix.

Comments from last year’s delegates:

“Great for bringing together the range of issues that the external funding officer needs to consider for now and the future”
J Jackson, Southwark educational

“Excellent speakers”
L Milner, Groundwork UK

“Very enjoyable and informative – made good contacts”
S Reay Gateshead Council

Click here to see an overview of this event. You can also see details of the day in our
conference programme.