Corporate Fundraising (Dec 2025)

Dates

3 Dec 2025 -
10 Dec 2025

Course Type

Online

Length

2 x half days

Price

£50 to £75 + VAT

Level

Suitable for all levels

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Essentials in Corporate Fundraising

This course provides an introduction to developing a successful corporate fundraising programme. The learning is relevant for individuals and organisations from the arts, culture and heritage sectors that are public facing and want to raise funds from all scales of business from local companies to national brands.

This course will be delivered virtually via Zoom in two 3-hour sessions, taking place on Wednesday 3 December 2025 from 10am-1pm and Wednesday 10 December 2025 from 10am-1pm. It is necessary to attend both sessions to complete the full training.

Who is this for?

This course is for people who want to understand more about how to raise money from corporates. The course is excellent as an induction tool for new fundraisers and those with little to no experience in corporate fundraising.

You will learn:

The different ways to engage companies as part of your fundraising portfolio
What companies are interested in when it comes to sponsorship or corporate social responsibility (CSR)
The language skills required to attract and sell to businesses
How to identify your assets and create a vibrant proposal
Further resources to generate ideas

Price

This course is priced at £75+VAT in total for both sessions.

A concession rate of £50+VAT is available to Freelancers, Sector Partner Members, Charities and Arts Organisations with an annual turnover of £500,000 or less. To access the concession rate, please email [email protected] and let us know if you are a sector partner, freelancer, or a charity with an income under £500,000.

Our current Sector Partners are:

Arts@Leeds
Arts Marketing Association
Association of British Orchestras
The Audience Agency
Contemporary Visual Art Network
Family Arts Campaign
Music Mark
National Museum Directors Council
One Dance UK
UK Theatre

We believe everyone in the cultural sector deserves access to fundraising skills. That’s why we offer a low-cost entry point to our arts fundraising training programme via our £10 bursary tickets. If you’d like to receive a bursary ticket, please complete this form and we’ll be in touch with more details.

Trainer: Annie Jarvis

Annie Jarvis joined Cause4 in December 2016 as Development Coordinator and is now Head of AFP and Cause4’s Director of Strategy and Programmes. Prior to joining Cause4, Annie worked in a freelance capacity as a Social Media Manager and Writer, working for a number of companies both within the UK and abroad, focusing on their external communications.

Testimonials from previous course participants

“It helped me to think and realise I can do this! I loved meeting others on the course. All every sound and supportive people. This was particularly welcome for me, because in order to survive my organisation has scaled back so much we all work remotely from home and only meet once a month. I am the only person who ‘does’ fundraising in our small 5-person team and sometimes I just feel so alone. It was brilliant to hear and feel the support of others and to learn some of their wisdom.”

Clare Purcell, Meadow Arts