Fundraising for Individual Artists (Mar 2025)
Dates
4 Mar 2025 -4 Mar 2025
Course Type
OnlineLength
1 dayPrice
£50 to £75 + VATLevel
Suitable for individual artists
Fundraising for Individual Artists
This course equips you with the fundraising skills you need to secure funding and grow your artistic practice. As an artist, the ability to raise money for your work is essential not just for survival, but for thriving and expanding your creative opportunities in the current climate.
This course will be delivered online Tuesday 4 March 2025 from 10am-3.30pm
Who is this for?
Artists, freelancers and producers who are passionate about advancing their creative practice and need to raise funds to support the development of new work.
You will learn:
- To identify and access different funding streams that align with your creative vision
- How to craft a compelling Case for Support that speaks directly to potential funders
- To understand exactly what funders are looking for in today’s competitive climate
- To write persuasive proposals to secure funding
- How to build and nurture lasting relationships with financial supporters
- To prepare effective budgets that meet funders’ expectations
- Hear real-life examples of how artists have successfully developed support for their work
Price
This course is priced at £75+VAT.
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.
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
Trainers: Deanna Rodger and Annie Jarvis
Deanna Rodger is a writer, performer, and facilitator. Deanna was the face of Black British poetry in ITV’s 2020 Black History Month TV campaign and wrote the 2020 Black History Month poem for BBC Sport.
Annie Jarvis joined Cause4 in December 2016 as Development Coordinator and is now AFP’s Head 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
