The Basis Project London Regional Seminar: A 2012 Road Map to Income Diversification
The seminar will explore ways in which refugee community organisations can diversify their income.
Participants will hear from expert speakers and attend practical workshops on a range of funding opportunities. You will also have the opportunity to ask our expert speakers questions about income diversification and network with each other.
Seminar Agenda
09.30 – 10.30: Registration
10.25 – 11.00: Fundraising in today’s climate and the Increased Need to Diversify Income
Welcome and introduction by the Chair
The first session of the day explores the subject of fundraising during the economic downturn; what are the challenges, and how can we overcome them? Next we will hear from a refugee community organisation that has successfully generated a variety of income streams.
Speakers: Paul Marvell (Director of Learning, Institute of Fundraising) Lincoln Lim (Director, Camden Chinese Community Centre)
11.00 – 11.50: WORKSHOP 1: Avenues to Diversify Your Income
Four learning workshops, running concurrently. Each participant can attend one session:
Learn to secure corporate in-kind giving, and sharing community space - Sarah Vibert from In-Kind Giving, with Flori Libreros from Community Matters.
Make Commissioning Possible for You - (Speaker to be confirmed)
The dos and don’t of fundraising from the public - (Speaker to be confirmed)
Exploring the Social Enterprise Model (Speaker to be confirmed)
11.50 – 12.00: Coffee break
12.00 – 12.50: WORKSHOP 2: Repeat of workshops above: each participant to choose one.
13.00 – 14.00: Lunch
14.00 – 15.15: Grant funding
Introduction to the afternoon session by chair
The afternoon session will explore the state of grant funding in 2012. Speakers from major funders will talk about their grant funding programmes as well RCOs that will share their success in securing grant funding.
The presentations will be followed by a questions and answers session
Speakers: Gaynor Humpreys (Director, London Funders) Diana Nammi (Director, Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation) John Hume (Chief Executive, People’s Health Trust) Noelle Gilbert (Grant Officer, Paul Hamlyn Foundation)
15.15 – 15.30 Closing remarks
The seminar will be brought to a close with a summary of the day by the Chair.
How do I book a place?
To reserve a place at the seminar, email Liam Cranley at
liam.cranley@refugeecouncil.org.uk or call 020 7346 1293.