Making More Money: practical finance and fundraising tools

A workshop that examines practical tools to manage finances and grow your funding in a recession.

When: 17 February

Where: Carmelite Community Centre, Aungier Street, Dublin 2

Time: 09:30am-12:30pm.  (registration from 09:15am)

part of our recession-busting supports for organisations.

With statutory funding on the decrease, and fundraising under severe pressure, organisations are now being pressed to rethink how they will deliver on their mission and objectives so that they can do the same with less resources. If they don't change the way they do things, they may find themselves running out of cash.

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Cut Costs and Make More Money!

Developed specifically as a result of the pressures facing groups in 2010 and presented by Deirdre Garvey, Chief Executive Officer with The Wheel, participants in this workshop will benefit from her ability to share the stories of the successes (and failures) experienced by the hundreds of members of The Wheel as they've struggled with these issues.  Peppered also with some easy-to-use models to help structure and organise your organisation's thinking about finances and fundraising strategies, this workshop won't provide a magic wand, but it will provide practical, workable ideas and support to help you achieve success. 

Workshop Objectives:

• To share practical suggestions and examples of what to do and what not to do in the situation where you have to cut costs and grow non-statutory income.

• To provide and explore a simple framework for developing and growing your non-statutory income.

• To provide and explore practical tools for effectively managing and controlling your finances, ensuring that your organisation won't have unpleasant surprises!
  

Who should Attend

People who are responsible for both developing and implementing finance and fundraising strategies - whether in paid or unpaid roles.

Speaker

Deirdre Garvey is the founding Chief Executive Officer of The Wheel.  She has overseen its growth from start-up to a national umbrella support and representative network of almost 900 organisations. She is responsible for the financial management of the organization and for its fundraising and has raised €4 million to date from non-statutory sources to fund the organisation's work. This represents 60% of all the funding secured by The Wheel which has ensured its sustainability and independence in difficult times.

Prior to joining The Wheel, Deirdre was Director of Development (Fundraising) at Barretstown in Kildare where she worked for five years. Before moving into full-time paid work in the community/voluntary /charitable sector, Deirdre worked in the private sector, holding several managerial posts in the hi-tech field in Germany. Having studied science for her bachelors degree in 1986, she completed a Masters in Business Administration in 2003. Deirdre is also a founding board member of Fundraising Ireland (www.fundraisingireland.ie) - the network for fundraisers in Ireland.