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Knocking on people’s doors
Posted by Roger Woodley on 5th February 2012 | 0 Comments
Picture it. I want to persuade a new institution to open up for Heritage Open Days, or I’m looking for sponsorship. This is a typical dialogue:
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Top tips for applying for grants
Posted by Lucie Thacker on 29th November 2011 | 1 Comment
First of all, I don't have all the answers, and not all of our bids are successful. There is lots of good advice given by the funders, so here are a few tips gleaned from my experience at a Building Preservation Trust.
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How to run a fundraising campaign
Posted by Philly Graham on 22nd November 2011 | 1 Comment
Working in the third sector, you regularly come across individuals throwing themselves out of a plane and into the challenge of raising money for a cause they believe in. I have repeatedly seen fundraisers achieve greater success than they expected to, disproving the economic climate’s murmurings that now is not a good time. So how do they do it?
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Top tips for tip top entertainment: how a drama performance brought a coffin fittings works to life
Posted by Lucie Thacker on 16th August 2011 | 2 Comments
We didn’t decide to be dramatic – but Tin Box Theatre Company did. After many years of work and several turns of fortune, Birmingham Conservation Trust bought a semi-derelict Grade II* late 19th century manufactory on the edge of the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham last year (with the aid of a grant from Birmingham City Council). The Coffin Fittings Works is a handsome red brick building, fronting the road and with two rear wings arranged around a courtyard. Without services and with boarded-up ground floor windows, the Coffin Fittings Works looked doomed to wait for the results of major fundraising before it was used again. Heritage Open Days were the only opportunity the public had to have a look inside and then the two Jo’s got in touch...
