10 Steps to Sustainable Community Financing (Athlone)
About the Event
Bank of Ireland’s purpose is enabling customers, colleagues and communities to thrive. As part of this, we are working with the Wheel to support the delivery of a number of free workshops in selected Bank of Ireland locations in autumn 2019. These workshops are aimed at local community groups and leaders in helping them develop a more sustainable funding model for the future. Every community organisation, big or small, is faced with the question of their financial sustainability, on an almost daily basis. Funding cuts and increased demands on services are common problems that influence your ability to sustain your organisation. It is important to look at funding and income holistically rather than focusing on finding a silver bullet solution. The challenges are universal, but the solutions should be tailored to your needs. This course will provide you with a process and tools to adequately asses your own particular situation and come up with a funding model that stable, suitable and sufficient to your needs. By the end of the course you will: • Understand what sustainable funding is and how it could work for your organisation • Be able to recognise the main sources of income and their characteristics • Have improved your knowledge on the trends in the voluntary sector economy, and how they affect your organisation • Have the skills to implement a more sustainable approach to funding in your work.
