Which Learning Route is for Me?
Our Full Programmes
We offer a comprehensive toolkit for new fundraisers looking to start a successful career in grantseeking and a fresh, innovative and detailed approach for experienced fundraisers.
This is for fundraisers with generally with less than one year’s experience. Each programme is spread out over two weeks, and costs £379 for the complete live online programme, running three times a year in the Spring, Summer and Autumn.
Scheduling for this programme can be found on our online store.
Remaining programmes for 2025;
17th-26th June 2025
4th-13th November 2025
SuperPods;
Alongside the Introduction to Grantseeking programme we will be running three ‘Superpods’. These can be taken as an optional add on, or a standalone module.
Researching Funders: 1st July 2025; 19th November 2025
Proposal Writing: 3rd July 2025; 26th November 2025
Relationship Management: 9th July 2025; 3rd December 2025
Superpods consist of two sets of 90-minute online live workshops on a single day. They start at 11am and finish at 3pm on each day, with an hour break in between, offering family friendly hours.
These Superpods cost £175 each (including VAT).
You can find out more and book your place here.
This for fundraisers who are familiar with the basics, but seeking further development to maximise their fundraising goals. The full programme runs online twice a year in the Spring and the Autumn and lasts 10-12 weeks.
The complete programme consists of twenty live online workshops, costing £895 in total or book onto our individual Learning Clusters, at £199 each.
Book onto our Skilled Grantseeker Programme by visiting our online store.
Remaining programmes for 2025;
11th March to 12th June 2025
16th September to 11th December 2025
Our Specialised Topics
Still unsure? Here’s a breakdown of the specific skills you will learn in each of the SuperPods and Learning Clusters from our Introduction to Grantseeking and Skilled Grantseeker Programmes.
For those wishing to know more about the basics of foundations, we recommend our Researching Funders SuperPod.
This is based upon the first three pods in the Introduction to Grantseeking Programme.
Here, you will learn about;
The creation of foundations
Their motives and processes for giving
Which research questions to pose
Which research tools to use
This comprises of two 90-minute live workshops in a single day, starting at 11am and finishing at 3pm, with an hour break in-between, costing £175 for both sessions.
Click here to book onto the Researching Funders SuperPod.
Understanding the Audited Accounts of a UK Foundation
Our first Learning Cluster, Understanding the Audited Accounts of a UK Foundation of the Skilled Grantseeker Programme will teach you about the audited accounts of foundations.
Topics include;
The Trustees Report
The Statement of Financial Activities and the Balance Sheet
The Notes to the Accounts
The Grant Lists
This comprises of a series of four, 90 minute interactive workshops over the course of 2 weeks, costing £199.
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For those who wish to know more about proposal writing, we recommend our Art of Applications SuperPod.
This is based upon the fourth and fifth pod in the Introduction to Grantseeking Programme.
Here, you will learn about;
Understanding of the universal components within all application forms
How to develop answers to the key questions that funders ask
How to interpret the underlying logic beneath contrasting application forms
Understanding of the definitions of the complex proposal terminology
How to to develop your own portable concept note template
This comprises of two 90-minute live workshops in a single day, starting at 11am and finishing at 3pm with an hour break in-between, costing £175 for both sessions.
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Writing for Impact & Bid Writing Boot Camp
Our second and third Learning Clusters, Writing for Impact & Bid Writing Boot Camp of the Skilled Grantseeker Programme, is designed to help you to develop your writing strategy.
In Writing For Impact (Cluster 2), you will learn about;
Logical Empathy
Mastering Brevity
In Bid Writing Boot Camp (Cluster 3) you will learn about;
Results based project design
Introduction to a theory of change
These clusters are a series of four interactive workshops which runs twice per year in the Spring and the Autumn.
For those wishing to know more about donor stewardship techniques, we recommend our Managing Relationships SuperPod.
This is based upon the fifth pod in the Introduction to Grantseeking Programme.
Here, you will learn about;
Assessing funder relationships using an evidence based, fourteen question toolkit
Building rapport with donors and monitor the enrichment of relationships
This comprises of two 90-minute live workshops in a single day, starting at 11am and finishing at 3pm, with an hour break in-between, costing £175 for both sessions.
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Our fourth Learning Cluster, the Stewardship Toolkit of the Skilled Grantseeker Programme is on developing donor relationships.
Here, you will learn about;
Networking
Building Rapport
This Cluster is a series of four workshops that runs twice a year in the Spring and the Autumn.
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Our fifth Learning Cluster, Planning, of the Skilled Grantseeker Programme is on setting accurate targets, and planning your stewardship of key donors and fundraising territory.
Here, you will learn about;
Target Setting Formulas
Developing a Prospect Pipeline
Donor Development Plans
Setting KPIS and Tacking Process
This Cluster is a series of four workshops that runs twice a year in the Spring and the Autumn.
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Online or In-Person?
All topics are delivered as online workshops.
Online training;
Online training takes place via Zoom, with each workshop generally lasting 90 minutes. The first workshop in a cluster or a programme will take two hours, to allow everybody time for a proper introduction as we begin our journeys together. Participant numbers are limited to 16 to allow for maximum interactivity and tailored learning. You will receive a recording of the online session and comprehensive course notes.
Future in-person training;
We are proposing to start with some new in-person training events in May 2025. We will announce the course subjects and dates soon. These events will be single days at a venue in central London.
“The pace of the Fundraising Training Ltd online workshops is perfect. I have been on so many courses over the years and get bored, but this is great. It's all a breath of fresh air, factual and engaging. It lives up to its many recommendations. I am so grateful I secured the funding to attend"
- Issy White, Skilled Grantseeker Programme participant