Grant Plus programme

Phil Tulba (Tulba Consulting Limited) and Neal Trup (Neal Howard Ltd) discuss what a business plan is, the process of developing one (the how), and why it is important to have one in place.

Neal Trup (Neal Howard Ltd) and Phil Tulba (Tulba Consulting Limited) discuss risk-based budgeting planning, forecasting and financial management. You will learn how to analyse different cashflow scenarios which may not be what they first appear to.

John Eary (JEC Professional Services) and Julian Lomas (Almond Tree Strategic Consulting) provide you with an understanding of Business Continuity and help you prepare your organisation to cope with future major events.

John Eary (JEC Professional Services) and Julian Lomas (Almond Tree Strategic Consulting) discuss how Organisational Resilience is different from Business Continuity, outline a proposed framework for resilience, and advise on how to make your organisation more resilient.

Rachel Topps (The Four Topps) and Andrew Clark (Apostle Charity Consulting) share simple and effective templates and tips to help you build strong brand foundations and make your marketing and communications activity easier to plan and deliver.

Andrew Clark (Apostle Charity Consulting) and Rachel Topps (The Four Topps) explore who or what a supporter base is, what are the best communication or marketing channels to use, and how to utilise their ideas and experience to create compelling external funding bids.

Julian Lomas (Almond Tree Strategic Consulting) and William Roberts (Almond Tree Strategic Consulting Associate) look at how one organisation is managing with a significant change and improvement programme, at the same time as adapting to the new normal of post-Covid service delivery. This peer-learning event explores the difficult realities of weening ourselves off crisis mode and into a place of calm and planned activity.

Ruth Dwight (Ruth Dwight Consulting) and Julian Lomas (Almond Tree Strategic Consulting) provide practical and realistic tips and techniques for shaping clear volunteer roles and recruiting the best people for the roles you need.

Ruth Dwight (Ruth Dwight Consulting) and Julian Lomas (Almond Tree Strategic Consulting) talk about ways to manage volunteers effectively. This session offers some ideas for supporting and retaining volunteers and managing tricky situations when they arise.

Julian Lomas (Almond Tree Strategic Consulting) demystifies the issue of choosing the right legal structure by explaining the main options and exploring the pros and cons of each.

Ruth Dwight (Ruth Dwight Consulting) and Julian Lomas (Almond Tree Strategic Consulting) explore some key areas of good practice in charity governance, covering trustee recruitment and effectiveness, communication/transparency and balancing leadership with management.