Fundraising
An appeal campaign in a week
Use this when you need to raise money for one clear thing and want an appeal that runs for seven days.
Open → 60 minutesA corporate pitch in an hour
Use this when you have one company in mind and want to ask it for support. In an hour you will have a one page pitch and a short covering email written for that company, checked and ready…
Open → 135 minutesA donor thank you week
Use this when you want to spend a week thanking the people who gave to you over the last twelve months.
Open → 180 minutesAn event plan in an afternoon
Use this when you have a rough idea for an event and need to decide whether to go ahead with it.
Open → 180 minutesA funder research morning
Use this when you need to find out who might fund a piece of your work. Give it three clear hours and you will have a table of 8 to 15 funders, each checked against the funder's own…
Open → 90 minutesA grant application in 90 minutes
Use this when you have a funder's application form open and need to get the answers written.
Open →Governance and trustees
Your annual report story in a morning
Use this when your trustees' annual report is due and the written part still has to be done.
Open → 300 minutesA policy refresh day
Use this when several of your policies are out of date and you want to put them right in one day.
Open → 60 minutesA risk register refresh in an hour
Use this when your risk register has not been looked at properly since the board last approved it.
Open → 30 minutesA trustee meeting pack in 30 minutes
Use this when a trustee meeting is coming up and the papers are not ready. In 30 minutes you will have a complete pack, with an agenda, an updated action tracker, a one page report, a plain…
Open →Money and finance
A budget and cashflow afternoon
Use this when you need to set next year's budget and want to know whether the cash will last the year.
Open → 150 minutesGift Aid claim preparation
Use this when it is time to claim Gift Aid for one period and you want the claim checked before it goes to HMRC.
Open →Services and volunteers
Comms and supporters
A case study from case notes, safely
Use this when you want to tell the story of one person you have supported and the detail sits in their case notes.
Open → 20 minutesA supporter newsletter in 20 minutes
Use this when a supporter newsletter is due and all you have is a few notes on what has happened.
Open → 30 minutesA press release in 30 minutes
Use this when something has happened, or is about to, that you want the press to cover.
Open → 60 minutesA month of social media in an hour
Use this when you want next month's social media written and scheduled in one sitting. In an hour you will have twelve to sixteen posts, three or four a week for a month, written in your…
Open → 180 minutesA website copy refresh in an afternoon
Use this when the wording on your website is out of date or no longer sounds like you. In an afternoon you will have new wording for your home page, two or three of the pages people land…
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