The Yorkshire Funders Conference is specifically for funding organisations and funding advisors who support local, frontline community groups.
Cost: £55
Booking deadline: 8th June
Programme
9.30 – 10.00: Registration & refreshments
10.00 – 12.00: Plenary Session chaired by Tim Cutts, Chair of Yorkshire Funders & Executive Secretary of the Allen Lane Foundation including Q&As
10.05 – 11.00:
Paul Streets OBE, Chief Executive, Lloyds Bank Foundation will share how they have adapted to a changing world, emerging trends in the funding sector and give a taster of the organisation’s new five-year strategy
Danielle Walker-Palmour, Director, Friends Provident Foundation will communicate the importance of organisations being more transparent and how funders of all sizes can make a difference in today’s turbulent world
11.00 – 12.00:
Local Funder Panel – Working Smarter: Lessons learnt & top tips
• Kath Lindley, CEO of Wakefield & District Health & Community Support (WDHCS)
• Shahed Molvi, Head of Grants at Leeds Community Foundation
• Rachel Payling, Head of Stronger Communities at Barnsley Metropolitan District Council
• Bruce Warnes, Trustee & Grants Manager at the Shears Foundation
12.00– 1.15: Lunch & networking
1.15 – 2.30
Workshop Session One – choice of attending:
1. What does the future hold for investments & the growing importance of ESG
- Led by CCLA
2. Developing your grant management system
- Led by Ian Bates, Technical Director at Issimo Consultancy
3. Funders & funding Advisors – learning from each other & overcoming barriers for grant seekers
- Led by FAWN (Funding Advice Workers Network) & Sam Caldwell, Head of Grants at South Yorkshire's Community Foundation
2.30 – 2.45: Comfort break & tea/coffee
2.45 – 3.55
Workshop Session Two – choice of attending:
1. Yorkshire Micro Funders Network
- Led by Robert Templar, Trustee of the Craven Trust
2. What it takes to be a relational funder
- Led by Eliza Buckley, Director of Research at IVAR
3. FAWN (Funding Advice Workers' Network) general meeting
3.55 - 4.00: Thank you and close from Jan Garrill, Yorkshire Funders' Trustee and Chief Executive of Two Ridings Community Foundation
VENUE DETAILS
The venue is a 15 minute walk from York Station and a seven minute walk from Foss Bank Car Park, located next to Sainsbury’s. Yorkshire Funders does encourage the use of public transport and/or the Park & Ride service. The post code for Foss Bank Car Park is YO31 7PL and the cost is £10.50 for the full conference day (seven hours).
Read more about Yorkshire Funders on the Funders Collaborative Hub.
