On 8th May 2025 AVOW held a Prepare your organisation for funding success conference. Here are the slides that were shared on the day by our inspiring speakers. We want to thank all the speakers and conference delegates for taking part in such a great day!
The Main Conference Presentation
Here you will find the information from the main running order of the conference. This contains the names and information about our speakers, various informational slides from the day itself, as well as the contact details for the AVOW Conference Staff.
Abi Tweed
Abi Tweed (Abi Tweed) gave an enlightening presentation on working with philanthropist. We explored what philanthropy is, how to get your organisation ready to work with a philanthropist, and finally, how to find a philanthropist that might be willing to work with your organisation.
Dr Leah Pybus – Purpose, Impact, and Making Your Data Work For you
Dr Leah Pybus from Trust Impact spoke about how our impact data can be gathered, and used, in a way that makes the data effective. Starting from our understanding of our organisation, through to ways in which we gather information, to how that information is then presented.
Jane Tweedie – Charity Finance (Breakout Room)
Jane Tweedie from WR Partners joined us to talk about how finance for charities work, and took us through account submission and readiness. This complete workshop gave the foundations to enable a charity to be financial ready.
You can find the link to Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) here.
Shaun Darlington – Governance (Breakout Room)
Shaun Darlington (FLVC/AVOW), ran a fascinating session on Good Governance of third sector organisations. He covered policies, charity commission guidelines, and gave space for attendees to ask questions.
Thank You
AVOW would like to give our heartfelt thanks to everyone that made this conference possible, but especially to the Transforming Towns Fund that funded this conference.
We would like to thank Abi Tweed (Abi Tweed, Executive Coach) and Dr Leah Pybus (Trust Impact) for being our introductory keynote speakers.
Catriona Learmont (The National Lottery Community Fund), Rosalind Williams (The Neumark Foundation) and Alice King (The Community Foundation Wales) for answering questions as part of our funders panel.
Chrstine D Loveday (DTCC), Kasia Williamson (Read Construction) and Jane Pritchard (AICO) for answering questions on our corporate partnership panel.
Jane Tweedie (WR Partners) and Shaun (FLVC/AVOW) for running our breakout rooms.
And to everyone who attended for making the conference an amazing day.
Thank You.
Future Funding Workshop Dates from Jo Young
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