This event is for East Devon-based artists, creatives and arts organisations.
An engaging training session tailored specifically for those in the arts sector who want to connect with high-net-worth individuals and philanthropists to generate transformational gifts.
Venue: The Beehive, Dowell St, Honiton.
What You’ll Learn:
- Telling Your Story: learn how to communicate what’s at the heart of your story, in a way that resonates with potential supporters.
- Making the Ask: understand how to approach potential donors with confidence and clarity. How to tailor your pitch to reflect the shared values between you and your prospective supporters, ensuring your request feels authentic and compelling.
- Understanding High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNWIs) and Philanthropists: discover what drives philanthropists and HNWIs to give, and learn how to connect your artistic vision with their passions and values.
- Building lasting relationships: explore strategies for cultivating and maintaining genuine, long-term relationships with potential donors.
Who Should Attend:
• Freelance artists looking to attract individual donors.
• Small-scale festival organisers aiming to secure meaningful support.
• Arts organisations eager to deepen relationships with existing supporters or engage new high-net-worth donors.
About the Trainer: Lottie Donovan is an experienced fundraising consultant, philanthropy advisor and trainer, who empowers organisations and individuals to own and share their unique story, develop ways to diversify their income streams and build sustainable funding models.
As an experienced speaker, panellist and workshop facilitator she is regularly invited to attend industry leading conferences, including: CASE Europe, the Chartered Institute of Fundraising and Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy/Cause 4. Clients to date have included, amongst others: Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Birmingham Arts School, Birmingham Hippodrome, Cambridge Theatre Company, Caring in Bristol, Cirque Bijou, Diverse City, Hestercombe Gardens, HFT, Impermanence Dance, Lighthouse Poole, MAC Birmingham, MAYK, Minds@Work, National Theatre, National Theatre Wales, New Brewery Arts, Oxford Contemporary Music, OutdoorArts UK, Penny Brohn, PiPA, Play:Disrupt, Poetry Archive, Rising Arts Agency, Theatre Royal Bath, Tilburg University, Travelling Light Theatre Company, Trinity Arts, University of the West of England, Unseen, Wardrobe Theatre, Watershed and Wise Children.
This training is funded by the UK Government through the Shared Prosperity Fund.
