Courses are open to anyone involved in the voluntary sector - paid staff, volunteers, trustees as well as those working in the statutory/commercial sectors but with an interest in the voluntary sector.

Mailing List for Future Courses

If you would like to be added to the HCS mailing list to receive information on future courses, then please email us at info@hcsuk.com with your contact details (name, organisation, postal address and email address).

These details will only be used to send you information on HCS services and will not be passed to a third party.

Examples of Courses Offered by HCS

Writing Effective Funding Applications

Course Content

This course will provide participants with tools and techniques to write effective funding applications.

The course covers:

• The main stages in writing funding applications, including research
• Techniques for writing funding applications
• Essential information to include in funding applications
• Using persuasive language in funding applications
• Preparing budgets and supporting information for funding applications

Please note the course will cover applications to grant making trusts and statutory bodies.

To see further details on the course content click here.

Is this Course for You?

This course is suitable for those who are either relatively new to writing funding applications or those who wish to develop and/or refresh their skills in this area.

Writing Project Funding Applications

Course Content

This course considers the key stages in preparing project funding applications. It also includes essential information on how to write a convincing project funding application.

The course covers:

• Working up an idea into a suitable project application
• Ensuring the application matches the funder's criteria
• Key techniques for writing project funding applications
• Preparing a project budget

NB The course fee includes the evaluation of a project funding application by the course tutor.

Please note the course will cover applications to grant making trusts and statutory bodies.

To see further details on the course content click here.

Is this Course for You?

This course is suitable for fundraisers or charity managers who have responsibility for writing project funding applications. It is aimed at those who are either relatively new to this area or who wish to refresh their skills.

Managing Your Workload More Effectively  

Course Content

This course considers the various ways in which a fundraiser or charity manager can take more effective control of their time and juggle their work commitments.

The course includes not only time management issues but also how these link to assertiveness at work and coping with work-related stress.

The course covers:

• Identifying current time wasters
• Tips on taking control of your time
• Using planning to achieve work priorities
• Assertiveness and time management
• Coping with stress at work

To see further details on the course content click here.

Is this Course for You?

This course is particularly suitable for any fundraiser or charity manager who has some control over their own workload.

If you feel under too much pressure to make time to attend this course, then it is for you!

Key Features of HCS Courses

• Each course is limited to 8 places to ensure ample opportunity for personal attention
• Practical real-life exercises and case studies enable participants to apply the course theory to their own work situation
• The interactive nature of the courses allow time for discussion and the sharing of ideas and experiences with other participants
• Information obtained via pre-course questionnaires ensure the specific needs of participants are addressed in the course content
• The course fee covers refreshments, buffet lunch, course attendance certificate, course handbooks including a further reading list and useful contact names and addresses
• A friendly, relaxed learning environment at venues easily accessible by public transport

Course Times

The course starts at 9.30am with arrivals and coffee, with the first session beginning at 10.00am. The course finishes at 4.30pm. Refreshments and a buffet lunch are included in the cost.

Course Fees

There is a two tiered fee system:

£130 - concessionary rate for charities with a turnover of less than £60,000

£175 - other charities and commercial/statutory organisations

Course Bookings

You can make a provisional booking by:

Email: bookings@hcsuk.com. Please detail your name, address, telephone number, course title and date

Tel: 01522 544927

Fax: 01522 527255

Please note that payment is required to secure a provisional booking.

Course Venue

London

NCVO Conference Suite, Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London N1 9RL. Less than ten minutes walk from Kings Cross railway station.

Booking Terms and Conditions

Provisional bookings will not be guaranteed until payment is received, at which time they become a confirmed booking.

Pre-course questionnaires will be sent to participants prior to the course to obtain details of any particular issues that participants would like to see included in the course content.

Final instructions eg course programme, venue map etc will be mailed to participants no later than one week before the date of the course.

Written cancellation of a confirmed booking will be accepted up to 10 working days before the date of the course. A refund will be given, subject to a 25% cancellation fee. Refunds are not available if written cancellation is less than 10 working days before the date of the course or for non-attendance. Cancellations will only be accepted in writing.

Substitutions can be made provided notice of this change is given before the event.

Evaluation forms will be given to each participant for completion at the end of the course. Feedback is valued so that each course can be made as relevant as possible to future participants.

HCS reserves the right to cancel a course in which case full refunds will be given.

Ideas for Future Course Topics

If you have any suggestions for courses on particular aspects of fundraising or charity management then please email info@hcsuk.com with details.