Motivated and confident
“I feel more motivated and confident to take the next stage in implementing a strategy for fundraising through legacies”
Very helpful
“Very helpful course. I feel more confident to lead a small project to introduce a legacy section on our website and associated activities to inform, promote and benefit from the new webpages.”
Gained skills
“I have gained skills in how to write better bids that I can take forward and use in my next fundraising efforts.”
Engaging and insightful
“The session struck a good balance between top-level concepts and specific detail. Examples were used well to engage participants, facilitate useful discussion and get people thinking about strengths and weaknesses within this area of work. Subverting thinking to consider the objectives of the funder was a very insightful.”
From hesitant to confident
“I am completely new to writing grants, and was feeling very hesitant, but now feel like I can utilise my existing skills along with the new knowledge to complete quality applications.”
Challenged Perspectives
“It’s clear that David is an active practitioner in the field and knows the real time struggles of both funders and fundees. He came across as highly knowledgeable and engaging, offered some very useful advice and successfully challenged perspectives.”
Compelling and Builds Confidence
David is very knowledgeable and experienced, and draws on that to give real examples of his topic. The result is compelling, and builds confidence in the recipient.
Clear and Methodical
The speaker clearly knew his subject and delivered this in a clear methodical way. Lots of good insights into the subject. There was the right amount of interaction with the audience.
Informative and Accessible
I always enjoy the Apollo Fundraising Training courses – very knowledgeable, informative and accessible
Well Paced and Well Resourced
Great to have a speaker who deliverers well paced, well resourced training and who can draw on lots of different examples.