The Easy Step by Step Guide to Fundraising for Your School
Home > Society and Social Sciences > Education > Educational administration and organization > Funding of education and student finance > The Easy Step by Step Guide to Fundraising for Your School: How to Raise Money for Your School
The Easy Step by Step Guide to Fundraising for Your School: How to Raise Money for Your School

The Easy Step by Step Guide to Fundraising for Your School: How to Raise Money for Your School


     0     
5
4
3
2
1



Out of Stock


Notify me when this book is in stock
X
About the Book

Table of Contents:
How to use this guide; What you will learn from this guide; Chapter 1; The climate for fundraising; Why do we need to fundraise?; Different areas of fundraising; Some questions to ask; In summary; Chapter 2; What are you fundraising for?; How to persuade the sceptics; Your wish list; An example wish list; Put a cost against each item; Allocate a time scale; Potential funders and time scales; In summary; Chapter 3; Organising for fundraising; Engage an external fundraiser; Employ a fundraiser; Do it yourself; Appoint someone within the school; In summary; Chapter 4; Registering as a charity; Do I need a separate bank account?; Appointing Trustees/Committee members; In summary; Chapter 5; Preparing and writing your appeal; Researching; Give your appeal a name; Writing the appeal; In summary; Chapter 6; Sources of funding - trusts, foundations and grants; Researching potential funders; Raising money from trusts and foundations; Writing the appeal letter; In summary; Chapter 7; Sources of funding - magazines and newspapers; Carry out a survey of who reads what; Train your readers to look for relevant information; Identifying a connection; How to approach them; In summary; Chapter 8; Sources of funding - the rich and famous; Who are they?; How do you find them?; How do you approach them?; In summary; Chapter 9; Sources of funding - Businesses; Who are they?; How do you find them?; Build a database; How do you approach them?; What businesses are looking for; What can you offer them?; List the benefits; Define the deal; Do you offer sole sponsorship; The letter to businesses; An example letter; In summary; Chapter 10; Approaching sponsors by telephone; Getting past the receptionist; Set your objective; The stages of the call; Opening the call; Asking questions and presenting benefits; Buying signals; Closing the call; In summary; Chapter 11; The face to face meeting; Who should go?; Set your objectives; Have the right material; Buying motivations; Opening the conversation; Selling benefits; Getting a commitment; In summary; Chapter 12; Giving a presentation; Overcoming nerves; Preparing your presentation; Watch your body language; Some openings; The ending; A word about questions; In summary; Chapter 13; Building a media profile; What is newsworthy?; Who will be interested?; How to get on television and radio; Writing the news release; Laying out the news release; Photographs; Some rules for good media relations; In summary; Chapter 14; Other ways of raising funds; Don't fall foul of the law; Street collections; Carol singing; House to house collections; Collection boxes; Lotteries, free prize draws and competitions; In summary; Chapter 15; Keep going; Always look for opportunities; Newtork; Read the national press; Maintain your media profile; Build your database; Say thank you promptly; Useful addresses

About the Author :
Pauline Rowson has advised many schools on management and fundraising issues. She was instrumental in helping one state school in Portsmouth raise over GBP1.5 million. Her background is in marketing and PR and she has worked for both regional and national charities. She is author of several books on marketing, selling and personal development.

Review :
This book offers a clear step by step approach to devising an effective school fundraising strategy. The chapters are well organised and user friendly and the summary at the end of each chapter provides an essential checklist. Every school management team should have this book. - Practical Funding for Schools Magazine. This guide gives practical advice and lots of tips on how to get the best for your school through fundraising. Information is set out in a clear, straightforward style with bullet point summaries for easy reference. Practical Pre School Magazine.


Best Sellers


Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780954804527
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Sub Title: How to Raise Money for Your School
  • ISBN-10: 095480452X
  • Height: 198 mm
  • Width: 128 mm


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
The Easy Step by Step Guide to Fundraising for Your School: How to Raise Money for Your School
-
The Easy Step by Step Guide to Fundraising for Your School: How to Raise Money for Your School
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

The Easy Step by Step Guide to Fundraising for Your School: How to Raise Money for Your School

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    New Arrivals


    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!