How to talk to funders is a working conference which will bring together black and minority ethnic (BME) leaders, managers, founders, activists and project managers all across the UK, to spend a day with a range of funders such as Big Lottery, Power To Change, JRT, Paul Hamlyn, UKRI and Calouste Gulbenkian.
Through a mix of keynote, panel and round table discussions, participants will have the opportunity to network with their peers and funders and their staff. And, through 1-2-1 surgeries, get direct feedback and guidance on their own project proposals.
Your travel costs and any reasonable access/support costs that you need will be covered, and the conference will take place in either London or Birmingham on Monday 30th March.
The whole day is intended to highlight the value and perspectives of BME-led projects and organisations.
You can now express an interest in attending: by emailing [email protected] with the following information by Friday 31 January 2020:
- Your contact details (address, email, phone, etc.)
- Which sector you are either working in or intending to work in: arts, media, heritage, academic, community, health and wellbeing, social and other civic
- Your business model: charity, social enterprise, sole trader, business limited by guarantee, or for-profit enterprise
- A short outline of your project and/or organisation
- A list of funders you have applied to in the past
- A description, in one or two sentences only, of the proposal you are currently seeking funding for
There are 30 places available.
Attendance at this event is limited to people who identify as black, Asian, from a minority-ethnic background or as a person of colour, and is intended to come within positive action as defined by s.158 Equality Act (2010).