Don’t miss out – HMRC are giving away millions of pounds to help you create new exhibitions.
Attend this NEW training seminar if you tick yes to the following three questions. Whether you currently pay tax or not, big savings could come your way.
- Are you a charity or subsidiary engaged in creating new exhibitions?
- Do you maintain a museum, community arts centre, gallery, library, archive or historic house with collections?
- Do you also curate exhibitions of collections of objects that are of artistic, historic, scientific or cultural interest?
To find out more and to book, visit the Arts & Business Scotland website.
This half-day seminar is a must for all financial or budget holding staff and anyone who wants to know how tax affects (and can benefit) arts and heritage organisations with charitable status in Scotland.
The accompanying general tax guide provides a practical summary of the training and guidance on how tax affects the arts and heritage organisations. The event and guide are also a great refresher and reference for those who need reminding of basic principles and want to know how different taxes interact with each other.
To find out more and to book, visit the Arts & Business Scotland website.
Laura Irvine, partner at Davidson Chalmers Stewart LLP, will provide an update on marketing, fundraising and data protection law. The activity around the GDPR and getting ready for implementation proved a significant challenge for cultural organisations and sometimes the approach taken was based on incorrect advice or pressure as some organisations dealt with databases issues. As the dust settles and as a new law, the ePrivacy Regulation is pending, this training day will be an opportunity to reflect on marketing and fundraising activities in a post-GDPR world. With ample opportunities to discuss the approach your organisation took and is now taking and to find out what the legal position is and is likely to be going forward. Book now for this new post- GDPR training event.
To find out more and to book, visit the Arts & Business Scotland website.
This ‘how-to’ guide to sponsorship will take you through the key steps to sponsorship from attracting a business to nurturing and developing long lasting cultural and business partnerships. If you have little experience or just want a refresher on this area of fundraising, then this seminar is aimed to help you on your journey to sponsorship success. Peppered with sponsorship stories gathered from Arts & Business Scotland match funding programmes.
To find out more and to book, visit the Arts & Business Scotland website.
We have all seen the horrendous impact that fire can have, just think Notre-Dame and Grenfell Tower.
Have you thought about how a fire might impact your organisation?
Are you aware as a manager or Trustee what your duties are?
Have you taken the right steps to minimise the chances of this happening to you, and to protect your organisation should the worst happen?
This session will offer the guidance and understanding you need to know you are getting it right for your organisation.
To find out more and to book, visit the Arts & Business Scotland website.
This one-day training session is aimed at anyone looking to improve their copywriting skills to support their fund-raising activities. Offering a combination of project-based, hands-on writing exercises with tips, techniques and critical theory, the session explores the five stages of the copywriting process. While the training provides a specific focus on writing a case for support, the resulting learning can be applied to all kinds of fundraising communications.
To find out more and to book, visit the Arts & Business Scotland website.
Legacies are the fastest growing source of income in the voluntary sector – up over 50% in the last ten years. Not just for big named charities, the fastest growing sector in this area of fundraising is the cultural sector, embracing both arts and heritage organisations.
This course, specifically for the cultural sector in Scotland, has been created in partnership with and will be delivered by Richard Radcliffe who has over 30 years’ experience in helping non-profits grow legacy income. He is the 2018 winner of the Lifetime Contribution to Fundraising award from the Institute of Fundraising and has worked with many Scottish charities and many of the major (and smaller!) arts and culture bodies (performing and non-performing arts) in the UK and Europe. This includes local authority funded museums, local theatres, niche arts galleries, regimental museums, botanical gardens, opera and ballet companies, festivals and many others!
To find out more and to book, visit the Arts & Business Scotland site.
1 day course at £140 per person from North Highland College UHI
Contact nhcbusiness@uhi.ac.uk for more information.
Delivered by Professor Eleanor Shaw, Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Strathclyde.
Creating and sustaining a competitive advantage has become increasingly difficult in an ever-changing and dynamic environment. Businesses need to be adept at strategic thinking and strategic analysis and find ways to enhance impact, value and performance. This Masterclass will teach you the tools and techniques to stay ahead of the game.
There is a charge of £100 for attending each two-day Masterclass. This includes the cost of the networking dinner on the first evening.