Mainstreaming, Sustainability and Income Generation Workshop

Overview of the Workshop

There is a lot of talk about mainstreaming especially within Peace III but how do we actually make it happen? What are the key steps? Traditional voluntary sector funding models are no longer sustainable and are not adequate. We need to recognise this and create a new approach which is not just based on grants.

The Mainstreaming and Sustainability half day in-house workshop helps organisations to move from dependency and grants to building a secure range of income streams and becoming fully sustainable within 12 months.

This practical hands-on workshop presents easy to follow strategies, income generation ideas, case studies and practical examples that can be applied to extend current initiatives over the coming months and for long term sustainability.

Key Topics

• Recognising the new financial landscape for community groups

• The new world of less grants and more self funding

• Income generation approaches you can start today

• Why grants are temporary and products are permanent

• How individual sustainability creates community wealth

• Key steps for building a multi faceted / multi income organisation

• How every grant can create on-going permanent income streams

• The top 5 most popular community businesses that every voluntary organisation should be earning from

• How to identify and leverage your assets for new income sources

• Top passive income opportunities for community based organisations

• How to link initiatives and build critical mass

• The Mainstreaming process

• The transition methodology from grants to self funding

• How you can ensure your organisation is sustainable within 12 months

• Best practice models of mainstreaming

• Why Shared Space isn't enough

• The new types of partnerships that are needed - and why

• How to develop new partnership arrangements

• Maximising the legacy of Peace III

• Sustainability skills and longer term strategy

• Action Plan and follow-up

Dates and Times

Organisations can choose morning or afternoon sessions:

Morning session 9.30am - 1.00pm

Afternoon session 1.30pm - 5.00pm

A 15 minute break is scheduled

Organisation Feedback

'A real eye opening session! I learned so much - not just about income but how we should be building our organisation.'

'We needed to find a way forward for our organisation - and now we have a proper plan for 2014.'

'No one has ever detailed the income opportunities for the Voluntary sector like this before. The session was brilliant! A

totally different approach to the way we had been thinking.'

'The training was a real breath of fresh air - direct, realistic and practical. We worked out exactly what we need to do.'

'I feel inspired and motivated! I believe we can make a much stronger contribution to our community now'.

'We have the excellent 10 point framework - and have started to work enthusiastically on this. Every voluntary organisation needing income should be working to this.