Training

The following courses are currently being run by Hands Up, and are available in-house at any time. This page will be updated with any details of open courses.

Costs: £250 (half day) – £350 (full day)

Writing for the web

Full day

Learn how to write copy that will grab your reader’s attention and persuade them to act.

Including:

- Writing compelling subject lines and openings
- Writing for different formats
- How to structure an email
- Telling the story

Creativity

Half day

Everyone is creative. We’ll use a real example of a challenge your organisation is facing, and facilitate a process that involves you developing realistic creative solutions.

Including:

- How to plan in a way that leaves space for creativity
- Techniques to get the best ideas from your staff

Social media

Half / full day

This session will help your organisation develop a social media presence that engages your supporters, spreads your message and doesn’t take up all your time.

Including:

- Turning followers into supporters
- Creating conversations
- Social media fundraising
- Dealing with difficult individuals
- Staff use

Online fundraising

Half day

In this session we’ll spend time looking at successful and unsuccessful fundraising campaigns from a wide range of charities, identifying the factors that have contributed to their success, and applying them to your work.

Including:

- Generating an emotional response
- Integrating fundraising and campaigning
- Fundraising through email, social media and websites

Campaign planning

Full day

Learn the tools and techniques to plan campaigns that have impact. We’ll develop a real or fictional campaign from start to finish.

Including:

- Developing goals and objectives
- Identifying targets
- Engaging your supporters
- Communicating your successes and failures