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Brass Bands England offers a selection of training courses suitable for BBE members looking to develop their organisations, improve their governance and help them raise money to keep doing what they do best.
We advertise courses to book on our events page throughout the year, however, you can also fill out our request form. When we have enough people who have requested a training course on their band-free evenings, we'll be in touch. For all these courses, we would recommend that more than one person from your organisation attends to get the most out of the experience.
These courses are exlusive for BBE members, so what's on offer?
Band Organisation Essentials
This course is ideal for banding organisations that aren't currently registered charities, and those who are considering charity registration. This training is ideal for a Chair, Treasurer or key decision make of a band.
During the training session, attendees will cover:
- Charity status and legal structures
- Purpose and aims of your organisation
- Roles and responsibilities within your organisation
For just £25 per attendee, you'll get a 2-hour group virtual training session, a workbook of information to take away, with a 1:1 follow-up with your trainer.
Future Proofing your band
Future Proofing your band is more suited to bands who are already registered charities and wish to ensure their governance structures are working well, and who are also looking to raise funds and diversify their income streams. The two x two-hour training sessions will cover:
- Board and committee structures
- Volunteer management
- Budgeting
- Income generation and fundraising
- Project planning
- Policy updates
For just £60 per person, you'll get two x two-hour training sessions, a workbook of information to take away, a 1:1 follow up with your trainer and a free search for five suitable funders for a project you're fundraising for.
Design your Creative Project
This group visioning and planning session will take your initial project idea and help deliver it to make it a reality! This course is ideal if you're at the very early stages of project planning or you need support in visioning a creative project for your band. This session is ideal for any band who has an anniversary or significant event they are wishing to celebrate and want to start fundraising for.
During the session, attendees will cover:
- Aims and objectives
- Community outreach
- Mapping out your project, exploring timescales and budget
For just £35 per person, you'll get a 2-hour training session, a workbook of information to take away, a 1:1 follow up with your trainer and a free search for two suitable funders for a project you're fundraising for.
Plan and Prepare for your Arts Council Project Grant
This group training course will prepare you to plan and write a high-quality Arts Council England Project Grant. This course is ideal if you have a project idea in place, but need support in preparing and writing a suitable application to obtain funding to make it a reality.
Across the two sessions, attendees will cover:
- Mapping out your project, exploring timescales and budget
- Navigating the Grantium submission platform
- Project partners
- Arts Council England's Investment Principles
- Tackling the questions
- Delivering, evaluating and reporting on the project
For just £150 per person, you'll get two x two-hour training sessions and a workbook of information to take away. After the group session, all attendees will be offered a free review of their final application with feeback provided before they submit.
See what courses are available on the BBE Events Page or Request a training course to be delivered by using the form below.