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Affordable, online, self-led and self-paced training to help your organisation be more sustainable

Designed just for charities, community groups and social enterprises - our e-learning offer is easy to access and gives you the confidence and skills to support your organisation’s financial resilience

What courseS are on offer?

Available courses are listed below, but if you can’t find what you’re looking for, please find out more about our other training and consultancy services on this website.

Why should you consider our training?

Our online tranining courses are versions of Selinger Consultants’ popular in-person courses, delivered to over 4,000 people over the last 12 years - including through organisations such as NCVO, People's Health Trust, the Rank Foundation and local CVS's. Our content draws on more than 20 years’ experience working with charities, social enterprises and voluntary groups of all sizes to improve their financial resilience and sustainability.

Are you an infastructure body or membership organisation? Looking for a great offer for your network - then click here for more information on how you can make e-learning work for you

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“An accessible, clear and focused resource that takes you step by step through the concepts and calculations of full cost recovery. This course makes something that seems vague or non specific very tangible and provides great tools to simplify how you think about, and cost your work for funding applications”
— Anna Henry, The Movements Trust

Securing funding and generating income isn’t just about having a strong idea, it’s about knowing what your work really costs and setting a price that makes sense.  One concept sits at the heart of this course - the distinction between cost, need, and price. It's s deceptively simple and genuinely changes how you approach funding conversations.

Getting the Price Right is a practical e-learning course for charities and social enterprises which will give you the knowledge and confidence you need to cost out your projects and set an ask that appeals to funders and sustains your organisation.

This isn’t a course on bookkeeping or detailed budgeting. Instead, you’ll learn how to understand what you’re offering, what it truly costs to deliver, what your organisation needs financially, and how to turn that knowledge into stronger funding requests, smarter pricing, and more sustainable income.

If you've ever guessed what to charge, or worried about asking for too much or not enough, this course will help you make clear, well-founded decisions about money - and ask for what you genuinely need.

What you will learn

  • How to distinguish between cost, need and price,  and know why this matters

  • Confidently calculate the true cost of a project using Full Cost Recovery principles,

  • Know set your price or make a clear ask 

  • Balance your organisational needs with funder capacity

  • Put together transparent budgets that support strong funding applications

What you will take away

  • Confidence to stop second-guessing your numbers and start making well-founded decisions

  • A course handbook and resources - with frameworks, prompts and tools

  • A new vocabulary for talking about your work, your costs and your needs

  • A clearer picture of your organisation's income landscape and where your best opportunities lie

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“I liked the interactivity, the range of examples and the fact that the learning could be applied to any level of funding from any organisation.”
— Kate Little Deputy CEO, CVS Cheshire EastSource

Writing Successful Funding Bids is a practical e-learning course designed to help charities and social enterprises write clearer, more persuasive funding applications and decide which opportunities are really worth pursuing.

Through short video explanations, real examples and interactive activities, the course guides you step-by-step through the bid-writing process -from preparing for funding opportunities and deciding whether to apply, to structuring a strong and compelling proposal.

Based on our popular in-person training delivered to over 3,500 participants, this course draws on more than 20 years’ experience supporting charities to secure funding and improve their fundraising practice.

Whether you’re new to fundraising or looking to refresh your approach, this course will give you practical tools to help you write stronger bids with greater confidence. 

What you will learn

  • How to prepare effectively for writing a proposal so you are able to respond to opportunities quickly and efficiently

  • How to write in an effective style that speaks to different funders

  • Exactly what funders and commissioners are looking for in a strong application

  • Confidence deciding whether or not to apply for funding from a particular source

What you will take away

  • Four 'Golden Rules' to help you with your application writing

  • A tool to help you develop a strong case for support 

  • An understanding of the Full Cost Recovery and how to apply this to your application or bid writing

FAQs

  • The total training time for our online learning courses is typically around three hours. However, you can pause and return later without losing your progress. This means you can complete the course at your own pace - even if you only have 10, 20 or 30 minutes at a time.

  • Our training has been designed with both beginnners and those with more expereince in mind. Each course breaks down the content into easy steps, with clear and accessible language. Concepts are clearly explained throughout, and whether you’re a complete beginner or someone looking for a refresher - you’ll get something from the course

  • Visit our dedicated training website to find out more about the course content and learning objectives.

  • Prices start from £50 per person for small organisations.

    Please check out our training platform for further information about pricing

    If you are a membership or infrastructure organisation and want to offer this training course to your members - please click here for more information

“The course had a helpful structure and ended with practical applications. I loved the simple charts and the steps that were laid out. It was logical and clear in it’s presentation.”
— Jo Aston CEO, Footsteps Walking With You
“The level of detail in advice was excellent, and [there was a ] good variety of reading, watching clips and interactive parts to complete which kept the learning interesting and varied.”
— Sarah Keen, Fundraising Manager, Youth Scotland
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