Get Grants Storytelling for Fundraising Training Course is designed to support fundraisers to improve their fundraising confidence and success through effective use of storytelling.

Telling stories is a powerful tool that is too often overlooked. Stories are used to engage, inform, persuade, and create connections between people. As a fundraiser, storytelling is a valuable skill that can be used to influence your potential supporters and maximise your fundraising efforts.

Storytelling skills bring your fundraising activities to life. In this course, you will develop a key skill that will benefit the success of grant fundraising, corporate partnerships, crowdfunding, major donors, legacies, and many more!

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What to expect:

Led by Get Grants Funding Expert Michelle Stein, the course will support you to effectively tell the story of your organisations, explain your need and tie it to your ask and outcomes, develop and use case studies, and use stories in your evaluation. You will develop your understanding and knowledge of fundraising, learn about practical processes, and learn skills you can put into practice.

During this online training course, you will:

• Explore the ‘importance of why’ and getting down to the heart of the issue you are talking about.
• Look at the practical processes of where to source valuable information and storing it within your organisation.
• Understand what different types of donors are looking for and how to incorporate your story telling to full effect.
• Discuss what makes a good story and finding the right balance of emotion and statistics.
• Build storytelling techniques and confidence through practice.
• Review your stories and the stories of attendees with expert feedback.

Delivered across two 2-hour sessions, this course will be friendly and conversational, with lots of opportunities to ask questions and get input from our Funding Expert.

Who this course is for:

This course is designed to be suitable for all not-for-profit organisations, including charities and community groups of all shapes and sizes. This informative and practical course will benefit both those who are new to fundraising as well as experienced fundraisers looking to improve their skills.

This training course perfectly complements our Corporate Fundraising, Bid Writing, and Trusts & Foundations training courses and ideal for fundraisers looking to broaden their fundraising abilities!

Upcoming Dates

June 2025

• When: Thursday 19th June & Thursday 26th June 2025, 9:30am – 11:30am
• Cost: £99
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September 2025

• When: Thursday 11th September & Thursday 18th September 2025, 2pm – 4pm
• Cost: £99
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December 2025

• When: Thursday 4th December & Thursday 11th December 2025, 1pm – 3pm
• Cost: £99
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Alternatively, contact us to request a booking form.

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About the Trainer

Michelle Stein, founder of Handmade Fundraising, is an experienced fundraising consultant who specialises in high-value relationship fundraising.

Michelle is the Author of our popular AI for Fundraisers and Canva for Fundraisers MASTERCLASSES and delivers Storytelling, Major Donors, Corporate Fundraising, and Management for Fundraisers Training Courses.

For over ten years she has worked with charities and some of the biggest philanthropic families in the UK and US.

She has trained fundraisers in the UK, Europe, Australia and South Africa and knows from first-hand experience that with the right training, any fundraiser can go from mediocre to extraordinary!