Dear colleagues, I hope you will find this training opportunity relevant: Are you working in public engagement in museums, botanic gardens or other heritage organisations and looking for funding to kick-start new activities and inspiring projects? The Botanic Gardens Education Network<https://bgen.org.uk/> is running the Grow Your Fundraising Skills<http://bgen.org.uk/training-events/events-calendar/#%21event/2017/3/30/grow-your-fundraising-skills-8211-for-gardens-and-other-museums> training day on Thu 30th March 2017, 10:00am-4pm at Chelsea Physic Garden<http://chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk/>, London. This training day brings together representatives from the Lottery, and Trusts and Foundations to present their funding portfolios and provide top tips for a successful application. You will also hear case studies from botanic gardens on how to identify and approach the right funders, developing long term relationships with funders and planning for your project's fundraising. Speakers of the day include: Wellcome Trust<https://wellcome.ac.uk/> Heritage Lottery Fund<https://www.hlf.org.uk/> The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation<http://esmeefairbairn.org.uk/> Westonbirt, the National Arboretum<https://www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt> - Development team Visit the BGEN website<https://bgen.org.uk/training-events/events-calendar/#!event/2017/3/30/grow-your-fundraising-skills-8211-for-gardens-and-other-museums> to book your place for this training opportunity. This training day is also relevant for the fundraising staff of your organisations and will provide a unique opportunity to get informed about raising funds and network in the beautiful surroundings of a garden with a great botanical and heritage history. With best wishes, Asimina Dr Asimina Vergou Evaluation Manager Heritage Lottery Fund 7 Holbein Place London SW1W 8NR Phone: 020 7591 6188 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Website: www.hlf.org.uk<http://www.hlf.org.uk/> ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Claranet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.claranet.co.uk ________________________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************** psci-com how-to: Once subscribed, send emails for the list to [log in to unmask] If not subscribed, either subscribe here https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com or send requests for items to be posted on your behalf to [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe (or silence messages while away) send an email (any subject) to [log in to unmask] with one of the following messages (ignoring text in brackets) • signoff psci-com (to leave the list) • set psci-com nomail (to stop receiving messages while on holiday) • set psci-com mail (to resume getting messages) Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] Small print and JISCMail acceptable use policy https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print **********************************************************************