Please view our upcoming events and training below.

Wed 10 September 2025

Lucy Stone Ask Lucy Anything about Fundraising!

Online (10am - 11.30am)

Can come with any questions about fundraising and Lucy will do what she can to help you! We can talk about anything! Come and share your success and frustrations, ask questions and let’s learn together!

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Wed 24 September 2025

VAAC AGM Celebration Learning into Action

Littlehampton Town Council, Millennium Chamber, Littlehampton Manor House (10.30am - 2.00pm)

With thanks to Qlic IT for Charities for their generous sponsorship of this event, we’re delighted to invite you to our biggest event of the year. At this year's AGM, we explore how learning journeys evolve into real-life impact. Training is more than acquiring new skills - it's about empowering individuals and organisations to create meaningful change. Whether it’s walking groups gaining life-saving first aid skills or safeguarding training that keeps young people safe, community groups are putting learning into practice every day. Behind this lies the power of community research - helping us understand local needs, shape relevant training, and ensure that learning leads to action.

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Wed 1 October 2025

Finance Forum

Online, Zoom (1pm - 2.30pm)

Are you the only finance person in your organisation? You’re not alone. VAAC invites you to join our new quarterly Charity Finance Forum, designed to bring together finance staff from across the sector for support, learning and connection.

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Thu 16 October 2025

Lucy Stone Uptapped Fundraising Potential: How can you find new ways to fundraise?

Online (1pm - 2.30pm)

Do you want to ● Find new ways of raising funds? ● Understand where your untapped potential is? A good range of income streams helps an organisation to be more financially resilient and can reduce the impact of reduced funding in one income area. Many not-for-profits start their fundraising journey with Trusts and Foundations before exploring new ways to raise funds. However, many are unsure how to start individual giving, major donor or challenge events fundraising. That is where this session can help!

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Tue 4 November 2025

Lucy Stone Trustee Training - Fundraising. Where can Trustees Start?

Online (6pm - 7.30pm)

Lucy Stone from No Stone Unturned Fundraising will lead this session, during which we will consider: What are the different fundraising options open to you? How do you know which options are right for your organisation? What are the practical first steps you can take to diversify your income? How as a trustee can you support everyone in the organisation to help with fundraising?

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Thu 6 November 2025

Charity Governance, Finance and Resilience: 15 questions trustees should ask

Online, Zoom (6pm - 7.30pm)

n this session, VAAC Finance Manager, Ailsa Burkimsher will talk you through and provide some practical tips on implementing the Charity Commission's guidance, ‘Charity governance, finance and resilience: 15 questions trustees should ask’. The course is suitable for Charity Trustees, Charity CEOs and Charity Finance staff.

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Tue 9 December 2025

Lucy Stone Managing Your Relationships with your Donors and Funders

Online (10am - 11.30am)

Do you want to ● Have better connections with your donors and supporters? ● Find more touchpoints and exceed expectations? ● Enjoy your relationships with your donors and supporters? Underpinning successful fundraising needs to be fantastic stewardship to build long term relationships. We must at all times remember that “They are not your donors, you are one of their charities” (Mark Phillips), importantly, it is that we are one of their charities. The relationships need to be personal, supported, appropriate and at times unexpected.

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