Najia Bagi
Musician, Arts and Fundraiser
My background
• Music
• Birmingham City Council
• Music
• Band on the Wall
• Music…
• Lakeland Arts
• … music! And Art
What am I going to talk about?
• Fundraising – an introduction
• How to sell an idea
• Research and planning
• How much money to ask for
• Relationship management
• How I work with programming departments
What is fundraising?
• Selling an idea
• Really hard!
• Extremely important
How do we sell an idea for money?
• Case for support
• What is the need?
• Why me/us?
• Why now?
• Family room at Abbot Hall Art Gallery
Research and Planning
• Planning
• Research
• It can take a long time
Development and Programming
• Planning
• Strategic working
• Research
• Understanding what they want to deliver
• Knowledge sharing – it works both ways