The National Arts Fundraising School is the world’s most intensive and innovative training for fundraisers working in the arts and culture sector. Secure your place on the school and we guarantee results, developing your fundraising strategy and expanding your skillset, inspired by our team of outstanding programme leaders.
Choose from three flexible options.
Choose your option
Online
Fully flexible 4-week online programme, with interactive online sessions, access to learning portal, and 1-2-1 coaching.
20th Oct - 11th Nov 2025 (select dates)
In Person
Five intensive, focused days residential plus 1-2-1 coaching with one of our expert consultants and learning portal access.
29 September- 3rd October 2025
Plus
All the benefits of the online or in person programme plus an exclusive strategy or implementation day with a School expert.
The answer to your fundraising challenge
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Current running programmes
4th-26th November 2024
Live sessions on key dates: 4-5, 11-12, 18-19, 22, 25-26 November 2024. 15 places available.
Our 2025 programmes
3rd-26th March 2025
Live sessions on key dates: 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, 14, 24-26 March. 15 places available.
7th-11th April 2025
On location at Mere Court Hotel in Knutsford UK. 15 places available.
29th Sept - 3rd Oct 2025
On location at Mere Court Hotel in Knutsford UK. 15 places available.
20th Oct - 11th Nov 2025
Live sessions on key dates: 20-21, 27-28 October and 3-4, 10-11 November. 15 places available.
Latest Blogs
Don’t Miss Out! FREE places on The National Arts Fundraising School
If you live in the South and East Lincolnshire Council Partnership area and need support for your work, as an arts, cultural or heritage organisation, or even as an individual artist, we’ve some exciting news. Support from the Partnership means we can offer FREE places on the 2024 residential and online Schools.
Putting the Science into the Art of Fundraising
There’s a lot of flawed thinking and anecdotes that underpin much arts fundraising ‘best practice’ today. That’s why the National Arts Fundraising School, with support from Ogilvy Consulting and ACE, set up the world’s largest field1 experiment in arts and culture fundraising. Over six months we tested a whole range of fundraising techniques to establish […]
NAFS team expands in response to demand for fundraising skills and knowledge
National Arts Fundraising School director Bernard Ross welcomes four new tutors to the NAFS training and coaching team in response to increased demand from arts, culture and heritage organisations in the UK.