Introducing the ‘The Resilient Communities Series’

Inspired by the things you’ve told us you need to support and strengthen your work. YHA Outdoor Citizens and All the Elements are partnering to run 4 online workshops funded by Sport England Together Fund.

• Workshop 1 : Routes to funding

• Workshop 2 : Volunteer Recruitment and Management

• Workshop 3 : Organisation and Governance Structures

• Workshop 4 : Event Organisation

Workshop 1 : Routes to funding

When: 25th May 2023, 6.30pm-8pm

Description: Panel conversation, led by funding experts, followed by a Q&A. Topics including crowdfunding/fundraising, bid writing, working with brands, and generating income through selling your services.

Panel:

Marie Cartwright

Marie is Development & Partnerships Manager at Sporting Equals. Her role is to create new relationships for Sporting Equals and explore ways in which organisations and us can work together. Sporting Equals promotes diversity in sport and physical activity. The organisation aims to achieve healthier and fairer communities. Healthier, by increasing participation and engagement in physical activity via projects. Fairer, by giving ethnically diverse people a voice and a platform, but also through campaigns and advocacy to achieve fairer ethnic representation in leadership roles, at board level and within staff teams.

Sabrina Pace-Humphreys

Sabrina is a Social Justice Activist, Author and Co-Founder and Trustee of the Community and Campaigning Charity, Black Trail Runners. The charity was launched in July 2020 with the mission to increase the inclusion, participation and representation of Black people in the activity of trail running.

Jes Baikins

Jes is an award-winning crowdfunding consultant specialising in helping community groups, charities and socially focused businesses raise money and build audiences so they can deliver their work and become sustainable in the long run. Over the last 6 years she has raised over £5million for more than 80 organisations.

In her spare time she is an avid hiker, sea swimmer and paddleboard instructor. She frequently leads events for Yes Tribe Sussex and has completed several long distance hikes including the Cotswold Way and the Lycian Way.

Steph Wetherell

Steph is the co-founder of Every Body Outdoors, an organisation working for plus size inclusivity in the outdoors. While she loves swimming and cycling, she's happiest on a long distance walking path.

Workshop 2 : Volunteer Recruitment and Management

When: 8th June 2023, 6.30-8pm

Description: Bringing you a range of perspectives in volunteer recruitment and management, followed by a Q&A.

Panel: More details coming soon

Workshop 3 : Organisation and Governance Structures

When: 14th September 2023, 6.30pm-8pm

Description: Facilitated panel, supported by experts, with individuals who have experienced the process of setting up the most common (e.g. Limited Company, CIC etc) and less common structures.

Panel: More details coming soon

Workshop 4 : Event Organisation

When: 21st September 2023, 6.30-8pm

Description: Love Her Wild founder Bex Band will support a community leader through all the considerations needed to organise a successful real-life event. Register your interest to be the leader or community who Bex helps by emailing hello@alltheelements.co. You must be willing for the event to be discussed publicly at this live online event.

Speakers: More information on Bex Band and the community leader coming soon.

Register to attend

You can register for each of the workshops by filling out a short form here. Registration is open until midday on the day of each event - after which we will send out the call link to all registered attendees.

Included in ‘The Resilient Communities Series’ is a 1:1 follow up mentoring service if you need additional support on any of the topics covered in the workshops.