Heritage Funding Conference
Tuesday 14 March 2006
National Portrait Gallery, London

The 3rd annual Heritage Funding Conference takes place next week (Tuesday 14 March 2006) at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Confirm your seat now for this essential learning and networking event - places are very limited and there will be NO on-site registration this year.
Reserve a place at the Heritage Funding Conference
As the leading museum and heritage funding conference in the UK, the event presents a fanastic networking opportunity for all those involved in funding and is designed to give delegates the edge in developing new, effective and successful fundraising initiatives.
Download Final Conference Programme
World-leading professionals will examine key themes including: fundraising strategy; effective prospect research; philanthropic and wealth databases; major donor development; developing capital campaigns; legacy promotion programmes; and individual giving.
Delegates will also receive invaluable guidance on a range of grant sources – including the Heritage Lottery Fund, Europe, Regional Development Agencies, and a wide-range of grant-awarding trusts, plus advice on how to apply to funding bodies and what kind of application will work best.
Reserve a place at the Heritage Funding Conference
Leading organisations already attending this year include:
National Trust
The National Gallery
Historic Royal Palaces
Science Museum
Bristol's Museums, Galleries & Archives
Whitechapel Gallery
British Library
Nottingham Castle
Peterborough Cathedral
University of Brighton
Sulgrave Manor
Download Full List of Conference Delegates
Speakers this year include:
Snježana Pintaric
Director, Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb
Naomi Conway
Senior Development Manager, National Portrait gallery
Melissa Bentley
Funding Support Officer, Museums Libraries & Archives Council
Almut Gruner
Funding & Development Officer, Museums Libraries & Archives Council
Jane Stancliffe
Case Manager, Heritage Lottery Fund
Geoff Howard
Director, Craigmyle Consultants
Rosemary Gilbert
Senior Consultant, Brakeley Fundraising Consultants
Past speakers at the conference have included:
Katherine Lyons
Director Corporate Relations
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Caroline Whitaker
Head of Development, Natural History Museum
Julian Marland
Senior Consultant, Brakeley Fundraising Consultants
Erica Strauss
Campaign Manager, Natural History Museum
Roger Mitty
Managing Director, Fundraising Research & Consultancy
Geoffrey Brown
Director, EUCLID UK
Anne Jenkins
Regional Manager, Heritage Lottery Fund
Background Reading. Come to the conference prepared - here are some interesting recent articles that deal with funding issues:
Funding Arnolfini - a case study
Sustainable Fundraising - the realisation of goodwill
