The Muslim Charities Forum organises trainings for Muslim-led NGOs to build organisational capacities, skills, and provide networking opportunities for charities to work together more effectively with the aim of improving and professionalising the sector.
List of past trainings for 2010:
Marketing, Communications and Fundraising
Held at the Directory of Social Change, in London, this workshop focused on how Muslim-led NGOs could use and benefit from the media communication technologies available to develop better fundraising strategies and create more awareness.
The aim of the workshop was to show how charities can communicate and fundraise more effectively via tools such as the internet, social networking and online videos. Over 30 people attended from 15 different charities, and speakers were invited from Media Trust, MADE in Europe and Charities Aid Foundation.
List of past trainings for 2009:
Zakat Workshop
Held at Islamic Relief UK, in London, the purpose of this workshop was to identify the meaning of Zakat and how to apply this fundamental pillar of Islam to Muslim charities based in the UK. The conclusions drawn from the workshop showed the need to educate the donors and the Muslim Community and to generate a unified understanding on Zakat amongst Muslim-led Charities.
Institutional Funding and Partnerships
Held at NCVO, in London, this workshop was arranged to understand the schemes of Institutions such as DFID and European Commission and to promote partnerships between Civil Society Organisations, and in particular Muslim-led NGOs. It included prominent speakers from the DEC, DFID, Euclid Network, CAFOD, Oxfam and Islamic Relief.
The workshop focused on how to build successful partnerships and organizational capacities through collaborations. It was discovered that it was important for NGOs to learn from one other and build relationships in order to bring a mix of skills and experiences to the relationship and learn from organisations who have already worked successfully with institutional donors.
