World: Budgeting essentials eWorkshop (ES6e)

This online course covers the key skills you need to write effective project and donor budgets. During the course you will work on your own, real-life project budgets and come away with a set of budgets that you can use immediately in your own work. You will discover:

• how to prepare accurate, complete and justified budgets using the activity-based budgeting technique top tips on preparing budgets for donors
• how to prepare and use budgets for managing cashflow and monitoring progress
• techniques for budgeting for central support (‘core’) costs
• a great tool for managing multiple-donor funded programmes.

The course is run over five weeks through Mango’s online learning platform and is fully supported by one of Mango’s expert trainers. There are no ‘real time’ sessions – all of our ‘conversations’ take place through discussion forums so you can complete the weekly readings, individual tasks and group activities at your own pace.

Who is this course for?

This course is suitable for anyone in the not-for-profit sector with responsibility for building or implementing project, programme or organisation-wide budgets. It is an introductory-level course. Previous experience in budgeting is useful but it is not a requirement to attend the course. Your commitment The eWorkshop format is great for fitting the training into busy schedules but you will need to set aside time each week and be committed to keep up with the work. We estimate that the course work will take you between 4 to 7 hours a week, depending on your pace of learning.

Technical requirements

You will need to access the online course materials for up to one hour 4 to 5 times a week so you need to have regular access to a computer and the internet. You will also need access to a printer as some activities are completed offline.

You can book online here, or email our friendly team at training@mango.org.uk for help with your reservation.