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How to create and manage project budgets

instant access training

Step-by-step tools to up your budget game and make you fall in love with your numbers

with Christina Poulton

If you're new to creating or managing budgets- or you've blagged it so far but want a sense check- this is your toolkit to get budget-happy.

You get 2 x action-focused, jargon-busting video trainings:

1. A step-by-step on how to create accurate budgets for not-for-profit projects and activities

2. All the tools you need to effectively manage budgets during and after your project, to make sure it runs smoothly

Plus a budget template and cash flow template, each with a video walkthrough so you can download, personalise and use them straight away.

If you're having a budget meltdown, get it sorted in under an hour and make your beautiful new budget today

We will cover...

✅ Creating a budget, working out costs and how to include overheads and contingency (plus what these and all the other finance words mean!)

✅ Using budgets when you're applying for funding

✅ Monitoring your budget, how to manage cash flow and the project team spend

✅ Reporting and making it all match up at the end

✅ How to use the budget template and cash flow template provided

plus you get access to the Q&A community to post your questions and get the answers you need.

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How it works

🚀 I'll give you all the info you need, in a clear, no waffle way in under an hour of video training

💡 I'll share my experience managing budgets for small (and big) charity, CIC or community projects

🎉 You can ask as many questions as you like in the Q&A community, and you get to join Sticky-note Squad, which is my free monthly email support for small organisations doing great things.

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Who are you?

Hi, I’m Christina (she/her).

I work with charities, CICs and community orgs to make your work easier to manage and fund. There’s more about me here.

I have run and fundraised for many organisations, including £4.2 million+ in successful funding bids (and the budgets to accompany them).

I’ve worked with hundreds of people on their organisation set up, finances, procedures and strategy. As the Exec Director of a charity in a past life, I created and managed multiple project budgets, funder budgets and organisation budgets.

When you run a non-profit, you’re often doing it all – and often by yourself. If that's you, then you’re in the right place. Get some support and your questions answered!

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What about access?

Any visual information in the slides is also repeated verbally. The captions for the recording were checked for clarity and accuracy by me, rather than just AI and the full transcript is available. The resources will be in text pdf format but I can provide things as pure text doc if preferred. The templates are provided as Google docs and can be downloaded into Excel if that works better for you.

Sign up here to create your own beautiful, actually-works budget

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