Embrace Finance x School for Social Entrepreneurs

Financial resilience for scale in the climate action sector | Two Hour Workshop

It’s not that resilient organisations don’t experience difficulties. All organisations do. It’s just that they have nurtured the conditions to give themselves the very best chance of bouncing back when they do. Resilient organisations:

• think ahead about what the future might hold for their beneficiaries and what this means for their own organisation. 
• know what good financial health looks like and protect themselves against the inevitable ups and downs.
• respond quickly and proportionately when opportunities and challenges come up.
• change how they work when required to - expanding when they can, contracting when they need to - without losing sight of what really matters, their beneficiaries. 

This requires ways of working and decision making which, due to the general hustle and bustle of day-to-day operations, often need to be nurtured proactively. Financial resilience is as much as about what we do and how we take decisions as it is about the numbers and what they actually are.

We will explore:

• what financial resilience looks like and the practical steps we can take to build it in our organisation
• the role of forecasting, reserves, scenarios and metrics in building longer term financial resilience
• the leadership qualities that really help build a culture of resilience building to help navigate uncertainty with confidence

What you can expect:

• Clear and practical guidance tailored to small charities.
• Real-world examples and tools you can apply immediately.
• A supportive environment to ask questions and share experiences.