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CoOp Resources for Youth Organizations and SMEs

In 2017-2019, the CoOp partners from Greece, Ireland, Norway, Poland and Romania we will:

Develop research-based knowledge on the SMEs’ and youth organizations’ collaboration, and on business’ capacity to invest in youth development, and education.

Develop innovative and attractive funding models & tools on CSR and fundraising, which can be used both by youth organizations and SMEs.

Identify and promote best practices and success stories on the SMEs’ and youth organizations’ partnerships, with the intention to start an European trend for such partnerships.

Propose valuable public policies for boosting the partnerships between SMEs and youth organizations, with the intention to start an European trend for such collaborations.

CoOP Studies on SMEs and Youth Organizations Cooperation

The main goal of the research was to collect relevant information that can be used by the CoOp partners in developing meaningful tools for youth organizations interested in enhancing their collaboration with Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) from their community.

Check the CoOp Comparative Report, but also all the national reports on the SMEs and youth organizations cooperation in Greece, Ireland, Norway, Poland and Romania.

The CoOp Ready Tools for Fundraising

The ready tools for fundraising from SMEs aim to help youth organizations in improving their fundraising activities from SMEs, at two levels: planning and implementing some fundraising activities.

Check the tools CoOp partners prepared for youth organizations and start your fundraising activities today!

The case statement templateBuild the rationale behind your appeal

Needs Assessment - Identifying The GapsIdentify the funding gaps for your organization

Needs Assessment - Defining The AskMake a list of asks

The fundraising mix templatePlan your annual fundraising activities

List of prospects templateIdentify your potential donors

The donor profile modelLearn more about your donors

Project proposal templateDevelop the perfect proposal for an SME

Communication plan for an eventPlan all your communication activities for a special fundraising event

Ten ideas on building relationships with your business supportersCultivate your donors

Special events recipePlan your special fundraising events

Steps to design an employee volunteer programAttract companies' employees to support your organization

Steps to organize an internship program for young people in partnership with SMEsGet business support for internships

Examples of solicitation lettersHow to write to companies

The Story MapPlan the stories you want to use in fundraising

Business Model CanvasExplain your projects using the business language

Report to your sponsorLearn the structure of a report to send to an SME donor

A good first meeting with an SMEPrepare the meeting and the follow up steps

Online resourcesRead more about how to build your relationship with donors and prepare for the first meeting

The CoOp Training Toolkit on Fundraising and CSR

The training toolkit aims to help youth organizations in improving the fundraising and CSR knowledge and skills of their youth workers and other staff, in order to get more support from SMEs for their projects. The toolkit includes comprehensive theory and workshop scenarios to gain fundraising and CSR knowledge & skills.

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