Learning club for fundraisers
Bright Spot Membership
Improving your fundraising just got easier
You’re just seconds away from the fundraising training, advice and support to help you grow your fundraising.
Does any of this sound familiar?
Your targets get higher every year, but you get little or no training to help you succeed
You occasionally go to a conference, but a week or two later the ideas you heard have made little difference to your results
You’d love to send your team on training, but it’s too expensive
Many of your colleagues don’t understand the kind of fundraising you do (or fundraising at all), so it can be hard to stay positive
…these common challenges inspired us to create the Bright Spot Membership.
The club gives you training, coaching and support to help you increase fundraising income.
Most fundraisers are determined to make a difference and willing to work really hard. And yet I’ve noticed that many are frustrated that they’re not making as much progress as they’d like. We believe you deserve not only practical fundraising techniques, but also connection and solidarity with other positive fundraisers.
So we created this club to give both the strategies and the support to help you raise more money. This includes:
LIVE TRAINING
Live, inspiring workshops and webinars every week with Rob Woods and other fundraising experts. This includes the How to Raise More in Uncertain Times summer course, starting 10th July. Five live virtual sessions with Rob in July and early August 2026, to help you raise more money in 2026.
TRAINING LIBRARY
24 / 7 access to lots of practical fundraising techniques through Bright Spot’s best training films, downloads, audio sessions and webinars.
COMMUNITY
A supportive, like-minded community so you can connect with other positive fundraisers.
GROUP COACHING
Real-time help over Zoom from Rob Woods and other fundraising experts to help you solve your current problems.
The Bright Spot Membership will help you:
Take Action
Do practical things to help you increase fundraising income
Be bold
Take action with more conviction
Connect
Meet and get help from other fundraisers with similar challenges
Celebrate
Enjoy the buzz of raising more money and your confidence growing
What are some of the topics I can learn in the club?
You get access to a live webinar or workshop with Rob in the club every week.
And in the handy training library, choose from more than 80 of our best training films, podcasts and downloads. They cover a range of valuable fundraising and leadership subjects. Here are just nine of the topics you can access…
Corporate Strategies
How to win strategic charity and corporate partnerships
Major Donor Skills
Be more persuasive, get more YESes when you meet wealthy donors
Break Through Barriers
How to maximise your fundraising and career progress
Leadership Confidence
including how to create an energised, fundraising-friendly culture.
Win Hearts and Minds
Lots of techniques to help you get buy-in (from colleagues / trustees as well as supporters)
Trusts Growth
How to increase your trust and foundations income
Mind Value Donor Strategies
How to increase income at the
mid-level
Writing for Impact
Copy-writing tricks to make your proposals / stewardship much more persuasive
More Resilience and Less Stress
Practical techniques to help you love your fundraising
Real fundraisers, raising more money
I’d been a fan of Rob’s podcast and training for ages, but becoming a Bright Spot member has helped even more. It’s given me this surge in confidence. This last six months I’ve raised double what I raised in the same period last year.
“Four years in, it’s still giving me energy, confidence and real results – our corporate income has more than doubled in the last two years alone. And it’s not just the strategies and direct access to Rob and other experts. It’s knowing there’s a whole community of fundraisers going through the same things, who I can ask anything in the live sessions.”
“The confidence and ideas from six years in the Bright Spot membership have helped me build deeper, longer-term relationships with our donors. Last year alone, we grew the number of major donors supporting us by 40%.”
“I’ve found the Members Club incredibly helpful. For example, within 6 weeks of applying the strategies from the ‘Win That Pitch’ bundle, three members of my team had won partnerships worth over £10,000.”
“I’d recommend the club wholeheartedly. One of the things we’ve found really useful is Rob’s Magic Formula technique. As a result of using that I recently secured a six figure gift in a meeting with a major donor. Having this technique and this confidence now is a really fantastic thing.”
“Just one example of the progress we’ve achieved with this support has been a partnership worth £500,000… so if you’re thinking about becoming a member, do it and do it today. I guarantee you will not be disappointed.”
“Five years in, from being a fundraiser in a huge charity to a small one, Bright Spot Membership has helped me again and again. For instance, from the £150,000 partnership it helped us win, to an amazing 4-to-1 return on investment with our newest Christmas appeal test. I’d highly recommend the club to any fundraiser, whatever size your charity.”
“I’ve been a Bright Spot member for six years, and it’s the most cost-effective training I’ve ever done. It’s so valuable. For the same cost as a one-day conference, you get a whole year of live sessions with Rob, resources and community. I always leave the sessions more connected to other positive fundraisers, and with more energy and optimism. It’s helped me build relationships with donors, including one mid-level donor who has recently given a major gift and now pledges to give a five figure gift every year.”
“As well as being good for my morale during the pandemic, perhaps the most striking example of how the Club resources affected my results was one of Rob’s workshops, which helped me focus on a positive goal and reframed my thinking on how to get there. The session was incredibly useful and ultimately I’ve used those insights to help secure an AMAZING, seven figure gift! I’d wholeheartedly recommend this learning club to other fundraisers.”
“I’m an experienced fundraiser working in a small charity and being a member of Bright Spot has been incredibly helpful. In particular, I like the training bundles and the LIVE events and I’ve used some of Rob’s bespoke coaching advice in an interview and this has worked beautifully – and I got the job!”
Join Members Club today!
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Joining in late June or early July 2026? You’re just in time to take part in How to Raise More in Uncertain Times, exclusively for members with Rob. Its five connected sessions in July and early August with Rob, live over Zoom.
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Meet Rob...
Rob Woods is an award-winning trainer and founder of the Bright Spot Membership. His fundraising podcast, Fundraising Bright Spots, has been listened to over 200,000 times. He is the author of several fundraising books including The Fundraiser Who Wanted More. Having spent 25 years in fundraising, he has been an independent trainer for 20 years, helping more than 50,000 fundraisers, managers and directors.
Over the years Rob has helped not-for-profit organisations of every size and in a broad range of sectors, from small, one-person charities to large, world famous organisations such as Cambridge University, Save the Children and UNICEF UK.
FAQ’s
I’ve not studied fundraising through an on-line membership before, how does it work?
The best thing would be try it for one month and see for yourself. Join us for any of the live Workshops or Group Coaching sessions (there is one every week). Explore as many of the more 80+ training films, audios and downloads as you like.
If you already like Rob’s Fundraising Bright Spots podcast, there is lots of inspiring audio content in the Membership you can listen to, specially curated into topics like Trusts and Foundations, Corporate Fundraising and Leadership.
As with all Rob’s training, these inspiring resources are full of real examples of successful fundraising, and practical steps you can apply.
I’d love to get access to this kind of learning and inspiration but don’t think I have the time.
The beauty of getting inspired through the Bright Spot Membership is it’s so flexible. Find you can’t watch the training films at work? You can use our handy app so you can learn through your phone while you travel or have lunch. Or use it to listen and learn while you walk the dog or workout.
We have hardly any budget
Clearly, if your charity is struggling financially, the one area to not cut back is things that will help you raise more money. Bright Spot Membership is an investment, and it’s much more likely to bring a return than going to a conference, which many charities do justify the budget for. Unlike going to a one-day conference or course, you can use your Bright Spot Membership helps you stay inspired, because you can log in on the app or website whenever you like.
What if it doesn’t work and I don’t make progress?
After helping fundraisers to make progress for over 20 years and helping over 500 fundraisers through the club in the last five years, I know these techniques work. If after the first month you don’t feel the Bright Spot value you’ve received is far greater than what you’ve invested, tell me, and I’ll donate double your first month’s fee to your charity.
I work in a tiny team – will the content help me?
YES. If you’ve ever found Rob’s Fundraising Bright Spots podcast, Breakfast Club for Fundraising Leaders, his books or training courses helpful, the Bright Spot Membership gives you ongoing access to that same Bright Spot lift to your fundraising. You get regular live access to Rob’s inspiring advice as well as connection and encouragement from the Bright Spot community.