The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) sustains and transforms a wide range of heritage though innovative investment in projects with a lasting impact on people and places. HLF awards a range of grants from £3,000 upwards via the following programmes: Start-up Grants (From £3,000 – £10,000) aimed at helping in the early stages of planning group […]
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Social Media – tips for growing your audience
Six tips for growing your audience with mobile and social from Just Giving 1. Be where the people are – Don’t forget mobile use, by 2013 60% of people had made purchase on Smartphone 2. Look at *your* analytics – your your analytics package to identify how your users are accessing your information 3. Make giving […]
Foyle Foundation
The Foyle Foundation’s Small Grants programme aims to support smaller charities (those with an income under £100,000) in the UK, particularly those working at grassroots / local community level, in a wide range of activities. Larger or national charities will normally not be considered under this scheme. They also tend not to support those which have built up unrestricted reserves […]
Environmental Funders Network
Environmental Funders Network. This is an informal network of trusts, foundations and individuals making grants on environmental and conservation issues. It provides information for those seeking grants as well as those making them. http://www.greenfunders.org/
BBC Children in Need Main Grant
BBC Children in Need Main Grant Programme (UK) The next deadline for the next round of funding from BBC Children in Need h is the 15th May 2015. Funding is available to organisations that work with young people who are suffering from: • Illness • Distress • Abuse or neglect • Are disabled • Have […]
Comic Relie – Safer Lives
Comic Relief would welcome good quality bids from Wales which meet the criteria of our “Safer Lives” theme. The theme focuses on reducing violence, abuse and exploitation and will therefore result in people: avoiding entering harmful or risky situations, experiencing less harm from past or present violence, abuse and exploitation, leaving violent, abusive or exploitative […]
Henry Smith Charity
Henry Smith Charity have changed their application form, but they will still accept the old format until end of Feb www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk/revenue.html The new form which is 8 pages asks more or less the same questions that the previous guidance asked for but puts it into a more structured form.
What makes a good bid?
There is noticeably more competition for grant funding, Ive had bids turned down that in previous years Id have expected to have been funded. Some good project rejected simply because the trustees felt the organisation did not need the money enough. This led me to review some of the successful bids and what makes them […]
Digital Fundraising
The Institute of Fundraising has a series of Webinars available that cover a range of digital fundraising topics. They are free to access and last around 50 mins each. Getting started in digital fundraising (20 June 2012) Creating a digital fundraising strategy (18 July 2012) How to increase donations through your website (18 September 2012) How to fundraise […]
Frequently Asked Fundraising Questions
The Institute of Fundraising have an excellent FAQ section on their website. This covers subjects such as Tax Efficient Giving, Data Protection and on fundraising activities. They provide very detailed answers and links to further information and their own codes of practice. http://www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk/guidance/frequently-asked-fundraising-questions/ The site also have some very useful short videos on fundraising topics, […]