Wishgenie is a new crowdfunding web platform that enables group and social giving “to make dreams come true”.  It offers a range of fundraising, volunteering and buying tools with the aim of bringing much of people’s giving together in one place. The site can be used to: ·         raise funds for schools, charities or non-profit organisations such as churches […]

Natural Resources Wales have organised two Funding Fairs – 1st July 2013 in Swansea and 11th July 2013 in Bangor. The aim is to bring together some of the key funders of environmental activity in Wales and provide an opportunity for smaller community, environment and voluntary groups to talk about what support is available at the moment and how […]

  The following tips come from the Association of Grumpy Old Fundraisers who know stuff! 1. There is increasing demand for (and in places reducing supply of) funds so do even more research to match your needs with theirs. 2. Everyone loves a project so always find appropriate ways of describing what needs to be […]

Crowdfunding is a fast growing method through which money can be raised to finance a project or, business start up. Online ‘platforms’ allow thousands of people to directly fund project and business causes, cutting out intermediary bodies and allowing the owner of the project/ business to appeal directly to potential funders. This half day course […]

A couple of useful resources for those looking at Crowdfunding: First a short guide to Crowdfunding from Nesta  http://www.nesta.org.uk/library/documents/Working_the_crowd.pdf And also from Nesta guide to funding the right platform for your organisation http://www.crowdingin.com/

I’ve just added a new handout on the Funding Resources page, on Why applications fail and what you can do to improve your applications.

The aim of the GwirVol Youth Volunteering Grants scheme is to support the delivery of a wide range of new volunteering opportunities in Wales and overseas that will support the step change in access to volunteering for young people aged 14-25 and especially for disadvantaged young people. The GwirVol grant scheme offers three different strands of […]

The Heritage Alliance has a searchable database of funders for heritage project. quick and easy to use.   http://www.theheritagealliance.org.uk/fundingdirectory/main/fundinghome.php

Over the next 2 weeks I need to undertake some market research on Radio listening in the RCT area and am in need of some people to undertake some face to face survey work.  If you are interested please get in touch  

An article in the Guardian on the Digital Giving Reviwew found that over a third of small charities’ total donations are collected online through sites such as Everyclick, JustGiving, BT MyDonate and Virgin Money Giving. Compare this to 21% for medium charities and a disappointing 13% for larger charities and there does seem to be […]