One of the most common questions I’m asked is ‘Where can I find funders?’ Your local CVC should be able to provide you with a funding search; most likely from Grant Finder or similar searchable database. You can buy your own subscription to these but they are not cheap both in excess of £100 […]
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TRAINING COURSE: Funding toolbox
Im running a new training courses on Thursday 16 May, in Llandrindod Wells. It is aimed at those new or with some experience in fundraising and covers a wide range of tips and resources to help improve funding success. Such as: Why applications fail Demonstrating need effectively Fundraising resources Communicating your message effectively It draws on my experience of fundraising over […]
Children in Need NEW ROUND OPEN
BBC Children in Need grant is now open. Deadline is 15th May. They support Children and young people of 18 years and under experiencing disadvantage through: Illness, distress, abuse or neglect Any kind of disability Behavioural or psychological difficulties Living in poverty or situations of deprivation Grants are available from £10,000 Full information available at: […]
What makes a good fundraiser
These are suggestions from a recent thread on LinkedIn of what makes a good fundraiser, anymore suggestions? You need to be passionate about the cause – people give to people . Have belief in the cause, it is hard to be passionate about it otherwize Being clear about what you want to achieve to communicate […]
The Lloyds TSB Foundations
The Lloyds TSB Foundations is now receiving applications for the 2013 calendar year From the Foundation…….. For our main community programme across England & Wales the budget for 2013 is approximately £20M. The anticipated spend for Wales is £1,038,042. We will aim to deliver a minimum of 75 grants across Wales this year. We look […]
Surveyors wanted in Rhondda area
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
Pfizer Foundation
The next round for funding from the Foundation ends on the 31st January. After this they will be changing their application process, more details on this will be available at a later date. They are able to fund a range of activities for 1 year projects up to a value of £50,000 More information on […]
Fundraising Strategy Course
On the 20th February I am running a course for PAVO in how to write a funding strategy. It will held in Llandrindod Wells, if you are interested please get in touch and I will get the details sent to you The course covers · Understanding what a sustainable funding strategy is and why they […]
HMRC is changing the way that Gift Aid repayments are made
From April 2013, the existing R68(i) form will be replaced by a new online system. The new online system will be used for the Small Donations Scheme. More information is available on HMRC’s website and there is also a useful briefing paper available from Institute of Fundraising.
Trends in online giving
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 […]