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 […]
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Crowdfunding
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/
Why applications Fail
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.
Powys Environmental Partnership Grant now open
A new round of PEP Small Grants is open. The Grant can be offered to any project within Powys that will bring a benefit to the environment and communities of Powys. Over the years the Grant has supported events ranging from environmental fairs to school recycling projects. Any innovative project that works toward our key […]
More Big Lottery Success
An application to People and Places for Mind on Anglesey has just been approved for just under £240,000. This will provide workshops in local schools and colleges in Anglesey and Gwynedd that will dispel myths and misinformation surrounding mental health. The project will also run a series of creative art workshops across Anglesey and Gwynedd which […]
Digital Donors
The Digital Donor Review, published by online giving platform Give As You Live is a survey of 8,000 digital donors and has identified six digital donor types which may help charities plan their online campaigns more effectively. It looks a why and how people give and should help plan digital giving campaigns. A summary of the […]
New Funding Strategy Template
A new funding strategy template is now available. It gives a list of suggested content for your plan and identifies the kind of information you should be providing for each section. It is worth using in conjunction with the Sources of Funding document and the Table Templates
GwirVol grants 2013/14
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 […]
Is grant chasing so bad?
I was recently criticised by a participant during an exercise where I asked people to look at some funders to identify potential projects that the organisation could run. He felt you should always start with the need. However the group was very poor coming up with projects or identifying need and this was my way […]
Heritage funding
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