The programme has up to £620,000 to fund a single project that will help to develop the capacity and capability of communities across all of Wales, to take action on climate change. The successful project is likely to be a partnership that will engage with communities that have previously taken little or no action to […]
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VILLAGE SOS GRANT FROM THE LOTTERY
BIG have launched a grant linked to their village SOS competition. It is aimed at kick starting community businesses throughout UK. Applications MUST show consultation with the local community. Visit their website for full details. DEADLINE 6 OCTOBER Village SOS competition http://www.villagesos.org.uk/competition
Princes Countryside Fund open
The fund will be open again from the 1st September http://www.princescountrysidefund.org.uk/our-projects/apply-funding
15 great social media campaigns
These campaigns are from the US, but still useful over hear and give a good range of campaigns that could be adapted, but also demonstrate the power social media has as a fundraising tool http://www.sumac.com/social-media-campaigns
People’s Postcode Trust Small Grants Programme
People’s Postcode Trust Small Grants Programme is now open; Applications can be between £500 and £5000 in Wales. All projects applied for in this round must be run between October and April 2012 See the ‘How to Apply’ page to download an application form. The deadline for all applications is 5pm on Friday 26th August […]
Needs Assessment
Need assessment With greater emphasis being placed upon demonstrating the need for a project- the following information is designed to help a group identify the need for a project, it was originally written with a village hall in mind, but could be adapted and applied to other projects. 1) Identify the existing resource(if there is […]
Time Management
Slim timer is a really neat (free) and easy to use programme to help with time management. You simply enter the various projects you are working on and it records the time spend on each project. it can run reports on time spent on projects; which is a great help when completing timesheets for evidence […]
Tools for internet fundraising
These are the slides from my basic online fundraising course which show how to use various online fundraising tools like ebay, online donations, every click and other search engines, adsense,
Social media as a fundraising tool
This is a set of slides from a course I run on using social media as a fundraising tool. The course is designed to help organisations identify appropriate types of social media to interact with a wide audience , through this interaction you can generate more interest in the organisations work and this leads to […]
Social Media Workbook
This workbook takes you through the necessary stages to develop your social media strategy http://www.mtnonprofit.org/uploadedFiles/Files/Org-Dev/Principles_and_Practices/Other_Sample_Docs/Social%20Media%20Workbook.pdf