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 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.

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 […]

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, […]