Raise Funds on eBay http://www.paypalgivingfund.org.uk/index.html Donations or Run an online charity shop or Hold a Special Online Auction. Donations: How it works 1. Your charity registers. 2. Your supporter lists an item on eBay, choosing a percentage of the sale price to donate. 3. If the item sells, the seller is paid and posts the item to the buyer. 4. PayPal Giving Fund collects the donation from the seller, claims Gift Aid on your behalf, and passes on 100% of the funds raised to your charity. OR Put a Donate button on your charity website. https://www.paypal-donations.co.uk/index.html
Voluntary and Community Action Offers access to two databases containing 40,000 sources of funds. They buy into this, so they can search for you, but would prefer personal visits to do your own searches. The databases are Trustfunding and Grantfinder.
FUNDING ALERTS: By email you can get bi-monthly alerts in “Action!” newsletter. funding@action-centralbeds.org.uk Website: http://www.voluntaryworks.org.uk VCA, Bossard House West Street Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire LU7 1DA Telephone: 01525 850559 Fax: 01525 376281 Email: mail@action-centralbeds.org.uk Opening Hours: Monday – Friday 9.30am – 3.00pm or by appointment at other times.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation Manage funds from Luton Airport, Comic Relief etc. http://www.blcf.org.uk/grants/ They support schemes that support health, well-being, children, young people, sports development. Money can also given for volunteer staffing . How this works is that each volunteer is valued at £12 an hour.
Local Giving http://localgiving.com/ Helps local charities and community groups to raise money online. Helps you claim Gift Aid, no matter how small you are. Even helps those too small to be registered with the Charity Commission or OSCR. Each charity or community group is validated before registering with Localgiving.com, so you can be confident that your donations are going to bona fide charitable organisations. Within four miles of the Houghton Regis Town Council offices, 3 charities are registered. Why not register yours, too? Once they’ve been validated, charities pay a small fee of £60 a year + VAT (to cover maintenance of the system, processing of donation payments, and customer care) and, in return, they can create their own unique webpage on Localgiving.com. They have their own URL which they can use to promote themselves on emails, letterhead, business cards etc; they have access to the big Match Fund campaigns run by Localgiving.com; they can use the many fundraising tools on offer such as e-cards, button links, and training material; take online donations and Direct Debit sign-ups, and much more.
Big Lottery Fund
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk_eng
BLF Awards For All
Awards for All gives groups a quick and easy
way to get small Lottery grants of between
£300 and £10,000.
Funds projects which address the issues,
needs and aspirations of local communities
and people. Will fund a wide range of community
projects aimed at developing skills,
improving health, revitalising the local environment
and enabling people to become
more active citizens.
TIPS: BLF is looking for outcomes. Requests
for funding should try to meet criteria of what
they will fund, as above. So mention those
things in your application.
TYPES OF FUND
It’s important to apply to the right fund.
Change the emphasis to make sure it’s targeted
properly.
Arts Council England
Between 2011 and 2015, Arts Council England
will invest £1.4 billion of public money
from the government and an estimated £1 billion
from the National Lottery.
Supports a range of activities across the
arts, museums and libraries – from theatre to
digital art, reading to dance, music to literature,
and crafts to collections.
Funds arts activities that engage people in
England, or that help artists and arts organisations
carry out their work.
Apply for Funding
There are several different schemes to look
into. For example, the PRISM fund
was established for educational and heritage
purposes.
The digital R&D Fund for the Arts
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/ supports research
and development projects that use
digital technology to enhance arts' audience
reach and/or explore new business
models.
The fund focuses on: user-generated content
and social media, digital distribution
and exhibition, mobile location and games,
data and archives, resources and education
and learning.
Heritage Lottery Fund
http://www.hlf.org.uk/ Funds projects which focus on heritage.
Heritage includes many different things
from the past that we value and want to
pass on to future generations, for example:
People’s memories and experiences (often
recorded as ‘oral history’ or spoken history);
Histories of people and communities
(including people who have migrated to the
UK);
Languages and dialects;
Cultural traditions such as stories, festivals,
crafts, music, dance and costumes;
Histories of places and events;
Historic buildings and streets;
Archaeological sites;
Collections of objects, books or documents
in museums, libraries or archives;
Natural and designed landscapes and gardens;
Wildlife, including special habitats and species;
and
Places and objects linked to our industrial,
maritime and transport history.
If you are interested in applying for a grant
between £3,000 and £10,000, you can submit
an expression of interest form online to
find out if your project is suitable for the
programme.
Sport England
http://www.sportengland.org/ Must fit with Sport England's Youth and
Community Strategy.
Applications must be for between £300 and
£10,000 and total project costs must not
exceed £50,000.
Projects must be deliverable in 12 months from the date of our award letter.
Projects must be focused on sports that are
recognised by Sport England.
DOES NOT fund repeat or regular events.
AWARDS FOR ALL
Big Lottery Fund
BLF – funds voluntary and community sector,
parish and town councils, social enterprises
and schools. BLF make no assumptions, and
decisions may be made by people who do not
know your area or location. So make sure all
the relevant details are in there.
Examples of what can be applied for:
• Hire purchase IT equipment,
• Building and refurbishment
• Training, updating equipment, transport
costs, venue hire.
Examples of what cannot be applied for:
• religious and political groups. But BLF can
fund these organisations to carry out or deliver
something else.
TIME PERIOD : Grants can be confirmed
within 60 days of application.
BLF – REACHING COMMUNITIES
This fund is for Registered Charities, Voluntary
Organisations etc.
Available funds £10k to £500k. £500k towards
a maximum of £750k project. £50k
towards a maximum of £200k project. Funding
for 1 year up to 5 years.
Can cover things like salaries, recruitment,
training, rent, lighting, the capital cost of building
and engineering works, and land purchase.
Decisions are made within 2 months if the application
is up to £40k; if more ££ wanted, then
4 months wait for a decision.
BLF – BUILDINGS
£100k to £500k open to town and parish
councils. Must achieve at least one of the
BLF Outcomes.
Things to help with applications:
• Say what the problem is
• Say what the proof of the problem is, e.g
consult with people.
• Say what the solution is
• Say how the solution meets BLF outcomes.
BLF – Heroes Return
Funding is available to fund travel and accommodation
for a WW2 veteran, and any
family or helper.
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/globalcontent/
programmes/uk-wide/heroes-return
Browse the Tools and Resources
Pages on NCVO
website
http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/sfp/tools-resources
TEN TOP TIPS (from NCVO)
• Never ask for anything. Sell an investment
opportunity
• Understand funders' strategic aims and
objectives - that means don’t apply if you
don’t qualify.
• Get very clear on your own strategic
objectives. At the start state clearly who you
are and what you are about.
• Get very clear on your own operational
plan
• Success sells more than sympathy
• Share frustrations too
• Tell a story
• Wherever possible make a personal appeal
• Don't make an application, develop a relationship
• Finally: Fundraising is hard
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