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Fundraising

These pages outline the wide range of funding opportunities that are available to support activities within the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector in South Gloucestershire. They also include access to tools and information to help you plan and monitor your fundraising activity, including the specialist support of staff at CVS South Gloucestershire.

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CONTENTS

1. Fundraising support from CVS South Gloucestershire

2. The current funding climate
with info about CVS South Gloucestershire as a Sustainable Funding Beacon.

3. Different income sources

4. Preparing to fundraise

5. Selected funding schemes

6. Fundraising databases - undertaking your own searches

7.  Further references

NEWS!

Localgiving.com

 

Localgiving.com is an easy and effective online tool for local charities and community groups to raise money, awareness and support. This website empowers local communities by providing resources to small charities and community organisations so they can be more effective and self-sustaining.

Localgiving.com gives you web pages that you can simply write and update yourself. The benefits of registering are:

  • Organisations can accept donations directly through the site and benefit from automated Gift Aid to maximise giving (currently 25%)
  • Extensive search facilities for donors to find charities by issue, area and beneficiary
  • Improved search results on Google and other search engines to increase exposure
  • Your own updateable web pages to attract volunteers, donations and raise awareness online
  • Approval by the Charity Commission and OSCR   

Groups must be based and working in Bristol, Bath & North East Somerset, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire to register with Localgiving.com through Quartet Community Foundation.  
The service is free for the first 3 months and costs £60 +VAT (£72) annually thereafter.  
Groups can apply to register with Localgiving.com at any time. There are no closing dates. There is a one-off assessment charge of £40 +VAT (£48) to groups unknown to Quartet Community Foundation who complete an application form.   
Please note, if your group has been awarded a grant from Quartet Community Foundation in the last two years then please email:
maria.dunn@quartetcf.org.uk  andrew.osullivan@quartetcf.org.uk
or telephone the main office on 0117 989 7700, as you may not have to complete an application form to register and may not be charged the one-off assessment fee.  

 

To read the full guidelines and to apply to register with Localgiving.com please click here

 

To take a look at the Localgiving.com website click here

South Gloucestershire Council: Small (revenue) grants

The Revenue grants round for 2012/13 will be launched on Monday 24th October 2011 with a closing date of 5th December 2011, giving the applicants six weeks to submit an application.

Small (revenue) grants are awarded to local groups to develop projects and provide activities that meet local needs. Categories of work include art and culture, children and play, community safety, developing communities, enhancing the natural and built environment, learning activities, promoting equality and tackling poverty, sports and for supporting vulnerable people.

http://www.southglos.gov.uk/Communities/CommunityEngagement/CommunityGrants

Sustainable Funding Training

Over the last few months we have run a number of training courses as an introduction to Sustainable Funding - part of our work in collaboration with NCVO as one of 6 national Sustainable Funding Beacons, funded by Big Lottery.  Feedback from trainees has been extremely positive:

  • One of the most specifically targeted and useful training days that I’ve been on.
  • A very encouraging and informative day. I came away with ideas to put into practice and a feeling of optimism that sustainable funding is possible.

We are now planning training courses to focus on the separate income streams within the income spectrum. These include:


Trading - Grow Your Own Income - earning income by the sale of goods and services. For details of this  day visit www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/node/45658


Generating Income through Gifts - unrestricted income raised from donors. Details at www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/training-events/funding-finance/generating-income-through-gifts-donations


Watch this space for further courses on contracts for public services, income from grants, planning for sustainable funding and additional introduction to sustainable funding courses.