Money (that’s what I want)
Funding opportunities in South East England
Andrew Ball and Mark Beagan
Money (that's what I want)
This 25min workshop covers:
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Funding...case studies
Top funding sources...public sector
Things to think about before fundraising
Top funding sources...schools and charities
The knowledge
A few tips
Useful resources
Questions (5mins)
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Money (...but what for?)
Catch-up activities for children with delayed language?
Make your setting ‘communication friendly’?
Organise a ‘Communication fete’?
Set up a Multi-agency working group or project?
Run a Roadshow in deprived inner city areas?
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Money (...but what for?)
Education activities for
children in schools
SLT working for a Health Centre
‘Communication
friendly’
Head teacher at nursery or school,
‘Communication fete’
Chair-person of a local community
centre
Multi-agency group
Local authority member of staff
Roadshow
Trustee of local charity
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Funding...case studies
£10,000 for a skills
development programme for
children, working across 11
schools
...applied for by public health
team
£15,000 to develop
....applied for by maintained
school
communications skills of
students
£180,000 to identify and
address health inequalities
amongst low income families
Money (that's what I want)
...applied for by Local Authority
Top funding sources....public sector
Reaching
Communities
Programme
1-2
Months
4-5
Months
 You can apply if you’re a school, local
authority, health body or charity
 You can apply if you’re a school, health
body, charity or parish or town council
 Funding from £10,000 to £500,000
 Funding from £300 to £10,000
 Projects should help people having better
chances in life via
 Projects should help people having better
chances in life via
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Access to opportunities to improve skills
Stronger communities
Improved environments
Healthier communities
Access to opportunities to improve skills
Stronger communities
Improved environments
Healthier communities
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Public sector.... things to think about
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Find out if your early years setting,
school, health centre, health team,
PCT or local authority has a
fundraising lead and/or plan...
...If so....highlight /discuss funding
opportunities for your
activities
...If not...discuss with manager /
board about directly apply for
funding
Alternatively, form partnerships
with local voluntary organisations,
who will can apply for funding
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Getting buy-in from your
community and local voluntary
sector
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Look to local voluntary sector for
volunteers to support activities
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Consider joint fundraising
opportunities with local charities...
...they can apply to 1000s of
charitable trusts, businesses ,
community foundations and
government funding sources
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Funding sources...schools and charities
X1000
Charitable
Trusts:
Peter Harrison Foundation
CHARITY NUMBER 1076579
X20
Community
Foundations:
1000s
Companies:
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The knowledge
Charitable
Trusts
Companies
National
Lottery
Govt
Other
Directories
• Guide to Local Trusts in the London /
South East
Directory of Social Change
• Guide to UK Company Giving
• Finding Company Sponsors for Good
Causes
Directory of Social Change
Refer to Lottery website
websites
www.trustfunding.org.uk
www.funderfinder.org.uk
www.acf.org.uk
www.companygiving.org.uk
The Government Funding Guide
Directory of Social Change
www.governmentfunding.org.uk
• Educational Grants Directory
• Schools Funding Guide
Directory of Social Change
www.fit4funding.org.uk/
www.fundingcentral.org.uk/
www.fundsnetservices.com/
www.fundinginformation.org/
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www.lotteryfunding.org.uk
The knowledge
Fundraising guidance
Charitable Trusts Tiny Essentials of Raising Money from Foundations
and Trusts, Jo Habib
Free guides published by the Association of
charitable foundations
Companies
Corporate Fundraising 3rd Edition, by Valerie
Morton
Quick Guides: Fundraising From Companies, Jill
Ritchie
Local Support
Local Community
Foundations
National Lottery
Refer to Lottery website
Regional Lottery Offices
Govt
Schemes
Fundraising from Grantmakers, DSC
Refer to individual relevant
government department
Other
Fundraising for a Community Project, Simon
Whaley
Tiny Essentials of Writing for Fundraising, Maggie
Taylor and Ilene HoyleMoney (that's what I want)
www.institute-offundraising.org.uk
Business Community
Connections
Taking forward opportunities...
Fundraising planning
Making applications
 Research
1. Have a lead person
 Create a fundraising strategy
2. Do your homework
3. Contact donors to ask:
 Develop plans
 Identify capacity
 Refer to fundraising guidance
 Use Hello materials
 Current priorities
 What information they need
 Invite them to visit
4. Multiple applications
5. Prepare applications carefully
6. Leave plenty of time
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Useful resources
Available today...
Supporting info...
• Today’s presentation
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From Hello website:
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Guide to apply to Lottery funds
Guide to applying to a charitable
trust or foundation
Guide to corporate proposals
Links to funding sources
Hello FAQ
All Together Now Toolkit
Template Presentation
Template Funding Proposals and Case
Studies
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Thank you
Questions?
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