Some grant-making charitable trusts limit their giving only to registered charities, i.e. charities which are registered with the Charity Commission. This can cause problems for non-registered groups. Connected Voice can sometimes help such organisations who are members by offering to accept those grants and passing them on by acting as an intermediary. We would usually agree to do this for small grants i.e. £5,000 or less.

Acting as a third party intermediary

A well thought out and focused application will always stand out. Allocate 80% of your time to planning (use the Connected Voice information sheet “Are you ready to fundraise” as a guide). Use the tips below to help improve your funding applications.

All types of application

Funding sources as part of your funding strategy

This information sheet gives an overview of your options when looking for funding. Remember all fundraising takes time and requires proper planning to be successful. It is good practice to have a mix of funding types to enable sustainability and avoid over-reliance on any one source or type of sources.

Trading

What is a Budget?

This information sheet gives an overview for groups who are either new to or developing their fundraising skills. Successful fundraising is a process which starts with being organised and planning activities in advance.

When considering how much money you will be asking for in a funding bid application, it is worth planning well in advance how much your proposed work/activity will cost, rather than making it up just for a funding bid.

This ensures you take everything into account, and that the other people in your organisation agree.

Keeping track of your funding bids using this simple organiser helps you keep everything in order, and in one place - for everyone in your organisation to see.

It also helps us with funding support enquiries, so we can see at-a-glance which funders you have already approached or have already identified.

Use this template to create a basic at-a-glance summary of your funding priorities.  This forms the basis of your Funding Strategy.

These do not have to be in any order of priority.

You should be looking to cover as much of the cost of things like premises, staff, management, etc. in each priority area/project rather than putting these elements all into Core