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Fundraising
Maintaining diverse and durable funding streams is key to achieving sustainability.
Tapping into a wide range of funding opportunities enables voluntary and community organisations to spread the dependency ratio across a spectrum of funding sources.
There's money out there, but where to start? What will you be required to deliver in return? What's actually on offer? And who can help you get hold of it?
In this section we provide:
- Introduction to Fundraising - Introducing the key themes and providing useful signposts to specialists in funding to help with your fundraising strategies and techniques.
- Individual Giving - We set out the basic legal and regulatory issues involved with raising funds from individuals and examine how you can maximise value through tax efficient giving.
- Corporate Support - Exploring how to access both financial and non-financial support from private businesses.
- Trusts and Foundations – There are thousands of trusts and foundations in the UK, providing an important source of income for the VCS. Here we provide some guidance and signpost to specialists in the field.
- Lottery Funding - 28p from the sale of every £1 lottery ticket goes to good causes. We give general lottery information and tips on applying.
- Central Government Funding - Here we explore the latest issues and development within central government funding, and provide signposts to sources of practical information and advice.
- Local Government Funding - Here we explore the latest issues and development within local government funding, and provide signposts to sources of practical information and advice.
- European Funding - Exploring and guiding you through the maze of European Funding.
- Outcome Funding - An introduction to what outcome funding is and its growing significance to both funders and funded.
- Venture Philanthropy – Support for organisations that combines financial resources with the provision of management and technical support.
Guide to Fundraising
The Guide to Fundraising, produced by the Sustainable Funding Project for the Finance Hub, provides an overview of fundraising, from planning a fundraising strategy to engaging with donors.
Download: The Guide to Fundraising (PDF 831kb) from the Introductory Pack to Funding and Finance.
