Sustainable Funding in Practice - case studies

We have collected a range of real life examples of organisations implementing a sustainable income approach: trading, contracting, using loan finance, understanding their full costs and more. 

Their experiences should offer you fresh perspectives and some idea of the possibilities available.

New case study: Kids' City

Kids' City, a children's charity based in South London, are a great example of how to earn income from mission-driven activity in a competitive and dynamic environment, including the importance of market research and stakeholder involvement.

Read more in the Kids' City Case Study (pdf 715kb)
Uploaded 10th February 2010

Case studies are provided in the following areas:

Sustainable funding in practice 

Downloadable case studies on a range of sustainable funding issues, including income diversification, financial management, loan finance and more. 

Infrastructure organisations

Case studies on infrastructure and support organisations diversifying their income in our Support for Infrastructure section. 

Public Service Delivery Network

Case studies on improving procurement and commissioning practice in our Public Service Delivery section.

Real life tales of earning

Case studies largely focused on trading goods and services   

Only Connect visit scheme

Case studies written by organisations who have received a bursary to visit and learn from another organisation already trading through the Only Connect visit scheme

We also:

Signpost to case-studies available from other sources - 

Contact us

If you have an interesting story to tell about how your organisation is taking a sustainable funding approach, we would love to hear from you. Email us and you may become a future Sustainable Funding Project case study.