Sustainable Funding Project resources

From free webresources to bespoke support NCVO's Sustainable Funding Project provides a variety of resources to assist you in developing and implementing a sustainable income strategy. These include:

• Web tools and resources
• Publications and downloadable tools
  
• Case studies
• Keep up to date
  
• Events
  
• Support for infrastructure

Tools and resources

Starting out

We have a range of guides that will help you to develop an integrated funding strategy.

• Introduction to fundraising
• Fundraising strategy
• Fundraising information sources
• Fundraising resources for developing a strategy
• Innovative approaches
• Top advice on fundraising applications
• Jargon Buster : puzzled by a particular word, phrase or acronym? Visit the Jargon Buster for a simple glossary of terms commonly used in the context of voluntary sector funding and social enterprise.

The income spectrum

Do you know where to look for new kinds of income? Find out about the different income sources available including:

• Gift economy
• Grants
• Structured markets
• Open market or trading

Web resources

Take a look through our Sustainable Funding Project index - our guide to the wealth of information and resources we have on the website.

Publications and tools

We also have a range of resources available to purchase or as free downloads. Explore our publications by topic area:

• Introductory guides
• Income Streams 
• Trading 
• Public Service Delivery
• Social investment or loan finance
• Outcomes monitoring
• Responsible investment
• For funders

Case studies

Gain ideas and inspiration from real-life examples of organisations implementing a sustainable income approach. We have divided up our case studies to make them easier for you to find what you're looking for.

• Sustainable income strategy
• Winding up a project
• Infrastructure
• Public service delivery
• Trading  
• Only connect (how organisations learnt from others)
• Shops and sale of goods
• Cafes
• Training
• Multi-media resources
• Environmental schemes
• Rental income
• Public service delivery contracts
• Other

Keep up to date 

Blogs

Keep upto date with the latest thinking on funding, finance and public services with Olof Williamson's blog and the Funding team blog.

Monthly e-newsletter

Our free e-newsletter highlights all the latest news, developments and services available from across the voluntary and community sector, with links to relevant sites and resources. There are two versions:

• Frontline newsletter: for fundraisers, finance staff, directors, trustees and anyone involved with the funding and financing of a voluntary or community organisation.
• Infrastructure newsletter: for funding advisors, development workers, infrastructure agencies, and anyone involved in providing information and advice about funding and finance to other voluntary and community organisations. Please email us to join the mailing list.

Subscribe to the SFP mailing list and receive our funding e-newsletter in your inbox every month, free of charge as well as information on resources, training and events to assist you in developing a sustainable income strategy.

Support for infrastructure and funding advisors

We offer tailored sustainable funding guidance for infrastructure or support provider organisations inlcluding:

• An introduction to Sustainable Funding for infrastructure
• A tool to assess your organisation
• Tools and guides to use with organisations you work with
• A package of workshops
• Case studies

See all of our resources from infrastructure organisations.

Events

We run a series of events and workshops throughout the year see our full events listing for the latest details. 

Work in partnership with us - we also offer a package of workshops and can design tailored workshop packages, with relevant tools and materials. If you would like to host an SFP event in your area, please get in touch. 

Funding Central

Looking for funding opportunities? Visit our free Funding Central website the smart guide to over 4,000 grants, contracts and loans.

Read about how Funding Central enabled the National Wildflower Centre to secure investment from a range of charitable trusts.

Public Service Delivery Network

A free network for those working in and with the voluntary and community sector with responsibility for negotiating and managing public service contracts. 

Peer support

Only Connect Visit Scheme (now closed to new applicants)

A visit scheme sponsored by Triodos Bank enabling voluntary and community organisations to learn from other organisations by seeing first-hand how they have developed their trading ideas. Unfortunately this scheme has now closed for applications. Please note that no new applications are being accepted, but that case studies from this programme, plus a directory of VCOs that have been involvede in the past are still all accessible through these pages.

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