Funding Advice
Useful links
Bank
accounts
Statistical information
Statistical information is invaluable for completing many
application forms but where do you get the information from?
Useful fundraising links
Active Community Unit
Run by the Home Office, the unit provides information for
voluntary and community groups on the grants available from
government departments.
Grants Team, Active Community Unit, Room 223, Horseferry House,
Dean Ryle Street, London, SW1P 2AW
Tel: 020 7217 8999
Adventure Capital Fund
Provide organisations with finance and support to help them
become more self sufficient through using enterprise.
Adventure Capital Fund, c/o Local Investment Fund, 7th Floor,
Ibex House, 42-47 Minories, London, EC3 1DY
Tel: 020 7680 1028
www.adventurecapitalfund.org.uk
Cash-online
Designed to help people with the basic financial skills needed
to run sucessful small charities and voluntary organisations.
www.cash-online.org.uk
Charities Information Bureau
Produce guides and factsheets about fundraising.
The Charities Information Bureau, 93 Lawefield Lane, Wakefield,
WF2 8SU
Tel: 01924 239063
www.cibfunding.org.uk
Directory of Social Change (DSC)
This website provides details of many useful publications and
training courses and events. Follow the link from the main site to
www.trustfunding.org.uk to
search for funding by geographical area, type of activity, name of
trust, type of grants etc.
Directory of Social Change, 24 Stephenson Way, London, NW1
2DP
Tel: 020 7209 5151
www.dsc.org.uk/
Energy Saving Trust (EST)
Online database of funding for local sustainable enery
projects.
www.est.co.uk/cafe/funding
Funderfinder
Software for groups and individuals seeking funding.
Fundfinder, 65 Raglan Road, Leeds, LS2 9DZ
Tel: 0113 243 3008
www.fundfinder.org.uk
Government Funding
Details of all funds run by government departments.
www.governmentfunding.org.uk
Institute of Fundraising
Provides a number of useful information sheets.
Institute of Fundraising, Park Place, 12 Lawn Lane, London, SW8
1UD
Tel: 020 7840 1000
www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk
Itsyourspace
Gives advice about improving public spaces with a list of
potential funders.
www.itsyourspace.org.uk/transformit.asp
The Giving Campaign
Advice about Tax-Effective Giving, which enables charities
and/or donors to reclaim tax on gifts to charity.
This page was last updated on 11/15/2007