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Whether your Voluntary or Community Group needs just a few hundred pounds or thousands of pounds, then this is the best place to start!
Raising funds can be one of the most daunting tasks that any Voluntary or Community Organisation undertakes. It can take a lot of time and usually involves locating more than one sources of funding. This webpage aims to demystify that process.
Where to Start
- Make a Shopping List of everything you need to achieve your group’s aims. This may include Revenue Costs (namely such items as salaries and running costs) or Capital Costs (namely equipment or setting up costs) or for that matter a mixture of both.
- Next consider what resources you will need to find, remembering that money isn’t necessarily the only way to achieve your aims (for example help in kind may be available).
- Your Group should then prepare a Budget for the coming year. This is your groups’ plans for the coming year set out in money terms. It helps you ensure that you have the financial resources to do what your group wants to do and it enables you to make forward planning decisions and allows you to keep control, rather than relying on pure guess work. It also allows funders to assess the merits of your funding application. (You will see from the links at the bottom of this page that free ‘Budget Yourselves’ Software is available to download from the FunderFinder website).
- Then think about where you can obtain the necessary funding. This is where CVS - Mid & North Beds can help, as we can advise on what might be your best approach and how to apply. Indeed we can seek out potential funders for you via our FunderFinder & Grantfinder software.
So make an appointment today and contact Maxine Hayes on 01234 354366 or via maxine@cvsmidandnorthbeds.org.uk
Useful Links to Free Software
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Apply Yourselves -
is a Windows only software program that helps you write a grant application
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Budget Yourselves - is a Windows only software program that helps a voluntary organisation or community group write a budget.
Two windows based software programmes to help voluntary and community groups to write grant applications and budgets. FREE to dowload from www.fundefinder.org.uk
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