Fundraising Resources
We have gathered together on this page a selection of briefings and links to a number of websites and online resources that we think you might useful in your fundraising efforts. If you come across others that you find helpful, why not let us know so that we can add them.
Websites giving advice, ideas and fundraising news
Resources, briefings and toolkits
Funds and Resources
Websites giving advice, ideas and fundraising news
Funding Central Website - a useful site giving information on grants, contracts, loans, and access to resources and practical tools.
Turn to Us Website - a site to help people access benefits and grants to which they might be entitled or eligible to apply.
Vol Resource Website – resources and information on funding and fundraising issues.
Funders’ own websites
Santander - check for the most up-to-date information on Santander Foundation funding opportunities.
Awards for All – check the most up-to-date information on this popular funding stream.
Resources, briefings and toolkits
This series of factsheets from the Big Lottery Fund give a useful overview of different stages of planning that can help you fundraise effectively. They cover both project planning (planning for particular pieces of work you want to fund) and organisational planning (planning for your wider organisation and its funding needs). Click on the links to download:
Getting Started. Establish Need. Project Planning. Setting Budget.
Business Planning. Legal Issues. Partnership Working.
Funding in the Recession – a briefing
Making Better Funding Applications – a briefing
Contact:
Sarah Oyedele, Fundraising Officer
Tel: 020 7284 6559 (Typetalk: 18001-020 7284 6559)
Email: soyedele@vac.org.uk