Fundraising Portals

30/11/2007 by admin.

Here is are some good fundraising portals:
Kent 4 Communityhttp://www.open4community.info/kent/Default.aspx
Association of Charitable Foundations www.acf.org.uk/linkstrusts.htm
Support organisation for grant-making trusts and foundations of all types, including many of the major trust funds.
Awards for All www.awardsforall.org.uk
Awards for All is a grants programme set up to help small groups and local communities. Awards for All gives grants of between £300 and £10,000 in a simple straightforward way.
Biffaward (Landfill Tax Credit Scheme) www.biffaward.orgThe Biffaward offers grants (from £250 to £500,000) to projects, which provide and improve public amenities for communities within 10 miles of a Biffa operation.
Big Lottery Fund www.biglotteryfund.org.ukBig Lottery Fund is one of the major organisations that hands out money for good causes on behalf of the National Lottery.
Black Environmental Network (BEN) www.ben-network.org.ukThis small scheme is aimed at schools, community groups and individuals undertaking projects which concern the environment and involve people from ethnic minorities.
Children’s Play Information Service
www.ncb.org.uk/library/cpis
National information service on children ’s play, funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and based at the National Children’s Bureau Library.
The Children’s Trust
www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk
A national charity working with children who have multiple disabilities and complex health needs. Their services are offered to children from across the UK.
The Southern Association of Voluntary Action Groups in Europe
www.savage-europe.org.uk
Provides up-to-date information about European funding and offers impartial and independent advice and technical support for all voluntary and community organisations seeking funding from the European Social Fund (ESF).
Top ten fundraising tips
www.eastherts.gov.uk/grants/top_ten_tips.htm
Good ideas for fundraising.

UK Fundraising
www.fundraising.co.uk
One of the best fundraising sites with information and resources by Nicola Eastwood (Directory of Social Change, 2002). Offers practical advice on fundraising for youth-related causes, with details of sources of funding, including grant-making trusts, companies, government, and the European Union. Available from DSC Online at www.dsc.org.uk/acatalog/Funding_Guides.html

Enjoy! Eddy Jackson
07809233688
www.cyrene.co.uk
www.communicationuk.com

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FUNDING SOURCES

29/11/2007 by admin.

Fundraising, Foundations and Trusts

• Abbey Charitable Trust – grant to fund tangible items like equipment, workbooks, training materials, guides and other capital items. Available to registered charities only: www.abbeynational.com (click ‘CSR’ > ‘Charitable Trust’)
• BT Community Connections – an award scheme that enables community and voluntary groups throughout the UK to get online by applying for a multi-media internet-ready PC and a contribution towards a year’s broadband internet access through BT Total Broadband: www.btcommunityconnections.com
• Charities Aid Foundation – support with fundraising schemes and training for companies and for charities with particular needs, from assisting with fundraising or organisational reviews, to business planning and funding consultancy fees: www.cafonline.org
• Google Grants (UK) – supports charities sharing the philosophy of community service helping society through the arts and other areas. Grant recipients are given free AdWords advertising on Google.com to raise awareness for their business or project and increase site traffic: www.google.com/grants
• Help Yourselves Award Scheme – Save the Children and British Gas fund for projects and activities that essentially help children and young people who are excluded and isolated, as well as those living in noted areas of deprivation. Projects must relate to one of the following themes: poverty, health, education and safety / protection (previous funds have included film projects etc.): www.helpyourselves.org.uk

• The Co-operative Group – ‘Community Fund’ for voluntary groups, community groups and community charities that have a charitable purpose and operate in an area where at least one Co-operative Group trades in:
  www.co-operative.co.uk (click ‘Help your Community’ > ‘…Community Fund’)

The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust – grants for British Citizens resident in the UK to acquire knowledge and experience abroad through a specific project lasting between 4 to 8 weeks: www.wcmt.org.uk

International Funding Key sources of funds to support international working:Commonwealth Foundation – grants for people of the Commonwealth to participate in activities such as short training courses, workshops, seminars, conferences, cultural festivals, exchanges and study visits in other Commonwealth countries: www.commonwealthfoundation.com (click ‘About Us’ > ‘Grant Seekers Guidelines’) European Commission – EU funding for SMEs including an online toolkit which could help SMEs to identify the European Commission funding instruments which could help their business: ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sme/ (click ‘EU funding for SMEs’)

• FunderFinder – database of charitable trusts and foundations that fund individuals, community groups and voluntary organisations in the UK. Access the database for free in regional agencies such as Business Gateway, Council for Voluntary Organisations and some local libraries: www.funderfinder.org.uk

• GRANTnet – database to allow SME’s, community groups and social enterprises to search for funding for specific projects. Includes funds from Europe, the UK Government and local authorities. Free to use once you’ve registered details online: www.grantnet.com

• j4bGrants – database of government and lottery grants for small businesses and voluntary groups, updated daily. ‘Advice Search’ lists those that offer funding advice. Register for free funding bulletins and newsletters: www.j4bgrants.co.uk (click ‘Funding Search’ or ‘Advice Search’ > select ‘Funding Provision and Sourcing’) or www.open4funding.info (click ‘Open4Business’ and ‘Current Clients’ to view list of local authorities with access to this database)
• UK Sponsorship – a limited company database listing sponsorship opportunities across the UK. Some useful books on the subject are advertised across art form: www.uksponsorship.com
  
  Public Funding

The following links are a selection of the types of funds you can access nationally and regionally:

• Awards for All – awards for not-for-profit groups looking to fund a specific project for people to take part in art and community activities, and projects that promote education: www.awardsforall.org.uk/
• Big Lottery Funds – funding to support community, voluntary and regeneration projects: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/

Business Gateway – grants available for new businesses run by people aged between 18 and 30 looking to support research, training and financing

Eddy Jackson
07809233688
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www.communicationuk.com

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Tourist Health Information Site

26/11/2007 by admin.

Here is an extremely an extremely important and very informative site. It is an essential resource for traveling. For the more nervous it may help you be better prepared when avian flu and the Black Death strike in your neighborhood. The Children’s Hospital Boston HEALTHmap provides a detailedand comprehensive overview of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animals by using a range of data sources. This is an extremely useful resource. Book mark, use it and share it now. http://www.healthmap.org/

Eddy Jackson
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Rationale : : Social Capital : : Social Networking

25/11/2007 by admin.

This Charity Fund Raising and Charity PR blog aims to highlight the achievements and efforts of people, teams and agencies who support others by improving their quality of life, care, education or welfare.

Using expert charity search engine optimization and charity internet marketing techniques, this blog aims to provide a free charity PR distribution newswire service for those in the greatest need.

The rationale of this is to create social capital by facilitating the collaboration and the bringing together of individual, agencies and organizations using the Web 2.0.

Bloggers can easily use their blogs to create virtual communities based upon ongoing dialogue and debate to highlight their stories.

Blogging content creates metadata classification and Extensible Markup Language (XML) has democratized access to the tools and techniques to make a political difference. New media blogs, video, images and podcasts are challenging the old order. The effective use of web 2.0 can make everyone highly visible to the wider world.

Eight key conceptual themes influence our charity media relations work using Web 2.0 technologies: decentralization, participation, community, globalization, postindustrialization, rationalization, governance and libertarianism.

In the age of ‘corporate responsibility’ play your part by engaging and contributing to make the world a better place.

Eddy Jackson
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Community Funding Agencies

22/11/2007 by admin.

Abbey National Charitable Trust Ltd

Grants of up to £2,500 are available for local regeneration projects which encourage cross community partnerships. To meet this priority different parts of the community need to work together to help regenerate their local area. The aim is to encourage community networks, partnerships and shared resources. This would include intergenerational work, inclusion of disadvantaged people, cross community projects, encouraging diversity or networks of people from different ethnic groups to work together. Grants are available for one year only and cannot be for salaries or core costs. Charitable Trust Secretary, Abbey Charitable Trust Ltd.,

PO Box 911, Central Milton Keynes MK9 1AD
Tel: 0870 608 0104
Email: communitypartnership@abbey.com
Website: www.abbeynational.com/home/comm_inv/comm_inv-trust.htm

Adventure Capital Fund

The Adventure Capital Fund was launched in December 2002 in order to create new forms of investment in community organisations. The fund aims to strengthen local communities by investing in organisations that work in and for their communities. By helping organisations to become stronger and more self-sufficient through enterprise, the fund aims to help each group become sustainable in the long term and better able to control their own destinies by becoming less reliant upon short-term grants. Adventure Capital Fund, c/o Local Investment Fund, 7th Floor, Ibex House, 42-47 Minories, London EC3N 1DY
Tel: 0207 680 1028
Email: info@adventurecapitalfund.org.uk
Website: www.adventurecapitalfund.org.uk

Awards for All

Provides grants between £500 and £5,000 to help small groups. Awards for All South East, 3 rd Floor, Dominion House, Woodbridge Road, Guildford, Surrey GU1 4BN
Tel: 01483 462943 Fax:01483 569893
Email: south.east@awardsforall.org.uk
Website: www.awardsforall.org.uk

B&Q You Can Do It Awards

£5,000 worth of B&Q prodcts are available for local community projects. The scheme is launched in January. Tel: 0845 300 1001
Website: www.diy.com/awards

Barclays Local Hero Award

This scheme awards volunteers who have demonstrated great commitment and support to their club or organisation. Each winner is presented with a special medal and a cheque for £1000 for the club or charity of their choice. Website: www.barclays.co.uk/spacesforsports

Biffaward

Biffaward is a landfill tax credit funded scheme and so projects must be within 10 miles of a Biffa operation (a postcode search is available on the website). Varying levels of funding are available for flagship projects (up to £500,000), small grants projects (up to £5,000) and biodiveristy projects (discretionary). The aim of the scheme is to: Provide and improve public amenities; Create, Restore and Manage areas specifically to increase biodiversity; Enable smaller groups to access funding more easily; and Support community led regeneration schemes of regional or national significance. Tel: 0870 036 1000
Email: grants@rswt.org
Website: www.biffaward.org/welcome.php

The Big Lottery Fund

Big Lottery Fund is responsible for giving out half the money for good causes raised by the National Lottery, giving a budget of about £630 million a year. Funding covers health, education, environment and charitable purposes. They are committed to bringing real improvements to communities and the lives of people most in need.3rd Floor Dominion House,

Woodbridge Road,

Guildford, Surrey GU1 4BN
Tel: 01468 462900
Email: enquiries.se@biglotteryfund.org.uk
Website: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

CAF Grantmaking

This programme aims to build the capacity of small to medium-sized charities. Grants are available from 1 May 2005 until 31 January 2006. The total grant budget for this period is £1.2 million. Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4TA
Tel: 01732 520 334 Fax: 01732 520 159
Email: grants@cafonline.org
Website: www.cafonline.org/grants

Capacity Builders (from April 2006)

This scheme offered by the Home Office aims to support those groups in the voluntary and community sector that should be in the driving seat in delivering high quality, collaborative and sustainable sector support services and representation. Website: Capacity Builders

Charles Hayward Foundation

This foundation offers grants of between £1,000 and £20,000 to support projects providing community facilities, including funding the capital costs of community centres and village halls and community facilities provided by churches and faith groups. Hayward House, 45 Harrington Gardens,

London,

SW7 4JU.
Tel: 020 7370 7063 or 020 7370 7067
Website: www.charleshaywardfoundation.org.uk

Church Urban Fund

Grants are awarded to projects tackling poverty and marginalisation in the urban areas of England. The fund aims to benefit people who are socially, culturally, spiritually, environmentally and financially disadvantaged. Grants of up to £30,000 are awarded and can be either capital or revenue funding. Church Urban Fund, 1 Millbank, London SW1P 3JZ
Email: enquiries@cuf.org.uk
Website: www.cuf.org.uk/home.htm

Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust

Makes grants to charities and churches in Kent aiming to improve quality of life, tackle poverty, social isolation or exclusion and protect the natural resources and heritage of the local areas for their inhabitants. Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust
2 Friars Lane Ricmond Surrey TW9 1NL
Tel 0208 288 9101
Email admin@cfct.org.uk
Website:www.cfct.org.uk

David Knightly - Pride of Place Awards

Provides grants to local communities for schemes that will help make the local area a better place to live and work. To determine whether applications are currently being received, please contact the trust. Gillian Binks, David Knightly Charitable Trust, Pride of Place Awards, 22 Ferndene Road, Withington, Manchester, M20 4TT, Tel: 0161 445 6452

Esmee Fairbairn Foundation

Gives grants for charitable purposes in four Programme areas: Arts and Heritage; Education; Environment; and Social Development. There is no maximum grant size.
11 Park Place , London

SW1A 1LPTel: 020 7297 4700 Fax: 020 7297 4701
Email: info@esmeefairbairn.org.uk
Website: www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk

Futurebuilders

Investment fund for the voluntary and community sector. Investments will be made in the form of loans, grants and capacity building. The reasoning behind the fund is that not enough capital investment is made in the voluntary and community sector and this is an innovative way of introducing this money. Voluntary and community groups must be prepared to take a loan and it is intended that it should be repaid through the secural of an agreement with a public sector agency for the delivery of services. There are five areas of service delivery that are applicable for funding: community cohesion; crime; education and learning; health and social care; and support for children and young people. The minimum level of investment is £30,000 and the maximum limit ois £10million. Development grants are available. Tel: 0191 261 5200
Email: info@futurebuilders-england.org.uk
Website: www.futurebuilders-england.org.uk

The Gerald Micklem Trust

This is a general charitable trust. The Trustees have no restrictions on them as to the kinds of project or the areas they can support, and are generally prepared to consider any field. Mrs. S.J. Shone, Bolinge Hill Farm, Buriton, Petersfield, Hampshire GU31 4NN
Email: ghmicklem.charitabletrust@btinternet.com
Website: www.peter.shone.btinternet.co.uk/GHMCT1.htm

Help Yourselves

A new fund created by Save the Children and British Gas, Help Yourselves funds projects up to £1000 that give young people the chance to improve their communities. Save the Children, 5th Floor, Hawthorns House, Halfords Lane, Smethwick,

B66 1BB

Email: helpyourselves@savethechildren.org.uk Website: www.helpyourselves.org.uk

Henry Smith Charity

Large grants of up to £60,000 over three years and a small grant scheme of up to £10,000 is available for projects that support communities in areas of deprivation. The Director, Henry Smith’s Charity, 5 Chancery Lane, Clifford’s

Inn, London EC4A 1BU
Tel: 020 7320 6884
Website: www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk

Heritage Lottery Fund

Aims to support work designed to care for the heritage and to help people to experience it. They also support activities that will increase people’s understanding and enjoyment of our heritage. There are two main funding strands, grants for between £5,000 and £50,000 and grants of over £50,000. There is also a grant programme for the repair of places of worship and for townscape heritage. Heritage Lottery Fund, South East Team, 7 Holbein Place , London

SW1W 8NR Tel: 020 7591 6184
Email: enquire@hlf.org.uk
Website: www.hlf.org.uk

Ladbrokes in the Community Charitable Trust

The trust aims to work with a wide range of charities and good causes, helping raise funds and tailoring initiatives to meet the demands of local communities. Projects supported include those helping children, hospices and sports. Address: Ms Ros Barker, Ladbroke Racing Ltd, Imperial House, Imperial Drive, Harrow,

Middlesex,

HA2 7JW Tel: 0208 515 586

LankellyChase Foundation

The Lankelly Foundation and Chase Charity have merged to form the Lankelly Chase Foundation. Its main priorities include: arts, breaking the cycle of abuse and deprivation, developing communities, mental health issues, heritage, offenders; society; and children’s playschemes. There is also a short term programmme for asylum seekers/refugees. The LankellyChase Foundation, 2 The Court, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0EY
Tel: 01235 820044
Website: http://www.lankelly-foundation.org.uk

Lloyds TSB Foundation

The Trustees’ policy is to support underfunded charities so people, especially disadvantaged or disabled people, can play a fuller role in the community. They support a wide range of activities which fall within the broad areas of Social and Community Needs, and Education and Training. The scheme operates on a national basis but there are also regional priorities:
To target funds at those areas in the region with the greatest need, including areas where there is deprivation and no government initiatives
To support BME voluntary groups
To support people returning to the community.
Address: South East Regional Office, Lloyds TSB Bank, 4 West Street, Havant PO9 1PE
Email: john.paton@lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk
Tel: 023 9248 0774 Fax: 023 9248 0796
Website: www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk/guidelines.html
www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk/regions/s_east.html

The Tudor Trust

Grants under Community Priority to renew the Social Fabric. The majority of Tudor’s grant-giving lies between £10,000 and £100,000. 7 Ladbroke Grove, London W11 3BD
Tel: 020 7727 8522 Fax: 020 7221 8522
Website: www.tudortrust.org.uk/index.htm

Unltd Millennium Award

Unltd Millennium Awards are cash awards plus support to help make ideas a reality. They provide advice, training, mentoring and other support services. Level 1 awards, from £500 to £5,000 to help make ideas become real projects. They are aimed at individuals or informal groups of people who want to set up new projects in their spare time. Level 2 awards, from £5,000 to £15,000, support projects that are already developed.
123 Whitecross Street, Islington, London EC1Y 8JJ
Tel: 0845 850 1122 Fax: 020 7566 1101
Email: info@unltd.org.uk
Website: www.unltd.org.uk

The Wates Foundation

Community Support & Development - To support activities facilitating access to and delivery of community services to those in need and to help develop the capacity of community organisations to deliver their services better. Grants of up to £25,000 a year for a maximum of three years. Brian Wheelwright, Director, The Wates Foundation, Wates House, Station Approach, LEATHERHEAD, Surrey KT22 7SW
Tel: 01372 861000 Fax: 01372 861252
E-mail: director@watesfoundation.org.uk
Website: www.watesfoundation.org.uk

The Young People’s Fund

The YPF will concentrate on the outcomes from the green paper ‘Every Child Matters ‘and on providing facilities and activities for young people out of school hours and in the holidays. There is £200 million available through the YPF across the UK over the next three years. In England , the sum is £157.5 million. For now, the YPF is still under consultation and sits under the New Opportunities Fund and so applicants should contact the New Opportunities Fund for more information. Young People’s Fund, New Opportunities Fund, 1 Plough Place, London

EC4A 1DE Tel: 020 7211 1957
Email: helen.coath@nof.org.uk
Website: www.nof.org.uk/default.aspx?tc=659&tct=1

UK Villages Community Kitty

The UKVillages Community Kitty awards grants of £50-£500 to community projects. To date they have supported a range of projects across the UK - from a knitting circle, to a playgroup needing toys, sports equipment for cubs, and support for several village halls and playing field committees - as well as a number of Heritage projects. UKVillages Ltd, 37 Church Street, Harston, Cambs,

CB2 5NP, UK Tel: 01223 874 500
Email: info@ukvillages.co.uk
Website: www.ukvillages.co.uk/articles.nsf/content/ukvkittyThese site are updated daily with hundreds of funding links:UK Funding Agencies
Community Grant Schemes and Charity Non Profit Funding

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Social Networking : : Internet : : Public Relations Strategy

21/11/2007 by admin.

Excellent social networking and Internet public relations is vital for success. You need to explore all options for communication success. Today this involves a range of marketing channels – Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), using PR online and SMS text to communicate.
These are ideal for welfare networks, social enterprise organisations, charities and businesses. Use the impact of new communication technologies to support your interest – pressure groups, social enterprise, local democracy movement or business interest.
We specialise in ethical business, social enterprise and personal welfare campaigns.
The Internet is changing how we influence and communicate with individuals and organisations. You can greatly enhance your presence and legitimacy of your activities online. This can be integrated with traditional print and broadcast media.
Today, it’s important to use common values to form political opinion and life style choices. Ethical and social enterprises can benefit from this by developing networks of Internet-based movements.
The aim is to focus on a set of issues that bring together different organisations to merge or create new groups and successfully compete for scarce resources.
Effective use of Internet PR marketing enables social networking that may produce the designed outcomes. The speed and fluidity of cyberspace enable marginal groups to power their agenda into the political mainstream.
The internet has a low barrier of entry to wide ranging, interrelated networks. New communication technologies facilitate different types of interaction: one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many.
What makes the Internet different from other media is its potential to access a global user base.
Online charity PR marketing is about decentralisation, participation, community, globalisation, post industrialisation and libertarianism. There is a great potential for the Internet to enhance community cohesion, political deliberation and participation through e-democracy.
Direct online action enhances traditional mobilisation and allows organisational change. Join the shift away from older community networks to deliver live, online forums to the real world. Lead real world policy making process at local, regional, national and international level now!

Charity Media Relations includes:
public relations
planning,
research and evaluation;
programme planning;
design and production;
writing and editing;
special events.

Use our expertise to ensure that your charity media relations and PR marketing are ethical, legal and focussed. We will work with you to examine how the success of these campaigns can be defined and benefits measured.

Charity media public relations marketing are powerful tools to achieve a fair and just society.

Public Relations Marketing involves:
Shaping an organisation and the way it works.
Telling an organisation’s or an individual’s story to the public.
Promoting products and services to the public.
Lobbying - presenting topical issues or positioning viewpoints on your behalf.

Technology New PR Tools:
New technologies now determine the methods and roles for performing public relations. We can exploit this media to promote you and your organisation. New PR tools are about effectively using search engines.
These Internet technologies are changing public relations. Manipulating certain aspects of a website may lead to greater exposure and a more prominence. Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and PR both involve new media outlets to highlight – promote change, new ideas, conferences, events, people, products or organisations.
The aim of PR is to benefit from excellent publicity from third party sources by not directly paying the media for placement. Search Engine Optimisation performs the same role as public relations – to get maximum coverage and top ranking placement in third party sources: search engines.

What do can you do to successfully support charity, social enterprise and voluntary media public relations?

Eddy Jackson
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