FUNDING SOURCES

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
www.cyrene.co.uk
www.communicationuk.com

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