Funding Advice
Funding Advice
Funding Advice and Development Work at Harrogate & Area CVS
The services offered by the CVS are free and include:
Information service we can supply details of appropriate funders and information to help with your funding application
Funding Bulletin our monthly Bulletin keeps you in touch with new funding opportunities and approaching deadlines. A Resources Update has also been produced giving details of some of the new Funding Directories and other key publications available in the Harrogate Community House Information Centre.
Funding advice can be given regarding planning, costing and making applications
Developmental support we offer a range of advice and support to help you develop your organisation eg: charitable status, management committees etc.
Training details about relevant training and information sessions can be provided.
FUNDING TRAINING IN HARROGATE DISTRICT AUTUMN 2010
Funding Training is available in a programme of interactive workshops covering the essentials in preparation for raising funds for your organisation and/or projects. Starting in November 2010, the programme is available throughout North Yorkshire. For the full range of courses available in the Harrogate District or at a location near you, please download the new programme here. A booking form for the programme offered in Harrogate and Craven can be downloaded here. Please email nina@harrogatecvs.org.uk for more information or if you want details sent to you by post, or Telephone 01423 504074. You can also download the programme via York and North Yorkshire Funding Advice Network website: http://www.ynyfundingadvice.org.uk/index.php/funding-training-programme.html
CHARITY BANK, REGIONAL FORUM & HARROGATE & AREA CVS - Workshop – Sustainability
Thursday 23 September at Harrogate Fire Station
For charities and community groups who want to learn about short and long term sustainability, and funding sources other than public grants and donations. Contact Nina on 01423 504074 or email nina@harrogate.org to find out more or book a place. Download a flier here
MEET THE FUNDER 2010
Meet the Funder 2010
Tuesday 12 October at Ripon Community House, Allhallowgate, Ripon
Meet the Funders to find out about new and updated funding for 2010 and 2011. Most groups constantly have to try and find the money they need to function, as well as doing all the other important job that need to be done. Meet the funders personally and find out what their priorities are and what they will and will not fund. Download the full programme for the day here. Download your electronic booking form here; complete your form, save it and then attach it in an email to nina@harrogatecvs.org.uk. If you prefer a copy of the programme and booking form by post contact Nina Muir by Telephone 01423 504074.
Financial Management Advice - we can offer help with budgeting and understanding Full Cost Recovery
Where our information comes from
Most of our information is about grant making charitable trusts. We have records on about 1500 of them, including our own research about local trusts. We also hold information about other non-statutory funders, the various Lottery Boards, and larger schemes such as Comic Relief.
The information comes from a variety of sources, including:
All the major general directories of grant making trusts eg. Directory of Grant Making Trusts, A Guide to the Major Trusts volumes 1 and 2 published by the Directory of Social Change
Specialist directories, such as A Guide to Local Trusts in the North of England, published by the Directory of Social Change and The Arts Funding Guide
Information packs and guidelines produced by the trusts themselves
Journals, newsletters and the Internet
HOW TO GET HELP
How to get help
Give us a call on 01423 504074 or email cvs@harrogate.org to make an appointment to see us.
When you contact us, please give us details of:
what you want funding for and whether you have a deadline by which to raise the money.
It would also be helpful if you let us know:
who you are currently funded by
whether you are currently pursuing any applications for funding
whether or not you are a registered charity
There are some things we can't or don't do:
We don't give grants and we can't write your funding application for you, although we can offer advice
We can't approach a funder for you or recommend you to a funder
FunderFinder
The computer based FunderFinder system is also available at the CVS for both Groups in Need and People in Need. FunderFinder is a searchable database of all the grant making trusts, so you can search for sources of funding by geographical area, client group, type of project etc.
Who can get help?
Help is available to all voluntary and community groups operating in the Harrogate area. Members of CVS receive a monthly Funding Bulletin. Contact the CVS on 01423 504074 or email cvs@harrogate.org for details of how to become a member.
You can use the information service as many times as you like. So please get back to us if you have another different enquiry in the future, or would like updated records of funders.
You can also help us by letting us know about the outcomes of your funding applications, so that we can build a fuller and more accurate picture of what trusts might fund in the future.
YORK AND NORTH YORKSHIRE FUNDING ADVICE NETWORK
York and North Yorkshire Fudning Advice Network (FANetwork)
The Funding Advice Network is made up from Funding Advisers employed by Local Infrastructure Organisations (LIOs), as well as staff and representatives from the City of York Council, North Yorksshire County Council and Local Authorites throughout North Yorkshire.
Visit their website http://www.ynyfundingadvice.org.uk/
On this site you will find funding related news and information including statistical data for inclusion in funding applications, funding factsheets and links to other useful sources of information.