INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW

Key resources

Asylum Seeker Support Initiative - Short Term (ASSIST)

A short description of the methods this group have used to raised funds including making appeals for donations and a range of activities.

Sheffield Woodcraft Folk

A short description of the methods this group have used to raised funds including top tips for running fundraising pub quizzes!

Whirlow Hall Farm Trust

A short description of the range of fundraising methods used by the trust including raising funds from trusts and the corporate sector, fundraising activities and trading.

Greentop Community Circus Centre

A short description of the methods this group use to raise funds to cover their core costs and various projects including funding from trusts and selling services to the corporate sector.

Examples of purchasing practice

Three very short examples of public sector service commissioners awarding long term contracts to voluntary and community organisations.

  • Esk Moors Caring Ltd: a new organisation developing care services for the elderly in a rural area negotiated a seven year contract
  • Broadreach House: an organisation delivering services to drug users moving out of a period of EU funding is developing a wider range of services through sustainable commissioning.
  • Building Blocks Solutions: a relatively new mental health voluntary organisation developed strong relationships with GP surgeries and so was well placed when GP practice based commissioning was introduced.

 

Some additional resources are provided on this page, most of which available FREE of charge. Resources you have to pay for are marked with a £ sign.

South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau information sheets

The South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau provides a wide range of information sheets in plain text or PDF format.

Addressing an organisation’s sustainability

Fit4funding pdf (144kb) leaflet called Addressing an Organisations Sustainability that offers a checklist of things to do.

NCVO Planning and management

NCVO guide to Planning and management, which centers on sustainability and contains a guide to sustainability including a six-stage planning model

 

Intelligent funding: from vision to reality