Funding
We provide a funding advice and information service for community groups and voluntary organisations.
Our funding advice covers:
- helping to identify your fundraising needs
- assisting you to develop a fundraising plan
- advising you on possible funders and how to apply for funds
- organising funders surgeries and workshops
- delivering funding workshops
- organising an annual Funding Event
- a monthly funding e-bulletin to keep you up to date with current opportunities and other information relating to funding
General Funding Information
- What are funders looking for?
- What you need to find out about funders
- Dos and Don'ts of filling in application forms
- Selling points of your project
- Reasons why applications fail
- Tips on writing applications
- Making a good application
- Impact/outcomes
Information on current funders
- Allen Lane Foundation
- Awards For All
- Biffawards
- Big Lottery - Reaching Communities
- Children In Need
- Comic Relief
- Foundation Derbyshire
- Esmee Fairbairn
- Heritage Lottery
- Lloyds Bank Foundation
- Santander
- Sport England
- The Nationwide Foundation
We have a number of funding leaflets with lots of information to help you with your funding needs:
General Information
- Fundraising - getting started
- Budgets and Costing for Small Groups
- Don't Panic - What to do in a funding crisis
- Organising Your Fundraising
- Evaluation and Monitoring
Planning Your Fundraising
- Financial Planning for Fundraising
- Developing a Fundraising Strategy
- Funding Events
- Match Funding
- Voluntary Sector Funding - an overview
- Charitable Trusts
- Getting support from companies
- Contracts
- Gift Aid
- Jargon Buster
Themed Funders
- Arts/Music
- Carers
- Crime
- Children/Young People
- Church
- Community Buildings
- Disabilities
- Domestic Abuse
- Drugs/Alcohol
- Education
- Environmental
- Ethnic Minorities/Refugee/Asylum Seekers
- Ex-servicemen/women
- Financial, housing and debt advice Health
- Heritage
- Homeless
- International
- LGBT
- Mental Health
- Offenders/ex
- Older People Refugee and Asylum Seekers
- Schools
- Social Enterprise
- Sports
The information included in these themed funders are not an exhaustive list. More funders will be added every 6 months.
Funding e-bulletin - every month we keep you updated with all the latest funding opportunities and funding information relating to the voluntary sector. To subscribe to this e-bulletin email Jayne Williams.
Funding Websites - there are a number of websites that will give you a guided search to identify the most appropriate funding opportunities.
Funding Enquiry Form - if you are looking for funding and would like some support please fill in this form and email back to liz.gumbley@communityactionderby.org.uk. We can then arrange a meeting to discuss the best funders to approach and support you with filling in any application forms.
