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Hi everyone I was wondering if any of you had any funding ideas for a grass roots Homeless Publication from Bristol Homeless. We have successfully compiled and printed 2 quarterly Issues and the thir...
noor light
Does anyone have experience of using either of these platforms please? Trying to get my head around them to see if they're worth signing up to. Thank you
Lorraine Schulze
Hello we are a small registered charity in teesside and we are looking for a small storage area for about 15 small tomedium boxes
Simon Wood
Hello everyone, we have a charity shop that isn't claiming any gift aid and I'm looking into this now. Is anyone in a similar situation? Or has a charity shop and could offer any advice? I'd love to...
Debbie Holden
Hi Firstly thanks for reading this post. At another charity that I involved with, we are hoping to run our first fundraising dinner at a restaurant. We need to do the following: 1. Take the booking a...
Hayley Harris
Hi Charity Connect people,  I am doing some research on behalf of a charity which provides a magazine and a list of support places for people living on the streets or sofa-surfing in London and Scotl...
Phyllida Perrett
Which digital tools for grant finding do you find to be the best?
Paul Pirie
Just launched, a new £500m fund to break down barriers to opportunity for up to 200,000 vulnerable children and young people. It's aim is to boost pupil achievement and could fund programmes to reduc...
Ian McLintock
Hi all, the charity I work for are looking for a consultant who would be able to pull together our content and create online training for us to then sell on to our clients. It's quite a niche thing t...
Natasha Mills
We are new Donkey Sanctuary based in the west midlands. We are in progress of building stable block for our now 5 donkeys. We have managed to raise some funds and also been donated some materials. Bu...
Jayne Bryan
We are charity we work in London at Westminster/ RBKC / BLHF  council. We looking for premises property to using for community charity annal rent space to 40-50 people in London near W2 or W12. Does...
Ali Khair
I run a drama school over the North of England and find that , probably due to the financial climate, most of the students are from a very middle class background. As a consequence  I"m forming a CIC...
Michael Jackson
Looking for some advice or anyone else's experience of joining their local chamber of commerce. We are a very small international development charity and we want to try and utilise local businesses a...
Tom Bailey
Hi there  If I had hair, it would be long gone now. I have tried multiple times to upload the ODS file to upload to HMRC to claim back the Gift Aid that's owed to us. But without joy. Can someone ple...
Martin Bisiker
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone has experience running a raffle during an event. We are looking to run one during Bristol Harbour festival, the festival has granted us permission and we know that b...
Chloe Juyon
Hello - has anyone got any experience of working with Work for Good?  Is the ROI worth the investment?  Any feedback appreciated hugely.  Thank you
Emma Pond
Hi folks - are there rules around offering incentives to encourage Member Get Members? I'm thinking that there is the £25 value limit, but wondering if there is anything else we should consider? Than...
Carolyn Tyrrell-Sheppard
Where can I go and to whom can speak to secure funding for running costs. The amount is abysmally small but is out of reach and if we don't begin getting some sort of contributions, we're going to be...
Jeffrey Goins
30 grants of £1,500 to charities with an annual income below £300,000. Education – including but not limited to early childhood development, school readiness and success, out of school learning oppor...
Three of my favourite things are core funding, multi year funding and funding for smalls and here are all 3 in one grant; nice. Lloyds Bank Foundation - Deaf and Disabled People's Organisations Fund...
Network Rail Community Fund - 3 themes: Economic Prosperity, Equal Opportunities and Wellbeing. Grants between £500 and £3,000. While applications will be considered from organisations across Scotlan...
As we grow in reach and impact, we’re now at the stage where we need someone to lead the next stage of growth for Walk N Talk 4 Mental Health, strengthening our presence, impact, and sustainability....
Jude Price
Hi Ocean and all - sorry I haven't been the most active of participants (!) but our Debt Service is so busy it's hard to divert from that to funding - and also have a life! We are not the largest - i...
Steve Smith
The next Benefact Group Special Draw opens today until 22 Jun. Children and Young People - 10 charities £5,000 each. All you need to do is nominate a charity whose core charitable purpose is to suppo...
Hi everyone. I am new on here and my first ask is about office chairs. We are a small charity supporting vulnerable people. We have just move to a new office and desperately need new chairs. Does any...
Lyn Tiller
Hi, We've been offered income as sponsorship i.e. in return for 'something' - marketing/exposure etc. We work with bicycles – participation, inclusion, development of amateur sport etc. and the spons...
And just like that… our first in-person event is in the books! On Monday, we had an amazing time hosting our very first in-person Connections event. A huge shoutout to everyone who joined us, it was...
Hello! I'm looking for a comprehensive intro to trust and grant fundraising course, ideally for free or low cost. I came across this course  - How to Fundraise: A Guide to Fundraising for Non-Fundrai...
Laura Buller
The Health Lottery Foundation will fund projects in England, Scotland and Wales. It's open to small community projects through to national charities and will focus on 6 key themes: chronic disease, d...
Hello  Has anyone ever used 'The Sponsorship Collective' to increase corporate sponsorship for your charity? One of our trustees has been approached by them. There's mixed reviews online, and they're...
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