Funding Information and Advice Service

Read funding news reports from Julie in the latest news section.

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Funding Information Services
Meet the Funders Events Programme
Upcoming events
Mentoring scheme
Good practice guides and resources
Funding quick links
Funding Special - updated

Funding Information Advice Service (FIAS)

Community Links Bromley runs a Funding Information & Advice Service. Supported by City Bridge Trust, the service offers support, advice, information, access to a mentoring scheme for priority groups and an events programme.

Our Funding Information and Advice Service is managed by Julie Hunt, Funding Information and Advice Officer. Julie works full time and can be contacted as follows:

Telephone: 020 8315 1915
Email: Julie Hunt

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Funding Information & Advice - 151Kb

Resources

Community Links Bromley has a Resource Library. The library has a number of fundraising directories and guides.

CLB has a subscription to the trustfunding.org.uk website.

Meet the Funders Programme 09

Tuesday 13 January 09

This event, which was 'free' to representatives of voluntary and community groups in the borough of Bromley, attracted over 30 delegates.

There were three speakers during the event. Select a speaker to find out more about their funding priorities for this year.

Cairan Rafferty - The City Bridge Trust
Brian Wheelwright - The Wates Foundation
Kati Parrott - BBC Children in Need

Upcoming events

See e-news local training calendar for the latest events.

Mentoring Scheme

Volunteer mentors are now available to support your organisation's work in specific areas, including:

Marketing
Public Relations
Governance
Strategic Planning
Monitoring and Evaluation
Event Management

The scheme recently achieved the Mentoring & Befriending approved provider standard - A national standard for mentoring and befriending and the programme is designed to deliver a quality service. Read more in our Vounteer Centre Pages.

If you would like your organisation to benefit from additional support in any of these areas in 2009, contact Julie Hunt, Funding Information and Advice Officer for an informal chat on 0208 315 1915 or email: julieh@communitylinksbromley.org.uk.

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Good practice guides and resources

NCVO Sustainable Funding

This project aims to provide a first-stop shop encouraging and enabling voluntary and community organisations to explore and exploit a full range of funding and financing options to develop a sustainable funding mix. Community Links Bromley is 3 members of Staff attended the train the trainer workshops, in order to help a cascade programme to our local sector. Using the information and links to resources from the training, Julie has created a comprehensive guide to how to start this process.

Follow this link to the routes to sustainable funding page.

Putting together a funding proposal - 57 KB

Sources of statistics about local communities - 96 KB

NCVO launches new website listing grants and contract opportunities

A new website called Funding Central was launched on Wednesday 17th June 2009 by NCVO who will be managing the site. It will list details of over 4,000 income opportunities focusing on grants, contracts and loan finance. The second phase will follow in September and will include a wide range of tools and resources to help identify and manage the most appropriate income sources for organisations. For more information go to the NCVO website: www.ncvo-vol.org.uk.

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Funding Links

Lottery Distributors

London Funders

Funding Special: December 08

Download selection of current sources of funding for VCOs compiled by Julie Hunt for Meet the Funders Events

Funding Information 08/09 106 KB (posted 12/12/08)

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Page updated: 11 June 2010