Funding

In this section:

Funding Information Services
Upcoming events
Small grants and latest news funding news for Bromley
Good practice guides and resources
Funding quick links
Funding Special - updated

Small grants and latest news for Bromley

Grassroots Grants – Bromley
Capital Community Foundation is delighted to announce Grassroots Grants Bromley, a three year fund targeted at small community organisations in the borough. Grassroots Grants aim to help build thriving local communities, bring people from different backgrounds together and empower them to achieve change in communities.
The small grants fund is now open for applications, and you can download an application form and guidelines from their website www.capitalcf.org.uk/grants.

Grants of up to £5,000 will be available for community groups, charities, community interest companies and social enterprises meeting the following criteria:

Groups with an annual income of under £20,000 (this can be taken as an average income over the last 3 years, or life of the group to date) Please see the guidelines or contact the Capital Community Foundation first, if you are unsure.
Groups that have been active in the community for at least 12 months prior to application (If you have been holding activities for at least 12 months, but have only just been constituted, you are eligible to apply)

Groups meeting one of the 4 main aims of the fund: strengthening communities; bringing people from different backgrounds together; responding to local need; strengthening organisational capacity and ability Please read the fund guidelines for full details and exclusions.

The deadline for the second round of applications in 2008 will be at 5pm on the following dates: 7 November 2008 Applicants will be notified of the decision within three and a half weeks of the closing date.

If you would like to speak to a Grant Officer about the fund, or need help with your application, please contact Capital Community Foundation on 020 7582 5117. Capital Community Foundation, 357 Kennington Lane, London SE11 5QY Tel: 020 7582 5117 Email: enquiries@capitalcf.org.uk.

Funding information services

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

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.

If you would like to use either of these, please contact Julie Hunt.

Funding events training in 2008/2009

To meet the funding/fundraising training needs of small to medium sized organisations in Bromley, the following events will be held in 2008/09.

Monday 24th November - Meet the Funders
Tuesday 13th January 2009 - Meet the Funders

Meet the funders - Free events

Date: Monday 24th November 2008, 09:30am – 3:15pm
Venue: Community House, South Street, Bromley

PROGRAMME

Registration and refreshments in Room G31

10.00: Welcome from Julie Hunt, Funding Information and Advice Officer, Community Links Bromley (Room G8)
10.05 - Session 1 The Capital Community Foundation (The Grants Team)
10.35 - Question and answer session
11.00 - Refreshments in Room G31
11.15 - City Parochial Foundation and Trust for London (Austin Taylor-Laybourn, Field Officer)
11.45 - Question and answer session

Lunch in Room G31

Opportunity to sign-up for afternoon workshop and one to one sessions

1.00 - Session 2 BBC Children in Need
(Kati Parrott, Regional Officer London and SE)
1.30 - Question and answer session

Workshop 1: Room G31– Completing the Small Grants Form – Capital Community Foundation

One to one sessions: Room G8 - City Parochial/Trust for London , BBC Children in Need

2.30 - Refreshments in G8
3.15 - Close

Meet the Funders

Date: Tuesday 13th January 2009, 09:30am – 12.30 pm
Venue: Community House, South Street, Bromley

PROGRAMME

9.30 - Registration and refreshments in Room G8
10.00 - Welcome from Julie Hunt, Funding Information and Advice Officer, Community Links Bromley
10.05 - Session 1 The City Bridge Trust (Ciaran Rafferty, Principal Grants Officer)
10.35 - Question and answer session
11.10 - Refreshments
11.30 - The Wates Foundation (Brian Wheelwright, Director)
12.00 - Question and answer session
12.30 - Close

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 sustainble funding page.

Putting together a funding proposal - 57 KB

Sources of statistics about local communities - 96 KB

Funding Links

Lottery Distributers

London Funders

Funding Special: July 08

Download selection of current sources of funding for VCOs compiled by Julie Hunt - 128 KB

Page updated: 05 September 2008