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It is understandable that many voluntary organisations feel some trepidation at the idea of taking out a loan at a time when the sector seems to be facing such financial uncertainty. Loans are not always right for every situation and so careful consideration of the financial commitment involved is important.
In the right circumstances however, loans can be a valuable tool for an organisation to further its mission and have greater control over its future.
In their latest blog post, ethical bank and our Trusted Supplier Charity Bank explain why choosing the right lender is critical for voluntary organisations.
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Celebrate with your neighbours!
We are pleased to have secured funding from Doctor Edwards and Bishop King’s Fulham Charity and Hammersmith United Charities for this project.
We are offering small grants for local groups and organisations who want to organise picnics, street parties, lunches, sporting events, fun days and other activities with and for their neighbours. We particularly encourage people who want to use these events to develop new relationships across diverse faiths, ethnicities, ages and backgrounds. Our main aim is to give people an opportunity to make new connections and learn about one another through the process of organising a very local event – and then enjoying it.
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This year’s Funders Fair will take place on Tuesday 3rd July at Kensington Town Hall in the Great Hall, Small Hall and Committee rooms 2, 3 and 4. This is an opportunity to meet with funders, pick up tips to improve your fundraising and learn about new ways to generate income! Sobus, One Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea Social Council look forward to seeing you there!
For further information and to register on Eventbrite Click Here .
AGENDA
| 9:30am | REGISTRATION | |
| 10:00am | WELCOME
Angela Spence (KCSC) and Cllr Gerard Hargreaves (Kensington & Chelsea Council) |
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| 10:10am | INTRODUCTION | |
| 10:15am | STALLS AND NETWORKING | |
| 11:00am | WORKSHOPS | |
| A | Big Lottery | Great Hall |
| B | City Bridge: Meet the funders workshop | Small Hall |
| C | How to attract donors – Young Hammersmith & Fulham Foundation | Committee Room 2 |
| D | John Lyons Charity Funding | Committee Room 3 |
| 11:45am | BREAK | |
| 12:00pm | WORKSHOPS | |
| E | Trust for London | Great Hall |
| F | GDPR workshop – Russell Cooke | Small Hall |
| G | Online Fundraising – Local Giving | Committee Room 2 |
| H | Grant fundraising for beginners workshop – KCSC | Committee Room 3 |
| 12:45pm | RED CROSS PLENARY | Great Hall |
| 1:30pm | LUNCH & NETWORKING |
Stalls will be located in the Great Hall foyer and open between 9:30am – 2pm.
The whatCharity prize draw is back! The winning charity will once again receive a £300 donation for staff recreation. Take your team for a meal, to the pub, go-karting or all three! We know how hard the staff and volunteers in charities are working and how they need to get by with minimal resources. This is why we thought it would be important to acknowledge their contributions and directly reward the charity staff. Please click this link to see the profile of our latest winner.
In order to participate in the new prize draw, all you need to do is to fine tune your whatCharity profile and to let us know that you have done this. The competition is open to all registered charities, including charities already on our platform. Please click this link for further details and Click Here for prize draw terms and conditions.
Any queries, please Click Here to contact whatCharity if you have any further questions or if there is something they can assist you with.
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Happy Fundraising Day – Fundraising Bursaries from the FSI
We are delighted to launch the second round of applications for bursaries for our Introduction to Fundraising Practice. The bursary is open to small, local charities with a turnover of up to £100,000 and 80% of the cost is funded by the FSI and DCMS.
As well as this, we also have a 20% discount for FSI Members on both our Diploma & Certificate in Fundraising. More information on how to apply for the bursary or enrol in our qualifications can be seen on our website.
One of our current learners recently said, “I am studying for the Diploma in Fundraising to gain a qualification that will arm me with the tools to help sustain our charity for the future and provide new and innovative ways of working”.
Click Here to apply for he Bursary
Charity Comms – Small Charity Comms Conference Ticket Giveaway!
CharityComms, the membership network for UK charity communications professionals, is running its annual Small Charities Communications Conference on 11 July in London. To be in with a chance to win two tickets worth £105+VAT each, follow this link for more information.
HOT OFF THE PRESS! The 2nd Leeds Fundraising Conference
Back by popular demand, the FSI Leeds Fundraising Conference will be launched in July. Attendees will be able to access a range of fundraising experts, sharing the best in fundraising practice.
Venue: St George’s Centre, Leeds
Date: Thursday, 18th October 2018
Follow this link to register your interest
Live stream recordings from Big Advice Day Workshops:
This year at Big Advice Day we livestreamed three of our workshops, including a session from Facebook themselves! The Facebook livestream was a success, so if you missed them why not check out the videos below:
- How Facebook can work for your non-profit
- Is your strategy driving you in the right direction
- Using your impact to tell your story
Fundraising Day Toolkits and Resources
Make the most of Small Charity Week’s profile and use our free packs to help you fundraise for your small charity.
Click this link to download our free fundraising toolkits
Don’t forget that you can also access fundraising resources and links to templates, guides, toolkits and best practise on the FSI Fundraising Resources page.
#ILoveSmallCharities
Be sure to use the hashtag #ILoveSmallCharities to keep us trending on twitter. And while you’re at it, join in our #ILoveSmallCharities Competition for the chance to win £££ prizes.
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So join the # Competition to win £££
Yes, it’s finally here! Small Charity Week 2018 has begun! Kicking off with our #ILoveSmall Charities competition, you could win up to £450 for your small and local charity or community group simply by asking your supporters to say why they love you.
There are three ways to enter (Twitter, Facebook and Instagram), all of which will help raise the profile of your organisation and give you the opportunity to win the cash prize. Winners are the charities with the most messages of support on each social media platform.
Prizes
#ILoveSmallCharities Twitter competition – winning small charity gets a £150 donation
#ILoveSmallCharities Facebook competition – winning small charity gets a £150 donation
#ILoveSmallCharities Instagram competition – winning small charity gets a £150 donation
How to enter:
Ask your supporters to take a photo of themselves holding up a poster (downloaded from our website) that reads:
“I love (your charities name) because (why you love them)”.
Or they can take a video of themselves with the poster, shouting out loud about why they love your charity.
Then simply post it to either Twitter, Instagram or the Small Charity Week Facebook page (or all three).
How you win:
The charity which manages to get the most individual messages of support on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook from June 18th -23rd June will receive a donation of £150.
Visit our website for details on how your supporters should enter their messages, poster templates, supporting materials and the full rules.
Click here for details on how to enter
Check out the I ♥ Small Charities Day Blog click on the logo at the top of this page to read a great blog on Online visibility: where do you start?
There is funding available out there to support your cause. If your role involves improving the prospects of others, you’ll know that getting the right information makes a huge difference. To help you get the best outcomes for those you serve, we’ve put together the resources you need to help you get it.
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This guide offers the information you need to seek a share of over £5 billion – the annual total awarded by the 2,000 funders featured in this edition. With data sourced directly from grant-making charities, each with the potential to give at least £40,000 per year, no charity – big or small – should be without it.
This is the key information source for fundraisers, with which you can save time on finding funding prospects, target the grant-makers most relevant to your charity and discover funders you might not have known existed.
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| The Guide to UK Company Giving 2017/18
Every year UK companies contribute to society by supporting their communities and voluntary organisations. To improve your chances of benefiting, you need to know which companies give, why they do it, what their criteria are, and how to ask in the right way. This guide not only provides a detailed insight into more than 400 companies and their giving strategies, but also advises on how to identify those most likely to support your organisation. Their combined contribution in cash donations and a diverse range of in-kind support amount to over £420 million.
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The Guide to Educational Grants 2018/19 contains over 1,100 sources of non-statutory financial help for people in education, offering a total of around £55 million each year to the people you work with. It details who is eligible to receive grants, how to apply, different types of grants that are given, key information on what kind of projects are funded and the total amount of funding available.
If you work with students to advise them on money available to fund educational opportunities – whether school students, undergraduates or adult education – this guide is your one-stop-source for up-to-date information.
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| The Guide to Grants for Individuals in Need 2018/19 is a comprehensive, up-to-date and easy-to-navigate guide which will simplify the often difficult task of finding the most appropriate support for your clients by outlining the eligibility criteria, amounts available and how to apply.
The 16th edition of The Guide to Grants for Individuals in Need, containing over 200 new grant-makers, is the only publication to provide a comprehensive listing of all sources of non-statutory funding available for individuals in the UK. Click on the image to go to the DSC website for more information and to get your copy |
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Raising Funds For Your School. This comprehensive manual is designed to help you and your school raise your game and maximise your fundraising returns regardless of your previous past.
At a time of severe cutbacks with schools facing a crisis in funding, this book will help you to develop alternative and additional income streams and to harness wide-ranging support. Click on the image to go to the DSC website for more information and to get your copy |
| Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook 2018/2019
The definitive guide to all benefits and tax credits is an essential resource for all professional advisers serious about giving the best and most accurate advice to their clients. This book is an essential resource for welfare rights advisers, lawyers, local authority staff, social workers, union officials and claimants. Click on the image to go to the DSC website for more information and to get your copy |
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The Complete Volunteer Management Handbook is an invaluable source for any organisation that has or is thinking about setting up a volunteer programme.
What’s inside?
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Our causes, mission and beneficiaries vary, however the way in which we operate as charities has much in common. We’ve got a mix of resources to help you improve the core functions that underpin working in the charity sector.
The Directory of Grant Making Trusts
This guide offers the information you need to seek a share of over £5 billion – the annual total awarded by the 2,000 funders featured in this edition. With data sourced directly from grant-making charities, each with the potential to give at least £40,000 per year, no charity – big or small – should be without it.
This is the key information source for fundraisers, with which you can save time on finding funding prospects, target the grant-makers most relevant to your charity and discover funders you might not have known existed. Click the image to get your copy.
Training
DSC have helped thousands of charity professionals just like you with our training courses. There are a wide variety of courses coming up over June, July and August.
Click Here to view all our Summer Courses
Localgiving has once again partnered with the Postcode Community Trust to offer over 400 grants of £500 to small charities and community groups across the UK through its Magic Little Grants Fund.
The Magic Little Grants Fund is open to local charities and community groups who are either in their first year of operation or have an annual income under £50,000 – with priority to organisations with an annual income below £20,000. The grants will provide unrestricted funding to deliver sports and physical activities that help to overcome barriers to participation, and increase social cohesion.
More than 400 grants are available and applications are open until 31 October. You can find out more here.
