FUNDING WORKSHOP

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FUNDING WORKSHOP Wheres all the money
gone? 24th November 2009
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• What do you want out of the session?

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• The Programme
• What makes a good funding proposal
• Common mistakes
• Christian distinctiveness and funding
• Identifying the right funders

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• Section 1
• What makes a good funding proposal?

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• Clear Focus
• Show your vision and passion for the work
• Be clear what you need the money for and how much
  you need
• Explain the impact that this project will have on
  the community
• Identify what is interesting or unusual about
  your project

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• Evidence
• Statistics
• www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk - Indices of
  Multiple Deprivation 2007 IMD) can search on
  small areas Super Output Areas (SOAs) ranks
  from 1 (poorest) to 32,482 (wealthiest) and
  includes indicators on income, health, education,
  housing, crime and local environment
• www.upmystreet.com
• Community Audits
• Livability Questionnaire Pack www.communitymission
  .org.uk
• Faithworks Community Audit Pack
  www.faithworks.info
• Ask your local council
• Track Record
• Current projects
• CUFs Churches Community Value Toolkit
  (www.cuf.org.uk/page18562133.aspx)

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• Clear Results and Future Plans
• State aims, objectives and expected outcomes
• Know how you are going to monitor the project
• Make it clear how the work is sustainable in the
  future
• State what external links you have including
  local strategies you are helping to deliver,
  (include quotes if possible)

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• Reasonable Budget
• Include a budget for the project
• Make sure it adds up
• If something is expensive, give justification
• Give details of match-funding and in-kind
  donations
• If possible, work out financial contribution of
  volunteers
• Be clear about who else you are approaching

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• Section 2
• Common Mistakes!

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• Completely outside criteria
• Unrealistic amounts
• Not answering the question
• Cut and paste-itis
• Unexplained reserves
• No focus
• Poor communication

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• Hints and Tips
• Start early
• Ask for help (trustee, friend with sales, PR or
  writing experience)
• Hide somewhere, switch off phone, dont check
  e-mails and start
• Avoid jargon use plain English
• Get someone else to check over your proposal
  before it is submitted

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• Section 3
• Christian Distinctiveness and Funding

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• Issues
• Funders (especially government) are squeamish
  about funding faith groups
• Most funders wont fund anything related to
  proselytising/evangelism
• Unclear distinction between church and community
  projects
• Constant pressure to lose Christian
  distinctiveness

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• Hints and Tips
• Integrity
• Be clear that service is open to all referral
  sources important
• Do not use Christian jargon
• Emphasise that work is providing a holistic
  response
• Include positive references from statutory
  organisations
• Adopt Faithworks Charter www.faithworks.info/Stand
  ard.asp?id7432

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• EXERCISE
• TO FUND OR NOT TO FUND?
• Split into pairs one person is funder, one
  person is applicant. You have three minutes to
  make a pitch and then three minutes for
  questions. Funder then decides whether to give
  you the resources or not.

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• Section 4
• Identifying the Right Funders

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• Good Information Sources
• Websites
• www.fundingcentral.org.uk (free)
• www.dsc.org.uk/FundingWebsites (225 p.a.)
• www.funderfinder.org.uk (185 p.a.)
• www.ffhb.org.uk (Funds for Historic Buildings)
• Mailings
• www.cufx.org.uk (fortnightly)
• www.communitymission.org.uk (monthly)
• www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
• www.j4bcommunity.co.uk (fortnightly)
• DONT FORGET YOUR LOCAL CVS!
• Find your nearest one www.navca.org.uk/liodir

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• Good Funding Advice Websites
• www.parishresources.org.uk (Anglican focus but
  still useful for other denominations)
• www.dsc.org.uk/Training/TheFundraisingProgramme/Fu
  ndraisingTips

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• Trusts (the usual suspects!)
• Esmee Fairbairn Trust www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk
• The Henry Smith Charity www.henrysmithcharity.org.
  uk
• Barrow Cadbury Trust www.barrowcadbury.org.uk
• Comic Relief www.comicrelief.com
• Children in Need www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey
• Lankelly Chase Foundation www.lankellychase.org.uk
  
• Allen Lane Foundation www.allenlane.org.uk
• Local trusts (look at annual reports/accounts of
  charities in your area and see who they receive
  funding from)

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• Big Lottery Fund
• www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
• Young Peoples Fund
• Reaching Communities (capital under 50K)
• Peoples Millions
• Awards for All www.awardsforall.org.uk
• Heritage Lottery Fund www.hlf.org.uk

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• Trusts sensitive to faith based projects
• Tudor Trust www.tudortrust.org.uk
• Pilgrim Trust www.thepilgrimtrust.org.uk
• Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts
• Sir Halley Stewart www.sirhalleystewart.org.uk
• Church Community Fund www.churchandcommunityfund
  .org.uk
• Rank (Rank Foundation, Joseph Rank Trust)
• Jewish trusts

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• Funders who favour Faith
• Kathleen Hannay Memorial Charity (G Fincham,
  Robert Fleming Trustee Co. 25 Copthall Ave.
  London EC2R 7DR)
• The Everard and Mina Goodman Charitable Trust
  (E.N. Goodman, FCA 5 Bryanston Court George
  Street London W1H 7HE)
• Kingsgrove Charitable Trust (W Smith, The
  Kingsgrove Charitable Trust, Odstone, 7 Bridge
  Farm Close, Grove Wantage, Oxford, Oxfordshire,
  OX12 7QF)
• St Judes Trust (R G Millman Messrs Arnold,
  Fooks, Chadwick and Co. 15 Bolton Street, London
  W1Y 8AR)
• The Salamander Charitable Trust (J R T Douglas,
  The Salamander Charitable Trust, Threave 2
  Brundenell Avenue, Canford Cliffs, Poole, Dorset,
  BH13 7NW)
• The Seedfield Trust (K Buckler, The Seedfield
  Trust, Withybank 3 Woodland Vale, Lakeside,
  Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 8DR)
• The Van Neste Foundation (F J F Lyons, The Van
  Neste Foundation, 15 Alexandra Road, Clifton,
  Bristol, BS8 2DD)
• The NR Charitable Trust (Andrew N Russell, The
  NR Charitable Trust, 37 Frederick Place,
  Brighton, BN1 4EA)
• The Laurie Nidditch Foundation (Kenneth Keller,
  The Laurie Nidditch Foundation, 23 Allum Lane,
  Elstree, Hertfordshire, WD6 3NE)

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• A Potential Funding Strategy
• Rolling programme
• Select 4 favourite trusts and stagger approach
• Scattergun approach
• Send off tailored (only in minor ways)
  applications to sundry trusts e.g. five a week
  for 2 months. Wont bring in large sums, but
  could bring in around 5,000.
• Begin with a rolling programme and conclude with
  a scattergun approach