Fundraising and Finance Support

The organisations listed below offer a range of fundraising and finance support, including mentoring, training, online guides and other website resources.

Embrace Finance

Works with small charities to help build their financial confidence and long-term financial resilience. Provides workshops, mentoring and resources to make finance simple and accessible.

Funding For All

Thanks to The National Lottery Community Fund, Funding For All are inviting enquiries for their Fundraising Mentoring Programme. Open to small charities & VSCEs across Kent & Medway, they specialise in bid writing skills, funding strategy, marketing, tendering, legacies plus more.

NCVO

NCVO provides information and guidance on fundraising including All about Grants – six articles that can help you prepare for your first grant application, plus items on fundraising methods, Gift Aid, Funding and Income planning and more.

IVAR and Cranfield Trust have produced a report on Making your case for unrestricted funding – Cranfield Trust – IVAR

Chartered Institute of Fundraising

Support fundraisers through leadership and representation; best practice and compliance; education and networking. There are a lot of fundraising resources on their website.

Charity Excellence Framework

Have a Finding Funders Database enabling you to click through to a huge range of funders and a COVID19 Response Toolbox to create your strategy, fundraising and financial sustainability and recovery plans.

Directory of Social Change

Directory of Social Change run regular training sessions and produce a newsletter.

Fundraising UK

Have articles and training about fundraising on their website.

Good Finance

Have a useful resource on recovery and rebuilding for charities and social enterprises.

Charity Finance Group

Have lots of useful resources.

UK Finance

Banking trade association UK Finance has launched a website to support charities opening and managing bank accounts after many reported experiencing difficulties with financial services. You can access the website here: Voluntary Organisation Banking Guide | UK Finance