Autumn 2010 Newsletter

Welcome to the Autumn 2010 edition of our newsletter. Yes, it’s that time of year again where every weather reporter in the land starts incanting their favourite adjective, ‘autumnal’ and supermarkets start pushing 1001 varieties of Christmas Pudding on unsuspecting customers who’ve only just got back from their summer holiday!

The changing season has brought some changes for Charity Fundraising staff as well. We were very sad to see Catherine Murphy leave us recently for pastures new at the major housing charity Shelter in London. However we are delighted to have Senior Consultant, Sarah Owen back following a temporary six month position with the development Charity Wild Living in Kenya. We are also delighted to have Fundraising Officer, Kathryn McDonald extending her stay with us to a permanent position.

This issue of our newsletter includes some [hopefully] interesting articles on: Demonstrating outcomes; new equal opportunities legislation; more spending cuts; updates to our popular fundraising training workshops, and of course some upcoming grant funding deadlines.

Best wishes for a fruitful fundraising harvest this Autumn from all at Charity Fundraising Ltd.

New study shows that charities are good at saying what they do but struggle to communicate the difference they make to peoples lives

A recent study by New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) called “Talking About Results” has revealed that charities are far more able at explaining what they do (Outputs) than they are at explaining how these activities impact on their beneficiaries and change lives for the better (Outcomes).

Read more: Outputs and Outcomes

• Tender Writing / Review - Make sure your tenders have the best chance of success with our support
• Lottery Bid Writing / Review – Get that lottery bid right, from project design, to planned outcomes to presentation, we can help
• Ten Day Grant Fundraising Package – a great value package of grant funding applications for project, salary or capital costs

For any of the above contact Graham Parker for an informal discussion on your needs.

From January 2011 we will be inviting all learners on our popular Finding Funding workshop to complete the workbook designed for Open College Network (OCN) Accreditation. The workbook adds greatly to the value learners will derive from the workshop, whilst submission for assessment and accreditation will be an option at no further cost.

Read more: Finding Funding - Training Course Improvements

Here’s a summary of some upcoming grant funding deadlines:

• 22nd Oct 10 - Veolia Environmental Trust
• 1st Nov 10 - Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust
• 1st Nov 10 - Third Sector Investment Programme
• 5th Nov 10 - Baring Foundation Arts Programme
• 19th Nov 2010 (for meeting on 26th January 2011) - Henry Moore Foundation
• 30th Nov 10 - Heritage Lottery Fund
• 31st Dec 10 - The Ulverscroft Foundation
• Now Open- Big Lottery Fund (BIG) International Communities Programme

Read more: Upcoming grant funding deadlines