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UNITAS win prestigious award

Fundraising consultants at Charity Fundraising limited are delighted to learn that UNITAS has won the prestigious Lemos & Crane LiteracyActionNet Award for 2010 for its innovative TextNow programme. TextNow aims to re-engage disadvantaged young people in mainstream education and training by building their enjoyment of reading through use of material with content that reflects young people's interests, whilst the language used progressively builds their reading skills.

Consultants at Charity Fundraising Ltd are very pleased to have worked on the drafting of the winning application. 

Good news for CF clients

Fundraising consultants at Charity Fundraising Ltd have during the last few days heard excellent news resulting from our work for clients:

• £10,000 for Construction Youth Trust from the Westminster Foundation for their Toolkit for Life programme, which supports young offenders to obtain employment in the construction industry
• £10,000 pa for 3 years ie £30,000 from the 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust and a further £2,000 from the Coutts’ Charitable Trust for Southside Partnership for their Beyond Prison project, which engages ex-offenders as volunteers to mentor offenders with mental health issues on their release from custody
• SPECAL (Specialized Early Care for Alzheimer's) have been named IPC’s Charity of the Year
• UNITAS has been shortlisted for the 2010 LiteracyActionNet Award for their TextNow project which re-engages disadvantaged young people with reading and mainstream education

Transition Fund

The Big Lottery Fund, acting as fundholder for the Office for Civil Society, have now opened the Transition Fund. This is a £100 Million fund aiming to support Charities and other not for profit organisations who are facing substantial cuts in their statutory income. The fund is for organisations spending over 50% of total income on delivering frontline public services. Further details on applying for a grant are available from Big Lottery Fund

Enhancements to Finding Funding Training Day

Following a recent trial where consultants at Charity Fundraising Ltd  invited groups of learners to complete the OCN workbook, without any obligation to submit their work for assessment, learners found that completing the workbook greatly added value to the Finding Funding Training Day.

One participant commented:

"The pre-course exercise is thought provoking and takes you to new perspectives on your project. The post course assignment really consolidates learning."

1st Norwich Sea Scouts Group

Fundraising Consultants at Charity Fundraising Ltd are delighted to be working with the 1st Norwich Sea Scouts Group.

The 1st Norwich Sea Scouts Group has a claim to being one of the longest established Scout Groups, having been in continuous existence since 15th January 1908. Their riverside HQ, which dates from the 1960s is now too costly to repair and funding consultants at Charity Fundraising Ltd are very pleased to be working with the Group's project team to raise grant funding for a replacement hall on the present site. Not only will the Hall itself be built to current accessibility requirements, the facilities of the site and it's dedicated quay are designed for accessibility, making it an asset that a number of Scouts and community members may enjoy.

Over £50,000 grant funding achieved for UNITAS

Fundraising Consultants at Charity Fundraising Ltd have now helped to raise over £50,000 for UNITAS. Our funding applications have achieved grant funding for the TextNow programme, an innovative scheme which assists young people at risk of social exclusion to re-engage with mainstream education. 

Over £350,000 funding for Commonweal Housing

Fundraising Consultants at Charity Fundraising Ltd were delighted to hear recently of a grant from The Bromley Trust to Commonweal Housing for their Re-Unite programme. This programme offers women leaving prison the accommodation and support services to enable them to regain custody of their children and rebuild their engagement with the wider community. Applications drafted by Charity Fundraising Ltd have now achieved in excess of £350,000 for this work.

Finding Funding Workshop - 24th November

Our Finding Funding workshop, an introduction to the whole business of fundraising, is attracting a lot of interest. Places on the next presentation, Wednesday 24th November, in Ipswich, Suffolk, are now limited, so please give Peter See a call on 01394 610581 if you would like to attend. Prices must rise in January, so this is the last chance to book at £145 fully inclusive.

Big Lottery Fund - Community Buildings

The Big Lottery Fund will shortly be announcing criteria for their new capital funding scheme for community buildings. Grants of between £100,000 and £500,000 will be available for projects with a value up to £750,000. Fundraising Consultants at Charity Fundraising Ltd would be delighted to support Charities and Parish and Town Councils with bid writing and bid review services for what we are sure will be a very competitive fund. If your organisation is planning to apply for funding, then please get in touch to discuss how we can help.