Information on funding and finance

•  Free Introductory Pack on Funding and Finance
  Produced by NCVO’s Sustainable Funding Project and the Finance Hub, this pack of six guides is for small and medium sized organisations and they cover fundraising, trading, contracting and much more.

Information on funds and trusts

• Government Funding
  This site is your online portal to grants for the voluntary and community sector from the Department for Education and Skills, Department of Health, Home Office, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Government Offices for the Regions.
• Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF)
• Partnership Development Project
  A link to the funding information page of MENTER’s partnership development project’s website.
• GRANTnet This page sets out links to websites mainly of grant-making charitable trusts, the various distributors of lottery money, and sports and arts agencies that give grants. There are also links to resources which are websites of various 'infrastructure' agencies and sites which provide funding information of one kind or another, including funding for students and funding for business.
• Community and Voluntary Forum: East Region (COVER)
  Information on funding from COVER, the Community & Voluntary Forum in the East of England
• YouothLink Scotland
  This website from Youthlink Scotland has lots of useful links to funding providers. Some of these are Scottish, but many are also relevant for the East of Enlgand.
• Big Lottery Fund
  The Big Lottery Fund has produced a useful guide to filling out the outcomes part of application forms for their 'demand-led' programmes. It is called 'Explaining the difference your project makes – A BIG guide to using an outcomes approach'.

Funder relationships

• HM Treasury
  This website sets out the government's expectations of how statutory funders and purchasers should behave in their financial relationships with the voluntary and community sector. Use the summary guide for a quick read.
• Compact
  On the website of The Compact you can download a copy of The Funding Code which was originally published in 2000, revised and republished in 2005.  The Code seeks to improve funding and procurement relationships, be to the mutual advantage of the funder and funded, and safeguard the sector’s independence. The Code is for everyone in England involved in distributing, seeking or receiving public funds. The intention is to deliver value for public money by securing the best possible outcomes for all parties, the funder and the voluntary and community sector.
• Compact Voice
• The Compact Code of Good Practise
• Funding Central
  It is a free smart website for all third sector organisations, including community groups, providing access to thousands of funding and finance opportunities, plus a wealth of tools and resources supporting organisations to develop sustainable income strategies appropriate to their needs.