PROJECT AIMS

To develop the financial sustainability of Councils for Voluntary Service and enhance the funding information and financial sustainability support they provide to voluntary organisations

FUNDING ALLOCATED £349,070 (Indicative amount)

DYNAMIC INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES OUTCOMES TO WHICH IT WILL CONTRIBUTE

• Voluntary and community sector networks offer better, more consistent and wider-reaching services
• Improved equalities knowledge and practice is witnessed across the voluntary and community sectors

OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES

The following will be developed

A cutting edge funding information service
Funding intelligence will be gathered nationally and disseminated regularly on a “just-in-time” basis to the intermediary networks, with Councils for Voluntary Service taking the lead role in sharing the information locally and supporting organisations with uptake of opportunities. Relationships with funding bodies will be further developed to ensure that their messages reach their target audiences effectively.

A sustainability advice service
This will be established specifically to support infrastructure organisations. It will aid development of a range of potential income sources including membership, assets, consultancy and training.

On-line sustainability support tools
These will be made available to all CVS to assist their one to one work with local voluntary organisations. Topics addressed will include sustainable funding in overview, financial management, fundraising, trading, loan finance and procurement and contracting. These will be backed up by a series of training and events on the theme of Sustainable Funding.

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