External Funding

Incorporating Lottery Monitor

There is a huge range of funding on offer in the UK, and it is likely that you already have access to press release and web-based statements from some or all funders. However, these only scratch the surface of the support your need in your role. As a fundraiser we know that you welcome independent and objective information on how to access funds, on partnership funding, on eligibility criteria and on best practice, as well as examples of how to put funding packages together.

That’s why we launched External Funding Bulletin, a concise practical newsletter published 10 times a year that keeps you in touch with what you need to know in this fast-changing environment.  Each issue shares the best ideas and lessons learnt from practitioners like you up and down the country as well as reporting on new programmes available and the deadlines you need to work within.

Typical subjects we cover could include:

  • The growth in importance of public sector contracts as a source of funding for the voluntary and community sector.
  • How to work with Local Area Agreements (LAAs)
  • How the Regional Development Agencies handle their “single pot” funding.
  • Progress in working with Local Strategic Partnerships.
  • Updates on funding programmes from the National Lottery, including the Big Lottery Fund and the other distribution boards.
  • The different streams of government funding for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
  • Best practice in ensuring the financial sustainability of schemes.
  • Lessons from the latest research into funding, regeneration and the voluntary sector.
  • Guidance on how the public and voluntary sectors can get the most out of their local Compact
  • The increasing role of social enterprise.
  • Regular information on how to access EU funds.
  • Lessons to be learnt for avoiding the ‘cashflow crunch’ when delays hold up the actual disbursement of your funding.
  • Measuring the outcomes of funding in your area

The funding sectors and areas we cover include:

  • Regeneration
  • Arts, sports, culture and leisure
  • Community development
  • Education, health, housing and environment
  • Charities and voluntary organisations

In addition, we bring you case studies of projects, large and small, that have successfully avoided the pitfalls involved in putting together partnership funding. We analyse schemes that have failed to secure funding, as well as survey other learning resources that are available to you. Also all subscribers to External Funding Bulletin receive our FREE email service that will update you on the latest news from the National Lottery. Just make sure you inform us of your email address when you subscribe to External Funding Bulletin and you will receive alerts of new funding opportunities as they happen and remove the burden of researching new lottery funding programmes.

There is no hidden agenda because we don’t represent a particular vested interest and we don’t accept any advertising, so every word will be relevant to your work, and completely independent.

Anyone who has the raw data from the funding world, but who would like guidance through the maze, will benefit from subscribing to External Funding Bulletin. We think that you will find your subscription pays for itself many times over. But to really understand the benefit, there’s no substitute for seeing it for yourself. Therefore, I would like to offer you the opportunity to see External Funding Bulletin obligation free – simply click here to request a FREE COPY. Or, if you wish to subscribe to External Funding Bulletin, simply phone Lillian McMahon on 020 7954 3471 or email: efb@electricwordplc.com. Alternatively, you can write to:

External Funding Bulletin
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London
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All subscriptions are risk-free – this means if you are unsatisfied you can cancel your subscription at any stage and receive a refund on all unmailed issues.


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