Funding support from Spark Somerset
In Somerset, we are facing an increasingly complex and challenging funding landscape, yet the support and services that voluntary groups and charities provide remain as, if not more, critical. Here at Spark Somerset, we can help you in a number of ways.
Funding Advice
- Strategic support for developing a fundraising plan, assessing your current fundraising programme and organisational vision, reviewing your budgets and your financial planning, examining the way you present yourself to potential funders and appraising any bids you are preparing
- Offering you an affordable, subsidised bid writing or 'case for support' writing service
- Low cost training and workshops tailored to your particular charity or group
- A professional review of your organisation's sustainability with recommendations
Partnership Working and Collaboration
Increasingly, funders are examining whether the charities that they support are working effectively together to solve a community issue. This is an area that will become progressively important in the VCSE sector and is likely to affect many charities and groups in Somerset. We can help you examine opportunities for effective collaboration and actively assist in developing partnerships.
Funding Opportunities
We have access to a broad range of intelligence around grants and can offer a bespoke search for your charity or group. We also share the latest information on the Somerset Funding Portal, and you can join our Facebook and LinkedIn groups for Somerset fundraisers.
For more funding news you can sign up to receive our monthly Funding Five bulletin here.
If you are interested in talking to us about any of the support and services outlined above, or you have a specific question about funding that you would like our help with please email us.