Fundraising Strategy

It will make it easier to raise money if you are well organised and have a plan. This section provides advice on budgeting to help you have a clear idea about what you need to raise money for and why. It also contains information to help you plan your activities so that you can focus on ways of fundraising that will be most useful for your group.

The Resource Centre can offer help with fundraising to some groups and organisations. Click on the Links tab for information about other organisations that offer advice and information about fundraising.

• Budgets for community groups

  A small groups’ guide to preparing and using budgets

• Fundraising from local businesses

  Tips to help community groups to attract donations from local businesses.
  

• Fundraising ideas

  Ideas about how to raise money for your community group.
  

• Monitoring and Evaluation

  Information to help your community group think about what you are aiming to achieve, how to find out if you are succeeding, and how to demonstrate to the outside world that what you are doing is useful.

• Planning a funding application

  Planning your project, finding the right funders, preparing your budget.

• Fundraising from trusts

  Tips for raising money from trusts.