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Our Community Development Team provides specialist information and support to local community groups, social enterprises and charities. Our expertise allows us to provide critical support to our Members when they need it most. Helpfully we’ve created a Library of useful toolkits and links that provide easy to navigate information and guidance across a broad range of issues facing organisations like yours.
Can’t find what you need? Our Community Development Team provides tailored support to groups on a case-by-case basis.
If you need to speak with a member of our team, please don’t hesitate to get in touch by emailing support@cfirst.org.uk or call 0300 500 8085.
Finance & Funding
Managing your organisations finances, identify funders, completing grant applications and fundraising strategies.
| Title | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Charities Aid Foundation (CAF Online) - How to Write a Great Grant Application | Guidance on writing grant applications from the Charities Aid Foundation | Visit website |
| Charity Commission - Charity Reporting and Accounting: The Essentials - November 2016 (CC15d) | Information on Charity Reporting & Accounting | Visit website |
| Charity Connect - Core Cost Funding | Core costs fundraising sources | Visit website |
| Charity Finance Group (CFG) - Essential Charity Finance for Trustees | CFG Essential Charity Finance for Trustees guide: | Visit website |
| Chartered Institute of Fundraising - Small Charities | Fundraising resources for small charities | Visit website |
| Community First Fundraising Support | A team of professional Voluntary Sector Consultants are on hand at Community First to support all your fundraising needs | Visit website |
| Crisis Decision Tool | A new online tool that guides charities and social enterprises through next steps on insolvency, merger, collaboration, cost cutting, raising finance | Visit website |
| Crowdfunding Mastery - Academy | The Crowdfunding Mastery Academy is run by the Social Change Agency and offers practical advice, information and training on Crowdfunding | Visit website |
| Directory of Social Change (DSC) - Funds Online Funding search - subscription service | Funding search - subscription service | Visit website |
| Fundraising Regulator Resource Library | Fundraising Regulators comprehensive resource library | Visit website |
| GOV.UK Charity Reporting and Accounting - The Essentials | Government website offers a wealth of information about Charity reporting and accounting. | Visit website |
| Grantway, FREE funding Search | Free funding search by category and keywords | Visit website |
| Groundwork - Tips/Checklist for Grant Applications | Tips on writing grant applications from Groundwork | Visit website |
| HIWCF: Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation | Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation funding opportunities | Visit website |
| Spacehive - The Ultimate Guide to Crowdfunding | Spacehive provides a single portal where people with project ideas can build support from their community, ensure their plans are viable, pitch for funding from the crowd and our partners at the same time, and share the impact they’ve created. How too guides, event and webinars are all available. | Visit website |
| The Fundraising Regulator - Code of Fundraising Practice | Fundraising Regulator - Code of Practice | Visit website |
| The Fundraising Regulator - GDPR & Charitable Fundraising | Guidance on GDPR and fundraising | Visit website |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | Information on the various grants available from the National Lottery | Visit website |
| TOP TIPS for successful grant fundraising | Tips for writing successful funding applications | Download |
| Trustees and Fundraising - A Practical Handbook | Trustees and Fundraising - A Practical Handbook from the Institute of Fundraising & Partners | Visit website |