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Funding
There are many sources of funding available but knowing where to look for it and ensuring your application for funding is up to the mark can be difficult.
There is a wealth of information available to support you however and voluntary sector groups can access the support available from their local infrastructure organisation too.
Support from your local infrastructure organisation
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Northampton Volunteering Centre can offer support and information to voluntary and community sector groups in Northampton on everything from finding funding to writing funding bids.
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Voluntary Action Rutland are able to advise and support voluntary and community sector groups working in Rutland to look and apply for funding
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Voluntary Action LeicesterShire's website contains links to some useful funding resources and has details of the support they can offer to groups looking for funding
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Finding Funding
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Funding Central is just that... offers a search facitlity to look for grants, contracts and loans. |
| Leicestershire 4 Community | The community funding support website for the Leicestershire area. |
Resources and Support
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Love your tender is a guide to understanding contracting and being ready to tender. Click on the link to your left to access further information and to download a copy of the resource.
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| Charities Evaluation Service |
Charities Evaluation Services is the UK's leading provider of support and advice on quality and evaluation systems for the voluntary sector. The publications section of their website contains a number of free to download resources such as 'Monitoring and Evaluation on a Shoestring' and 'First Steps in Quality'.
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Glossary of Funding Terms
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Commissioning |
The cycle of assessing the needs of people in an area, designing and then securing an appropriate service So, commissioning is like the shopping process whereby public bodies decide the what, how, where and when of buying services.
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Procurement
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One of the options public bodies may use for selecting who is going to provide the service. Another option may be to provide grant aid. So, procurement is like the buying process for public bodies to secure services. |