FUNDING
Many voluntary and community groups are largely dependent on the receipt of grants from a range of agencies in order for them to continue to run services or develop projects. The funding world is large, diverse, with differing criteria and sometimes complex.

The aim of PAVS funding services is to help groups to wade through the complexities as easily and efficiently as possible and to share the funding knowledge and experience gained.

PAVS is resourced to provide a range of funding services to voluntary and community groups in Pembrokeshire.
The funding web pages give information on:

• The Pembrokeshire Impact Fund - £270,000 until March 2011
• The Sustainable Pembrokeshire Small Grants Scheme & the Keyfund grant scheme - now closed

• The range of grants schemes available on a local, regional and national level with website links to some of the main funders. The spotlight on funders is updated regularly with details of new funders or the changing priorities of funders
• The support available from PAVS staff to identify funders who are likely to support the work that groups need funding for
• The support available to make funding applications
• The support available to understand how voluntary and community groups might access the Convergence programme in Pembrokeshire and tendering opportunities
• Funding events which we organise to help groups like yours to find out more about funding opportunities
• The range of information sheets available to support groups with finding and getting money
• The support available to develop a fundraising strategy

Funding Deadlines

Community Facilities and Activities Programme

Deadline - 16th October 2009 - more details here...

Funding Events -

Lloyds TSB Foundation funding surgeries

July 2nd 2009 - PAVS Offices - more details here...

Funding & Development Summer Outreach

July 2nd – 9th 2009

At the beginning of July the PAVS Development Officers will be out and about again to meet with voluntary sector groups across Pembrokeshire. During the 2008 outreach we met with 36 groups across the county.

This is a good opportunity for groups to come along and find out more about a variety of issues including: Training; Funding; Volunteering; PAVS services; PAVS grant scheme (Pembrokeshire Impact Fund).

The surgeries will be launched in Haverfordwest in conjunction with Lloyds TSB surgeries on the 2nd July and then continue in the following areas:

• Friday 3rd July – New Hedges Village Hall            10am – 6pm

• Monday 6th July – Fishguard Leisure Centre        11am – 6.30pm

• Tuesday 7th July – Foundry House, Pembroke     10am – 6.30pm

• Wednesday 8th July – Curtis House, St. Davids   10am – 6pm

• Thursday 9th July - SPAN Arts, Narberth             10am – 6pm  

The sessions are by appointment only, so if you would like to book a place then please contact Lindsay Morgan on 01437 769 422 or email development@pavs.org.uk to download a flier (PDF) please click here

We look forward to seeing you!

Funding News

Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) launches new £10 million funding programme - more details here...

BIG Thinking Lottery Funding 2009 - 2015 - consultation ended February 27th 2009

On the 27th February 2009 the Big Lottery Fund closed its consultation into the spend of the programme's funding from 2009 - 2015. 

The Big Lottery Fund received a good response to the consultation with nearly 3,400 submissions from across the UK.  The responses will be analysed and help to shape the schemes future direction.  By the end of June they will publish the findings and the new Strategic Plan for the Big Lottery Fund for 2009 - 2015.  Details of this will be posted here once they are announced.

Consultation - Dormant Accounts Funding

The consultation ended on the 14th November 2008, responses will now be collated and analysed by the Big Lottery Fund.  PAVS collated a sector response from Pembrokeshire.  An announcement is expected in summer 2009 about the rollout of these monies.  Look out for news here and in the PAVS newsletter.

A press release is linked here -

http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/pr_080808_wal_sleeping_money?regioncode=-wal

November 2008

Communities and Culture Committee - scrutiny inquiry into Funding for the Voluntary sector in Wales.

In January 2008 PAVS gave evidence to the Welsh Assembly Government Communities and Culture Committee at the Senedd as part of an Inquiry into funding of the voluntary sector in Wales.  A copy of the paper submitted by PAVS is here...

The Committee gathered spoken evidence from 23 organisations to complement the written evidence received from 58 different groups across Wales.

The final report has now been issued here and the Welsh Assembly Government have made a response to the recommendations here.

Posted July '08

Sustainable Funding Cymru delivers a comprehensive training, advice and information programme, part of a joint funding advice service in Wales.

• A dedicated website and monthly newsletter providing comprehensive information tailored to Wales
• A modular training programme directly delivered by WCVA and cascaded through CVCs and other umbrella organisations. Providing participants with an understanding of sustainable funding and how it can be implemented

Every organisation, whether from the private, public or voluntary sector, needs to manage their finances successfully in order to achieve long-term sustainability.   Voluntary and community organisations can normally locate funds to kick start projects, but often find it difficult to secure funding for ongoing work.  Many organisations find themselves 'trapped' in the funding cycle and rely on grants or other funding sources.

With funding from the Big Lottery Fund Sustainable Funding Cymru works to support voluntary and community organisations in Wales to consider how they can achieve long-term financial sustainability.

Working in partnership with CVC's (such as PAVS) across Wales the initiative will equip organisations with the skills and information to secure and maintain the resources they require in the long-term through diversifying their 'funding mix'.

To find out more about Sustainable Funding Cymru, please click here...

PAVS Sustainable Funding Project

As a result of this project PAVS developed some lasting resources for the sector which will continue to be available to groups.

One of the highlights of this project was the Funding Beyond Grants workshops which covered a variety of topics to encourage groups to look at the potential for funding besides grants. 

The development of the How to...Develop a Fundraising Strategy guide was a detailed piece of work pulling together a series of exercises for committees, staff and volunteers to work through in order to gather some of the useful information for a fundraising strategy.

To accompany this process PAVS developed a facilitated workshop which supported a committee to work through this guide enabling the whole group to take part in the discussions.  This workshop received very positive feedback from the 2006 Inspection of Adult and Community Education in Pembrokeshire.

If you would like any further information about Sustainable Funding then please contact us.