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.

PAVS Funding Service helps groups to wade through the complexities as easily and efficiently as possible and shares funding knowledge and experience with groups.

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 Little Green Grant - funding of up to £1,500 for projects trying out ways of living in a more sustainable way
• The PAVS Grant archive lists discontinued funding pots; the Sustainable Pembrokeshire Small grants scheme & the Keyfund

• 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

Climate Change Grant Fund

Deadline - 1 March 2010 - more details here...

SITA Trust Enhancing Communities Programme

Small Grants Scheme deadlines
10.00hrs 1 April 2010            (Board decision 15 June 2010)
10.00hrs on 4 June 2010       (Board decision 17 August 2010)
10.00hrs on 9 August 2010    (Board decision 19 October 2010)
10.00hrs 11 October 2010     (Board decision 14 December 2010)

Large Grant Scheme deadline

10.00hrs 17 March 2010 & 10.00hrs 14 July 2010

More details here...

Community Facilities and Activities Programme

Deadline - 9 April 2010 - more details here...

Elephant Trust

Deadline - 13 April 2010 - more details here...

Funding Events

The PAVS Annual Funding Fair 2009 - ** VIEW video and presentations from the event

Visit the Funding events page here... to view video and copies of presentations from Big Lottery Fund and SITA Trust.

And register to join our mailing list for details of next year's event by e-mailing development@pavs.org.uk

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

Following on from the ‘Big Thinking’ consultation earlier this year, the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) has launched its new strategy for the period 2009 – 2015. 

On 25 June 2009 the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) announced how it plans to invest around £250 million on a range of programmes in Wales over the next six years, and how the voluntary and community sector will now receive at least 80% of its funding (rather than the current 60-70%).  BIG will continue to respond to the needs of Welsh communities through a new demand-led programme to be launched in 2010 and will launch its new portfolio with a programme for the transfer of assets to community groups from public authorities later this year. This will be followed by a programme aimed at reducing poverty and isolation amongst older people and programmes to promote the citizen's voice and to reduce the impact of climate change.  An Innovation Fund to support social innovation will also be established.

Further information on each of these will be circulated as the programmes develop.  BIG also published: BIG thinking - our strategic framework to 2015.  This sets out the principles which will underpin BIG's approach to funding in the UK over the next six years.

What You Told Us is an in-depth analysis of the responses to the consultation, drawing on material from the online survey and the regional and national meetings held during the three months of the consultation.

These documents are available at www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/bigthinking

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.