Association of Charitable Foundations
Excellent for list of grant making trusts

The Institute of Fundraising The most comprehensive, FREE online resource for the UK's 16 million volunteer fundraisers, providing advice on fundraising law and best practice.   Business in the Community Support and challenges companies to integrate responsible business through their operations in order to have a positive impact on society and therefore be of'public benefit'.   Charities Aid Foundation Seeks to develop sustainable philanthropy around the world  

Charity Bank
Charity Bank is both an independent registered charity that can accept deposits and an authorised bank whose purpose is to make affordable finance available to the charitable sector

Community Foundations Network
National network linking, promoting and supporting over 60 community foundations throughout the UK.   Department for Culture, Media and Sport Aims to improve the quality of life through Culture Media and Sport

Funderfinder Produces searchable database of funders.

Big Lottery Fund

fResource is the world's first online fundraising community where fundraisers and researchers from around the world can come together to share knowledge and experience of fundraising research,

Access-funds

www.access-funds.co.uk/

Association of Charitable Foundations

www.acf.org.uk/

Association of Charity Shops

www.charityshops.org.uk/  

Business in the Community

www.bitc.org.uk/

Cash-online

www.cash-online.org.uk/

fit4funding

www.fit4funding.org.uk/

Common Purpose

www.commonpurpose.org.uk/

Company Giving

www.companygiving.org.uk/

Funders Online

www.fundersonline.org/englisch/

Futurebuilders

www.futurebuilders-england.org.uk/

Governmentfunding

www.governmentfunding.org.uk/

Grants for individuals

www.grantsforindividuals.org.uk/

Grants4info

www.grants4.info/

Grantfinder

www.grantfinder.co.uk/  

Grants Online

www.grantsonline.org.uk/

Heritage Lottery Fund

www.hlf.org.uk/

Institute for Philanthropy

www.instituteforphilanthropy.org.uk/  

JustGiving

www.justgiving.com/

NCVO Sustainable Funding Project

www.ncvo-sfp.org.uk/

Profunding

www.fundinginformation.org/

RD info (health related research funding information)

www.rdinfo.org.uk/

Trustfunding

www.trustfunding.org.uk/

UK fundraising

www.fundraising.co.uk/

Government sites

Charity Commission

www.charitycommission.gov.uk/

HM Revenue and Customs

www.hmrc.gov.uk/

HM Treasury

www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/

National Statistics

www.statistics.gov.uk/ 

Neigbourhood Renewal Unit

www.neighbourhood.gov.uk/

Other useful sites

BP plans – business planning made easy

www.bplans.com

Charities Buying Group

www.charitiesbuyinggroup.co.uk/   

Count Me In Calendar

www.countmeincalendar.info/info  

Directory of Social Change

www.dsc.org.uk/

Finance Hub

www.financehub.org.uk/

Fundraising Standards Board

www.frsb.org.uk/

Full Cost Recovery

www.fullcostrecovery.org.uk/

Gaming Board (for information on raffles and gambling as fundraising)

www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/  

HM Revenue and Customs (charities pages)

www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities

Information Commissioner’s Office

For information on Data Protection for e.g. direct mail fundraising campaigns

www.ico.gov.uk/

In Kind direct

www.inkinddirect.org  

Payroll Giving

www.payrollgiving.co.uk/  

Social Enterprise magazine

www.socialenterprisemag.co.uk   

Society Guardian

http://society.guardian.co.uk/  

Sustainable Funding Project

www.ncvo-sfp.org.uk/  

Third Sector

www.thirdsector.co.uk/  

VolResource

www.volresource.org.uk/  

FunderFinder

FunderFinder offers two main software packages for grant-seekers: People In Need (PIN) and Groups In Need (GIN). These are offered on a per-site basis. Details of the software and costs can be found at:

www.funderfinder.org.uk/pin.php   

Regional contacts

South West

South West Forum (SWF)

Tel 01392 823758

Email admin@southwestforum.org.uk

www.southwestforum.org.uk/