East Riding Voluntary Action Services (ERVAS)

 


Site name & details

Address

 

Access Funds: set up and run by Parimal Desai, who is an individual who works for the voluntary sector in London. This site includes news and general information about funds, and offers a monthly e-mail newsletter which costs £40. Includes links to funders.

 

 

www.access-funds.co.uk

 

Business Community Connections: A charity dedicated to helping other charities obtain more support from business. Includes free online registration and search facilities to link up with companies that might support your project.

 

www.bitc.org.uk

 

Business Plans.Com: Information about business planning and related issues. Sample plans to view and download. Also sells products like a business plan tool to help you design your plan.

 

www.bplans.com

 

Buy.at: Website offering free space through which you promote online buying from high street names in return for up to 10% commission for your group.

http://users.buy.at/

 

e.fundraising: Run by the Charities Aid Foundation, a tailored efundraising service that enables any UK charity to accept one-off or regular gifts from their website. No monthly fee but a fee is paid from donations to cover costs. Your details can be listed on two of the UK’s giving portals for free, Givenow.org and AllAboutGiving.

 

www.cafonline.org

 

Cash-Online: Financial advice and training for small charities and voluntary groups.

 

www.cash-online.org.uk

 

Charities Advisory Trust: site of a registered charity that offers “an impartial source of advice for all aspects of trading for charities”. They supply cards for sale, publications and help with GiftAid, and have useful links to other sites.

 

 

www.charitiesadvisorytrust.

co.uk

 

 

Charities Evaluation Service: Consultancy helping charities make themselves more efficient, and promoting quality.

 

www.ces-vol.org.uk

 

 

Charity Bank: A registered charity and not for profit bank providing affordable finance for charitable work.

 

www.charitybank.org

 

 

Charity Commission: Website of the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Free Charity Commission publications to download about all aspects of charity law and practice, and free online database of registered charities.

 

www.charity-commission.gov.uk

 

 

Charity Finance Directors’ Association: Site of membership organisation for people with anything to do with the finances of their charity. Membership costs, and their information sheet is restricted to members, but the site also contains funding news.

 

www.cfdg.org.uk

 

 

Charities Information Bureau: This is a voluntary organisation, “supporting voluntary organisations & community groups in funding their work”. They provide lots of links and general information, and have an e-newsletter with news about funds and funders, which costs £30.

 

www.cibfunding.org.uk

 

www.fit4funding.org.uk/

 

Charity Choice: The self-styled “premier guide to charities in the UK”. The website includes the Goodwill Gallery, an online notice-board for donated goods and services. Site also includes a search facility to find UK charities, and an online database of organisations offering services to charities.

 

www.charitychoice.co.uk

 

 

Charity Net: One of the websites run by the Charities Aid Foundation. A dedicated charity information site designed to benefit anyone with an interest in philanthropy, wherever they are in the world.

www.cafonline.org

 

 

Charity Times: Website of the Charity Times publication.

 

www.charitytimes.com

 

 

Charity Vouchers: A Charity Advisory Trust initiative. People can buy a token to send as a gift, and the recipient can have the donation forwarded to the charity of cause of their choice.

 

www.charityvouchers.org

 

Community Accounting: The website of Community Plus Accounting. The organisation is a charitable company that aims to promote good management in voluntary organisations. Website includes fact-sheets and newsletters about financial and staff management.

 

www.communityaccounting.co.uk

 

 

Community Development Foundation: Website of the non-departmental body supported by the Active Community Unit to research & promote community development. Includes information about social inclusion, regeneration, European issues etc.

 

www.cdf.org.uk

 

 

Companies House: The website of the registration body for companies limited by guarantee.

 

www.companieshouse.gov.uk

 

 

Directory of Social Change: “An independent voice for positive social change, set up … to help voluntary and community organisations become more effective”. Website offers online ordering of the DSC publications, news and events including their training courses on fundraising.

 

www.dsc.org.uk

 

 

ECL Plastics: Company producing charity collecting boxes.

 

www.eclplastics.co.uk

 

FunderFinder: This is the charity that produces the CD ROM. Unfortunately their database is not accessible online, but you can order their software, and they have lots of links to funders.

 

www.funderfinder.org.uk

 

 

FundersOnline: This site is an initiative of the European Foundation Centre Orpheus programme, to promote and underpin the work of foundations and corporate funders in the New Europe. It includes news and links to funders.

www.fundersonline.org

 

Fundraising UK: “The Business to business resource for UK Charity fundraisers and the fundraising industry” with news, events and online fundraising. Free e-mail newsletter.

 

www.fundraising.co.uk

 

 

The Gaming Board for Great Britain: Information about Lotteries, Bingo and the Law.

 

www.gbgb.org.uk

 

 

The Giving Campaign: An independent national campaign supported by the voluntary sector and the Government, to increase the amount of money given to UK Charities. There are links on the site, news and free publications.

 

www.givingcampaign.org.uk

 

 

GrantsOnline: This is an online directory and consultancy, offering bid writing and training. It costs £150 to subscribe, with a £75 discount if your organisation has less than £100k.  They also offer a fortnightly funding alert for £50 a year.

 

www.fundersonline.org

 

 

HM Customs & Excise:

Information sheet about charities and VAT

 

Notice 701/1/95 about charities, trading and VAT

www.hmce.gov.uk/business/vat/

charityfaqs.htm

 

 

 

www.hmce.gov.uk/forms/notices/701-1.htm

 

 

InKindDirect: A registered charity that acts as a clearing house to pass on surplus goods and supplies at low cost from the corporate sector to the voluntary and community sector. There’s an annual registration fee starting at £88.13 (some subsidies apply so may be less) and you pay a handling fee and for the goods you purchase.

 

www.inkinddirect.org

 

 

Inland Revenue: The Inland Revenue page dedicated to charities and those wishing to give to charities tax effectively.

 

www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/

charities/index.htm

 

Institute of Fundraising: Membership organisation promoting professional standards in fundraising. Site includes information, and details of training.

 

 

 

www.icfm.org.uk

 

JustGiving.Com:”Private company dedicated to helping all charities raise funds efficiently on the internet”. Public can donate online. Company takes a 5% transaction fee. Gives a guide to online fundraising.

 

www.justgiving.com

 

 

National Statistics: The official statistics reflecting Britain’s economy, population and society at a national and local level. Includes latest census information and follow Neighbourhood links to see data at Ward level.

 

www.statistics.gov.uk

 

NAVCA (The National Association for Voluntary and Community Action): Online directory of trainers and consultants.

 

www.trainersandconsultantsdirect.org.uk/

 

NCVO: Website of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, giving general information about a range of issues including funding. See especially their Sustainable Funding project, all about planning and sustainability.

 

www.ncvo-vol.org.uk

 

 

ProFunding: They claim to be “The best most up to date funding information service for not-for-profit organisations”. Subscribers get e-mail alerts telling them of updates to news about funding, and there are plenty of links. It costs £240 + VAT. You can view this site if you contact Jane Thompson at Hull CVS.

 

www.fundinginformation.org

 

 

ProHelp: A national network of professional
firms organised by Business in the Community, offering free support to the voluntary sector.

 

www.prohelp.org.uk

 

 

SYFAB: Website of the South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau. Their excellent information sheets are available in PDF format online and they have a news page that may be of interest. But be aware they serve voluntary and community groups in South Yorks so watch for information not relevant to this area.

 

 

 

www.shef.ac.uk/~oip/syfab

 

 

Reach: Online volunteer recruitment service, links professionals with management expertise with voluntary organisations who need that expertise.

 

www.volwork.org.uk

 

Trustfunding.org: The online database containing the most comprehensive and up-to-date information ever on grant-making trusts. An annual subscription to trustfunding.org costs: £129.25 for charities and voluntary organisations.

 

www.trustfunding.org.uk

 

 

 

VolResource: Information about all kinds of issues relating to volunteering and the voluntary sector. Fundraising information is limited, but some useful links, and they do a free e-newsletter.

www.volresource.org.uk