How do we help?
Grant support
We provide our principal charitable support from our grant-making programme. Grants can be single payments, for proposals lasting less than 3 months, or paid in quarterly instalments for periods up to 3 years. Grant sizes vary; we encourage applicants to speak to our Development Officer to discuss suitable funding.
Support and Advice
Successful applicants (known as preferred partners) can gain access to extra support from our Development Officer. This support can take several forms, but current examples include:
- Funding Advice - signposting to other funding sources and advice on making applications
- Links - helping preferred partners develop working connections to like-minded organisations
- Information sharing - sharing local data, successes and examples of good practice
- Representation - presenting the experiences of preferred partners to county-wide and regional organisations
Partnerships and sharing experiences
We have a strong commitment to encourage organisations to work together, to share experiences, and, where possible, to put in joint applications. We not only encourage partnership bids, we also help potential applicants find like-minded organisations with whom they can develop joint proposals.
We actively encourage the organisations we support to talk to one another and to share their experiences, skills and knowledge. We do this by organising regular communication and networking events.