4.11.2010 identifying funding opportunities presentation
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A systematic approach to identifying funding opportunities
for AONB’s
Simon Lees & Fiona Hesselden2nd November 2010
Introduction
• Where are we now?
• Private sector/not-for-profit income: myths and realities
• What are the opportunities and challenges for AONB’s?
Where are we now? Macro operating environment
• Comprehensive
spending review• Disconnect between
rhetoric and reality..
• Devolving services
• Biodiversity & climate change
• Funding opportunities away from grants
Where are we now? Macro operating environment
Where are we now?AONB Funding Sources ~ snapshot from annual
reviews
78.8%2.4%
5.8%
5.8%
3.3%
1.3%
1.2%
1.0%
0.4%
0.2%
Partnership Income
Cash generation and accounting…
Miscellaneous
Lottery
European Union
Trusts and Foundations
Other Partners
Statutory Agencies
Private Sector
Landfill
Where are we now?Partnership Income £12,125,734Natural England/CCW £7,415,433Local Authorities £3,183,493Defra (SDF) £1,526,808Cash generation and accounting… £371,627Misc income £141,651Host Authority/in kind/reserves £229,976Miscellaneous £885,630External Funding ~ unspecified £885,630Lottery £886,037HLF £886,037European Union £503,392European Union ~ INTERREG £338,950LEADER + £164,442Trusts and Foundations £192,903Esmee Fairburn £66,000CDENT £25,151Tubney £36,170Duchy of Cornwall £7,000Cumbria Adventure Capital £20,000Waterloo Foundation £5,000Petroleum Exploration Society £4,500Hanson £2,000YDMT £6,332Charitable bodies (unspecified) £15,750Millichope Foundation £5,000
Other Partners £180,324National Parks £5,046Forestry Commission £17,800Environment Agency £116,600English Heritage £30,078National Trust £10,800Statutory Agencies £161,417Regional Development Agency £144,046Business Link/Sponsorship £13,371Arts Council £4,000Private Sector £55,313Unspecified business £6,483Natural Tourism £5,000United Utilities £6,900Northumbrian Water £10,000Harbour Authorities £26,930Landfill £30,844Various operators £20,844ALSF £10,000
Total £15,393,221
Where are we now?
What your ratios look like…Northumberlnd
HowardianSuffolk
BlackdownsEast Devon
ArnsideSolway BowlandNorfolk NidderdaleDedham ShropshireCannock WyeMalverns Cornwall
Cranborne QuantocksMendips S Devon LincolnshireN Devon Cotswolds Chilterns Surrey TamarWessex IoW Chichester Kent Downs High Weald Dorset N Pennines
Partnership 95 or > 90 80 75 66 50 <50External 5 or < 10 20 25 33 50 >50
What is realistic and sustainable?…
Where are we now?
• An (over) reliance on NE/LA funding• Identified need to diversify income base
Where are we now?
• An (over) reliance on NE/LA funding• Identified need to diversify income base
£ 0
£ 200,000
£ 400,000
£ 600,000
£ 800,000
£ 1,000,000
£ 1,200,000
£ 1,400,000
£ 1,600,000
2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10
National Grid Environmental Education Centre Network
External funding
Chargeable Activity andpartnersSite Maintenance
National Grid
£ 0
£ 200,000
£ 400,000
£ 600,000
£ 800,000
£ 1,000,000
£ 1,200,000
£ 1,400,000
£ 1,600,000
2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10
National Grid Environmental Education Centre Network
External funding
Chargeable Activity andpartnersSite Maintenance
National Grid
Private sector/not-for-profit income: myths and realities
Where’s the loot?
Potential funding sources:• Companies• Trusts and Foundations• Private individuals• Major donors• Community fundraising• Legacies
Private sector/not-for-profit income: myths and realities
Size of the Marketplace: private giving
Charity Trends 2007 www.philanthropyuk.org/Resources/UKcharitablesector
Giving Type Amount £bn
Individuals 8.9
Trusts and Foundations 3.3
Legacies 1.6
Companies 1.1
Total Giving 14.9
Private sector/not-for-profit income: myths and realities
Myth:
The corporate sector is the major source of funding for not for profit Organisations.....
Private sector/not-for-profit income: myths and realities
Reality:
Trusts and Foundations are set up with the express aim of giving funds away - £1.9bn of it
They provide a key target to help diversify AONB income
But... a health warning
Top 300 grant makers in the UK give approx 3% of funds to conservation and the environment – around £54million/annum
You’re not flavour of the month.....
Opportunities and Challenges
Opportunities:
• The only way is UP!
• Existing skills – eg HLF
Opportunities and ChallengesOpportunities:
• Revisit management plan to identify priorities and potential project packages
Unattractive Attractive
High Priority
Influencing & RepresentationegCAP3,4 Partnership working PlanningDAP1,2,3,4,5,6,7 &8 (Planning) Evidence baseEAP 7 Monitoring and researchCEAP4 Acid flushes baseline survey Education and InformationEAP 1,2 &3
Woods for WildlifeFAP5 traditional Field BanksFWAP1&3 Woodland Management;
History on the HeathHAP1 Protect archaeological and Historic featuresHAP 4 Assess parkland and associated heritage trees SDF CAP1 Community Projects Inclusion and DiversityARRAP6 &7 Access implementation with URG’s
Low Priority
Assessments & identificationWAP1 Common plan
AccessARAP3,4 &5 Access PlanningCAP6 delivering parish plans
Reactive: (if opportunities arise)CAP2 Local ProduceCAP5 Local Shop agreementFWAP 2 Woodland Products
Opportunities and ChallengesOpportunities:
• Who in the fundraising universe ‘fits’?
• Who do you know who knows them?
• Build relationships and map out approaches
Trusts and Foundations
Comments
Wildlife for Woods
History on the Heath
Inclusion & Diversity
Arcadia Trust √Environmental programme looking at biodiversity.
CHK Charities Ltd √ √? Gives to
Registered Charities only. Would need to be part of a wider AONB family bid.
De Haan (Peter) Charitable Trust
√? √?
Focuses on projects that combat and mitigate climate change.
Ernest Cook Trust √
Possible link with woodland products.
Opportunities and Challenges
Challenges:• Competition- RSPB- WWF- Wildlife Trusts- BTCV- National Trust- Natural England....
RSPB donor list:
• H B Allen Charitable Trust• A J H Ashby Will Trust• The Baxters Foundation• BBC Wildlife Fund• Mohamed bin Zayed Species
Conservation Fund• Lost Species Fund• Cambridge Conservation
Initiative• Care for Nature Trust‐ ‐• The Charities Advisory Trust
(Good Gifts)• City Bridge Trust• Peter Cruddas Foundation....
Opportunities and Challenges
Challenges:
• Managing approaches across the AONB movement
• Competition
Opportunities and Challenges
Challenges:
• Charitable status
• Competition• Managing approaches
Opportunities and Challenges
Challenges:
• Lack of dedicated fundraising resource
• Competition• Managing approaches• Charitable status
Opportunities and ChallengesChallenges:• How you present
yourselves – branding, online info, key messages
• Competition• Managing approaches• Charitable status• Dedicated fundraising
resources
Summary
The Three C’s:
• Collaboration & partnership working• Charitable status• Co-ordination And...
• Beware Corporate!
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