funding advice bureau south yorkshire funding advice bureau (syfab) provides advice, information,...
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Funding Advice Bureau
South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau (SYFAB) provides advice,
information, and training to improve fundraising skills and confidence.
www.syfab.org.uk [email protected]
0114 249 4343
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Trends in funding:
• Trust funding still available, some report reduced applications
• Public grant vastly reduced, large and small. More tendering for public services
• Social investment• Payment by results schemes• Loan finance
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Other factors
• Localism issues - groups need high quality business plans and finance quickly
• Council service cutbacks – groups taking over services over time, many areas now with ‘community’ libraries
• Growth of online fundraising – crowd funding
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Pressure on infrastructure:
• Some end user groups need to be very professional very quickly – some old structures not suitable.
• The little groups are still there and still need the same help. Many were supported by Councils
• Less grants mean other sources need exploring – charging, contracts, consultancy
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What’s happening to infrastructure organisations ?
• Charging• Mergers• New players• New markets, needing new knowledge• Quality Assurance• Closure
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What’s different about funding advice now?
• Online resources like www.syfab.org.uk – flexible, adaptable and accessible. No boundaries!
• More options in some areas – larger groups have contract & trading potential
• More pitfalls for the unprepared• Still money around for the smaller groups, but
they need to be more professional
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