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Fundraising bitesize videos
A series of short videos that focus on practical tips to support your fundraising, and can be watched as and when needed, developed with the Philanthropy Company and The Directory of Social Change.
Fundraising support
Successful grant applications
Researching funders
Where to look for funding and how to research potential funders.
Writing applications
Best practice and what to include in your application.
Financial reserves
Do grant funders take into account the financial reserves held by a church?
Fundraising with a small congregation
We have a very small congregation, how can we fundraise and approach applying for grants?
Funding sources for 40 year old churches
What are the main sources of funding for churches that are 40 years old and carry no listed or historic building status?
Fundraising for your church's capital projects
What are capital projects?
Capital projects will often be for a building requiring a significant amount of money and which a fundraising appeal can focus on over
Starting point of capital projects
Why do you need it? It's essential to understand, and be able to justify, the need for the project.
Feasibility of your project
It is vital to consider the needs of the wider community and potential partners (including providers, beneficiaries and donors).
Qualities to aim for
What are the qualities of a good capital project?
Planning your project
Planning is the basis of success, and planning is the first phase.
Prospect evaluation
Who are you going to ask and are they ready to be asked?
What are the challenges?
How do you balance asking people to give to a capital project and how do you encourage the wider community to get involved?
What are the phases of your project?
Key phases to a successful capital project fundraising appeal.
Keeping your congregation informed
Who do you want to communicate with?
There may be a variety of different people you want to communicate with.
What you're communicating
Be clear about what you're communicating to your congregation and donors.
Communicating with past funders
The importance of communicating with past funders and saying thanks.
Pitching a thank you message
Focus on the good news and keep a community feel to your messages.
Build a case for support
Case for support - How to tell a persuasive story.
Regularity of communications
How often should you communicate about fundraising?
Measuring the success of your project
How to decide what to measure
How to decide what 'things that will happen' to include in a funding bid.
How to measure impact
How to measure outputs and outcomes.
Reporting impact
How to report impact once you have received a donation.
How can we gauge impact in terms of missional engagement?
What is it you are going to measure and how easy is it to measure it?
Using a third party to assess impact
Should you employ a third party to assess the impact of your projects?
Importance of wellbeing
How important are wellbeing outcomes to funders?
Digital fundraising
Digital fundraising
What do we mean by digital fundraising?
Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is the concept that rather than having one major investor, business and charitable projects can harness the power of the internet to get lots of small gifts.
Social media
You can raise money directly on social media (Facebook, Twitter etc). All offer charities the opportunity to include 'donate' buttons in their posts and pages.