CVS Fife would like to invite you to attend a Funding Fair on Wednesday 7th November 2007 at the Rothes Halls in Glenrothes.

The purpose of the event is to provide voluntary and community organisations in Fife with an opportunity to access information about grant programmes from national funders and attend presentations on various aspects of funding and financial planning. The event will also be promoting the Fundraising Standards Board Small Charities Pilot Project which CVS Fife is running in partnership with VONEF.

The Funding Fair will take place from 10:00 to 14.00. There will be information stands in the main room all morning, giving you an opportunity to meet representatives from funders and other organisations face to face.

Exhibitors include:

You will also be able to attend a choice of short presentations over the course of the morning. The presentation timetable is as follows:

9:45	Heritage Lottery Fund: Funding Programmes An insight into Heritage Lottery funding programmes.	or	Comic Relief: UK Funding Programmes An insight into Comic Relief's UK funding programmes.
10:30	Social Investment Scotland: Investment Readiness Making sure your social economy organisation is ready for investment.	or	Unity Trust Bank: Specialist Banking Services How social economy based organisations can access specialist banking services and flexible funding initiatives (lending) to complement current funding.
11:15	Voluntary Action Fund: GO4Volunteering Funding Programme Details of a grant scheme designed to help organisations with an income of less than £50k that rely on volunteers.	or	Fundraising Standards Board: How Self Regulation Can Help Your Fundraising How membership of the FRSB can help voluntary organisations improve the quality and capacity of their fundraising.
12:00	Coalfields Regeneration Trust: Five Steps to Fundraising Basic steps and important issues for groups to consider when developing funding applications.	or	Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator: Accounting and Reporting Requirements Annual accounting and reporting requirements for charities.

 

You can choose to come along for the whole morning and attend a series of presentations and have the chance to chat to exhibitors and other visitors over a coffee in between, or just drop in when it suits you or to attend the presentations that are most relevant to you. The event will end with a buffet lunch from 13:00 until 14:00.

Please send us your completed booking form as soon as possible as places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and this is a valuable opportunity to meet the funders face-to-face and find out more about funding opportunities for your organisation.

Download Booking Form (MS Word)

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Lyndsay Macadam, Project Worker
CVS Fife, 23-27 Randolph Street, Buckhaven, Fife KY8 1AT
T: 01592 567001 - E: lyndsay.macadam@cvsfife.org

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