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Aston Reinvestment Trust
www.reinvest.co.uk
ART is a specialist loan finance company that lends alone or alongside the banks or other financers, providing funds for cash flow or capital investment. ART aims to boost the local economy by supporting enterprise and helping to create and safeguard jobs. Since commencement in 1997, ART has lent a total of £4.7m to over 250 borrowers enabling them to create or protect in excess of 2000 jobs in the Birmingham area.

Awards for All
www.awardsforall.org.uk
Awards for All awards grants of between £300 and £10,000 for people to take part in art, sport, heritage and community activities, and projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community

Birmingham City Council – External Funding Support
www.birmingham.gov.uk/grants
The Council established the External Funding Support Unit (EFS) to enable local community groups to make the best use of the many different sources of funding available. The EFS webpage offers a portal to GrantNet, a database of over 4000 funders. This search facility is free.

Birmingham Community Foundation
www.bhamfoundation.co.uk
The Birmingham Community Foundation, established in 1995 promotes and supports local charitable and community activity through a range of effective grant making programmes in areas of poverty and deprivation in Birmingham and the Black Country. The endowment fund is made up of a pool of donor funds, which are invested and the income of which used to meet local needs, forever – “the gift that keeps on giving”

Charities Aid Foundation
www.cafonline.org
CAF aim to support the growth and development of small and medium-sized charities through their grant programme. It does this by offering expertise and funding in flexible ways – for example, by helping VCOs to fill gaps in their funding, or by providing consultancy to assist them in developing new income streams or broadening existing ones.

Contracts Finder
www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk
Find out what tender and contract documents are available on Contracts Finder, and why it’s good news for business. Find contracts you can bid for – and now you can search by phrases or multiple keywords.

Cranfield Trust
www.cranfieldtrust.org
The Cranfield trust is a national charity providing free consultancy to small and medium sized charities across the UK in a variety of management areas. To do this Cranfield Trust hold a register of approximately 500 volunteers from the commercial sector, all of whom hold professional qualifications, such as MBAs (Masters of Business Administration Degrees) or Accountancy qualifications.

Disability Grants
www.disability-grants.org
A website that was set up by a carer, Julia Tyrrell. The site provides information on charities and Trusts provide funding towards the high cost of disability equipment, holidays, housing, days out and anything above and beyond the normal costs of everyday living.

Funding Central
www.fundingcentral.org.uk
Funding Central is a free website for charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises – providing access to thousands of funding and finance opportunities, plus a wealth of tools and resources supporting organisations to develop sustainable income strategies appropriate to their needs. Phase one of Funding Central was launched on 17 June 2009. This is a growing resource and any feedback that you might have to help improve the service are welcome.

FunderFinder
www.funderfinder.org.uk
FunderFinder is a small UK charity producing software and other resources, mainly for grant-seekers. Some of the things we produce are free, some cost – though many people use the software we sell at no cost in a library or resource agency.

Futurebuilders
www.futurebuilders-england.org.uk
Futurebuilders offers loan financing, often combined with grants and professional support, to third sector organisations in England that need investment to help them bid for, win and deliver public service contracts.

GrantNet
www.grantnet.com
GRANTnet, is a straightforward FREE-to-use service from GRANTfinder, can help small businesses, charitable and community groups to find suitable funding.

Help
www.help.co.uk
Help Organisation is registered in the UK (Company Registration No. 6009381) offering a premier fundraising, donation and sponsorship service to over 190,000 UK registered charities.

How2Fundraise
www.how2fundraise.org
The most comprehensive, FREE online resource for the UK’s 16 million volunteer fundraisers, from the Institute of Fundraising. Raising money for good causes is easy and we can show you how. Share what you know and get inspired by others.

Simple Fundraising
www.simplefundraising.co.uk
Simple Fundraising Limited are a UK registered company that provides an online fundraising system for schools, colleges, charities, clubs, churches, organisations or family groups.

UK Fundraising
www.fundraising.co.uk
Fundraising UK Ltd is the UK’s leading Internet fundraising consultancy. Founded in 1996 by Howard Lake, it helps charities in the UK and internationally to use the Internet as a fundraising tool to enhance and extend their existing fundraising activities.

William Dudley Trust
www.williamdudleytrust.org.uk
The William Dudley trust offers grants to smaller charities to alleviate the needs of older people in Birmingham. Grants are up to £500 or a maximum of £1,000. Contact Kate Hazlewood, c/o the Digbeth Trust 0121 753 0706