General / Online Resources

General / Online Resources

Useful Contacts

General / online resources

  • Institute of Fundraising - 0207 7840 1000
  • Charity Commission - - Helpline 0300 066 9197
  • Fundraising Regulator -
  • HMRC – Advice on Gift Aid
  • Know How Non Profit – – Produce information on a number of different fundraising activities
  • - Number of excellent 5 minute videos covering a broad range of planning tools and fundraising types. Well worth a watch!!!
  • Dropbox -
  • Beyond Me (Corporate volunteering) -
  • Global Giving -

Understanding your supporters (Direct marketing)

  • Direct Marketing Association - 7291 3300
  • Information Commissioners Office (data protection) 123 1113 (local rate)
  • Just Giving - opportunity to create own fundraising page.
  • Virgin Money giving - Opportunity to create own fundraising page
  • BT My Donate - opportunity to create own fundraising page.
  • Local Giving - opportunity to create own fundraising page.
  • Survey Monkey -
  • Mail Chimp -
  • The Big Give -

GDPR

  • HMRC - / ICO -
  • Small Charities Coalition -
  • Civil Society – free guide to GDPR

Building links in the community (Community / Corporate)

  • Skyline -
  • Charity Challenge -
  • Discover Adventures -
  • Global Adventures -
  • Across the Divide -
  • Neighbourly social networks -
  • National Federation of Woman’s Institutes -
  • Rotary International - www.rotary.org
  • Lions Clubs International -

Approaching trusts and foundations (trusts)

  1. – a specialist online directory which includes information about 4,500 trusts and foundations, full analysis of each trust's annual report and accounts, guidelines and application procedures and lists of recent beneficiaries. Cost for this is £295 ex VAT for an annual subscription
  2. – free online directory of grant schemes and application deadlines
  3. - information about registered charities, including grant making trusts.
  4. – free online servicing offering information about grants available across UK and further afield.
  5. - Charity Commission website – will include information about all registered charities.
  6. – subscription service similar to Trustfunding.org which has information about community and trust grants within the UK and further afield. They offer a 7 day free subscription.
  7. – subscription service providing information about local, regional and national funding schemes.
  8. – subscription service providing information about grants schemes. They offer an initial free taster and one month subscription (£40) to see if it will be suitable for you.
  9. – free online service offering information about 3,000 different grant schemes for voluntary and community organisations
  10. – Free Information about grant givers and charitable trusts.

Charity job / Volunteer sites

  • Cardiff Third Sector Council -
  • Volunteering Wales -
  • Wales Council for Voluntary Council -
  • Cardiff University Student Union -
  • New Link Wales -

Useful links /sites for fundraising – Michael Auton Consultancy, 22 Birch Road, Westfield BA3 3TP