Funding

We offer a range of funding guides to help you target funding for projects - either for capital works or for mission.  Whilst it is generally a good principle for the day to day running costs and routine maintenance of the church to be met by regular giving, there will inevitably be times in the lives of many churches when a major appeal is needed. These guides are intended to be simple "how-to" guides, and are developed by a Good Practice group established by the National Stewardship Committee.

Funding Guide 1 : Funding Overview

Funding Guide 2 : Where to Get Help

Funding Guide 3 : A Funding Health Check

Funding Guide 4 : Preparing a Funding Strategy

Funding Guide 5 : How to Set a Budget

Funding Guide 6 : A Simple Guide to Writing a Business Plan

Funding Guide 7 : Projects involving Other Organisations

Funding Guide 8  : Launching the Appeal

Funding Guide 9  : Funding Sources

Funding Guide 10  : Making Funding Applications

Funding Guide 11 : Applying to Charitable Trusts

Funding Guide 12  : The National Lottery

Funding Guide 12a  : The Heritage Lottery Fund

Funding Guide 12b  : The Big Lottery

Funding Guide 12c  : The Arts Council

Funding Guide 13  : Landfill Tax Community Fund

Funding Guide 14  : Local Authorities and Funding

Funding Guide 15  : VAT & VAT Recovery

Funding Guide 16  : Funding Fresh Expressions

Funding Guide 17  : Funding from Individuals

Funding Guide 18  : Fundraising Events

Funding Guide 19  : Gift Aid

Funding Guide 20  : How well have we done? : Evaluating Afterwards



OTHER SITES

Church Care
The national Churchcare site aims to give simple, straightforward advice to parishes as to how they can raise money towards the cost of maintaining and developing their church building.

Institute of Fundraising
There is a wealth of information and good practice on the Institute of Fundraising's website.  Look particularly in the information/about fundraising tab on the left hand menu bar.

Raising a million...

Click here to find out how Holy Trinity Church in Ripon managed to raise £1 million for a building development project, and alongside this appeal, gave £100,000 to overseas development projects. This article is taken with permission from Stewardship’s “Share” magazine