All organisations must keep records of their financial transactions and these records may be open to scrutiny by the Charity Commission (where the organisation is a registered charity) and/or HMRC.

This legacy toolkit has been developed to support other organisations work to increase diversity within their work.

Community Asset Transfer (CAT) is the process by which public bodies transfer management control of their land, buildings and / or services to a community organisation.

Community investment is a method of communities investing capital in business ventures whose purpose is for social and community benefit.

Voluntary sector organisations are increasingly seeking to diversify their income sources by incorporating strategies and techniques to achieve a sustainable funding base.

All costs relating to any activity funded by either ESF or ERDF must be eligible.

Contracts are won, and lost, on the quality of the tenders submitted therefore being able to write a good tender is essential. This information sheet is intended to provide a brief overview of how to develop a successful tender.

Before beginning to apply for funding it is important to look at your organisation from an outside perspective and ask yourself some basic questions about the running of your organisation.

Full cost recovery is a method of budgeting projects or services that allows organisations to recover all costs associated with the delivery of the project or service when applying to funders or submitting tenders.

Fundraising is a significant way to obtain money for your organisation. There are a number of ways to fundraise from individuals.

Events are very public forms of fundraising and can be valuable opportunities for raising your charity’s profile as well as raising money.

The legacy fundraising market in Wales is growing quickly, benefiting both large and small charities.