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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.