The majority of third sector organisations that deliver contracts do so for the public sector. This information sheet is intended to provide a brief overview of procurement within the public sector.

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 guidance offers some practical advice and suggestions on keeping records to help ensure that projects funded by European Structural funds can comply with the requirements of their funding.

Unpaid voluntary activity can be used as a source of in-kind match funding for projects receiving funding from the European Structural Fund programmes in Wales.

In addition to the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs), Wales also has access to many other European funding programmes.

Soft outcomes are the results that projects achieve which cannot be measured in the same way as hard outcomes, such as qualifications or employment.

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

Projects cannot be totally funded with Structural Fund money.

European Union state aid rules are designed to regulate competition in order to maintain a level playing field in the European single market.

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.

Fundraisers can also be a motivated group of individuals, joining together their efforts to make a bigger impact with their fundraising and raise a larger sum of money.

It is fundamental to most areas of operation for a charity to make people aware of what it does.