Funding Support
Community and Voluntary Service
Community and Voluntary Service is a local organisation that provides quality support and representation to all voluntary and community groups in Bedfordshire.
CVS aims to guide voluntary and community groups through the maze of funding in the following ways.
Specialist Funding and Development Advice
This is provided by Linda Candita, Jane Owen and Mark Smith, our Funding and Development Officers. Please phone to make an appointment on 01234 354366 or email linda@yourcvs.org, jane@yourcvs.org or mark@yourcvs.org respectively.
Fundraising Workshops
CVS hold innovative funding workshops to develop fundraising skills, more about these workshops and upcoming dates are available on their website.
Resource Library
Using the Resources Library you can:
- Search for funders using the subscription databases FunderFinder and TrustFunding.org
- Research funders in copies of the major funding directories
- Access a wealth of other funding and development-related
information in our books, guides and toolkits.
Fundraising Toolkit
CVS have produced a fundraising toolkit for use by local voluntary and community groups which provides useful information on sources of funding from both local and national sources, information sheets on a variety of different subjects including how to make a good application, budgeting, a jargon buster, A – Z of fundraising ideas, and a guide to useful resources.
To access any of these useful Fundraising Tools visit www.voluntaryworks.org.uk/cvsmidandnorthbeds/