Wansbeck Council for Voluntary Service - WCVS

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Managing Your Finances For Beginners

Wansbeck CVS & Community Accountancy North East have organised a Managing Your Finances For Beginners course for those looking after the financial records for charities and voluntary & community organisations.

Looking after the financial records for your group can be simple and take a little time if you can keep to certain basic rules! You want to provide services activities and do the things your group was set up to do without having to spend hours sweating over the figures and worrying about the accuracy. The course will provide:

Introduction - the importance of accurate financial records
Basic bookkeeping - keeping them balanced!
Budgets, cash flow forecasting and variance analysis (why haven't things happened like we predicted?)
Funding Anaylsis - how to look after your different funding streams
Simple management reporting and financial information

Each participant will have the opportunity to talk to one of Community Accounting North East's accountants on a one to one basis to discuss individual issues.

The course will be run over 3 consecutive Monday's: 26th January, 2nd February and 9th February 2009, from 9.30 to 3.30pm, at Wansbeck CVS. A commitment to attend 3 days is necessary. The cost of the course is £25 which will include course materials, refreshments and a buffet lunch on all of the three days. Bursaries may be available. Places are strictly limited and will be served on a first come, first served basis with all bookings accompanied by a relevant cheque.

For more information, contact Carolyn Fothergill or Stephen Humphrey at Wansbeck CVS on: 01670 858 688.

Download an application form (PDF format)

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Funding Advice Service

Is your organisation looking for suitable sources of funding? Are you confused about how to apply for funding, or need assistance completing application forms? If you are perplexed about the maze and variety of funding available, do not know which is most appropriate for your organisation and how go about obtaining it, then the Funding Advice Service at Wansbeck CVS is here to assist you.

The service offers help and advice through working with groups in the community and voluntary sector to identify and obtain sources of funding. We can provide assistance in the following areas:

Identifying relevant sources of funding using the latest software and our library of publications on grant making bodies.
Completing application forms and writing letters of application.
Developing a funding strategy.
Increasing awareness of the many sources of funding available.

For more details contact 01670 858 688.

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Sustainable Funding

Sustainable funding involves thinking about the long-term financial future of your voluntary or community group. Instead of viewing your project or service in terms of the lifetime of your current grant it is about planning where you want to be in the future using a range of income sources and, where possible, avoiding a grant dependency.

To find out more, download Sustainable Funding Section PDF.

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Funders & Other Useful Contacts for Groups Looking for Funds:

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Arts Council England
Website: www.artscouncil.org.uk

Awards for All
Website: www.awardsforall.org.uk

BBC Children in Need
Website: www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey

Big Lottery Fund
Website: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

Coalfields Regeneration Trust
Website: www.coalfields-regen.org.uk

Community Foundation
Website: www.communityfoundation.org.uk.

Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland (The)
Website: www.communityfoundation.org.uk

ESFVON
Website: www.esfvon.org.uk

Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
Website: www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk

Europeanfundingne.co.uk
Website: www.europeanfundingne.co.uk

European Social Fund
Website: www.esf.gov.uk

Grants on-line
Website: www.grantsonline.org.uk

Henry Smith Charity (The)
Website: www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk

Heritage Lottery Fund
Website: www.hlf.org.uk

Lloyds TSB Foundation
Website: www.lloydstsbfoundation.org.uk

Lottery Good Causes
Website: www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk

Northern Rock Foundation
Website: www.nr-foundation.org.uk

Tudor Trust (The)
Website: www.tudortrust.org.uk

Last Update: September 2008

Contact Wansbeck Centre for Voluntary Service
107 & 109 Station Road, Ashington, Northumberland NE63 8RS
Tel: 01670 858 688 Fax: 01670 784160 Email: enquire@wansbeckcvs.org.uk