We realise that third sector organisations face challenging times so we want to help you maximise your chances of success.
Did you know in 2020/21, local organisations were awarded over £488,259 through BAVO managed grant schemes and received £250,195 following BAVO funding support?
We know most voluntary and community groups are heavily dependent on grant funding in order to keep their services running or to develop new projects. Applying for funding can be complicated, confusing and difficult to understand but we can help you through it! We share our insight, knowledge and experience as bid writers, grant assessors and panel members so that you have the best chance of success.
We also work closely with funders to make sure we have up-to-date information on their programmes and funding processes and they sometimes ask us to provide information on local applicants.
Throughout the year we host funding sessions that offer one-to-one advice with funders such as the Big Lottery Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund and Coalfields Regeneration Trust – keep an eye out for details of our future funding surgeries.
If you decide to develop a project or make an application, as a member of BAVO we can help you:
Members of BAVO receive regular funding e-briefing and notices of the latest funding opportunities into the inbox. The bulletins also provide hints and tips to help your group get a head start with all aspects of funding including bid writing, fundraising techniques, trading opportunities and tendering.
Read our latest funding e-briefing…
In a hurry and want the latest top funding opportunities at your finger tips now? Take a look at our latest e-briefing below:
In addition, our BAVO local funding information sheet is full of details about local grants that are available to groups in the county borough.
If you register on our funding portal, you can put in details of the amount of funding you are looking for and what you want to fund. The system will do the hard work for you and search though hundreds of grant and loan opportunities to find the most appropriate funders for you.
The portal includes local, national and international funders and has recently been updated to include a new ‘coronavirus’ category.
The portal is free of charge, so why not give it a go? Visit funding.cymru
The National Lottery Community Fund is offering all voluntary, community and social enterprise 
organisations (VCSEs) in the UK an opportunity to analyse their organisational strengths and position and to identify areas that could be developed to improve organisational strength through their diagnostic tool, the VCSE Strength Checker.
It is not linked to any National Lottery Community Fund funding programmes and it is completely free to use. For further details visit www.vcsestrengthchecker.org.uk
