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Funding & Business Planning Support

Need Funding & Business Planning Support and Advice?

ACVO employs a full-time Funding Officer with a remit to provide a free, effective and comprehensive funding and business planning advice service to the voluntary and community sector (including social enterprise) in Aberdeen. If you require advice and information on funding or business planning for your organisation, please contact Alison Chandler, phone (01224) 686054 or complete our Funding Enquiry Form.

Services include:
  • One-to-one advice for organisations on business planning, funding applications, funding sources, marketing, social enterprise etc.
  • Tailored workshops for individual organisations (staff, committee or stakeholders) on business planning, fundraising strategies, funding applications, funding sources etc.
  • Distribution of information on funding opportunities by weekly E-bulletin and monthly newsletter.
  • Access to Funderfinder - a database which may help to find the right Trust/Fund for your organisation. (phone for appointment)
  • Provision of Funding Briefing Days on a three-monthly basis including workshops and presentations from major funders.
  • Access to a resource library of funding information. (phone for appointment)
  • Provision of online Funding Briefings on topics of interest on a monthly basis.

Latest issues of the Funding Briefings include:
  • Introduction to Business Planning Guidelines
  • Tip and Snippets from the Institute of Fundraising Conference 2007
  • Working With Corporates
  • 'It’s not in the bank until its in the bank.'
  • How to Approach Trusts and Foundations
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ACVO Funding Briefing Days


Scottish Fundraising Law

Alison Chandler runs a series of ACVO Funding Briefing Workshops. Topics include:

  • Introduction to Fundraising
  • Introduction to Raising your Profile
  • Introduction to Planning a Sustainable Independent Voluntary Organisation
  • Introduction to Strategies For Fundraising
  • Introduction to Working with Corporates
  • Introduction to Trusts & Foundations

Click here for more information, dates and booking. External link

Are you planning to join the Fundraising Standards Board? External link

Free Business Planning E-Book External link