Fundraising
NICVA's fundraising advice service is here to provide the voluntary and community sector with help and support for all aspects of your fundraising needs.
Information and Advice
Find the right funders for you and learn more about how to diversify your income streams to ensure the sustainability of your organisation for the future. Feel free to contact Jocelyn by emailing [email protected].
For all the latest information on fundraising follow us on Twitter @nicva_FRadvice and on Facebook Fundraising Advice NICVA.
GrantTracker
GrantTracker is Northern Ireland's leading funding website dedicated to finding grants, and helping fundraisers track schemes and manage their applications. NICVA hosts the site and keeps it up to date with the latest funding opportunities.
You can subscribe to GrantTracker for £40 a month or £145 a year. For NICVA members, a special discount rate takes the annual cost down to just £100.
If you would like to find out more click here to access a short video which demonstrates the key functions of GrantTracker and is suitable for people who already use the site or are just interested in finding out more. If you would like any other assistance in getting the most out of GrantTracker, please just email [email protected].
Training
Developing your fundraising skills is essential for the sustainability of your organisation. Our training will help you to consider how to diversify your funding streams and how to be successful in securing resources. We provide a range of fundraising training sessions to help you be more sustainable as part of our training calendar and bespoke sessions are aqvailable on request.
Tax Effective Giving
NICVA administers a tax effective giving scheme for charities, called Cheques for Charity, a donation and account system for individuals and companies. Click here to find out more.
Research and Reports
NICVA’s latest research into charitable giving in Northern Ireland examines change in the percentage of individuals that donate, donation by age, the causes donated to, fundraising techniques, methods of donation and legacy giving.
Updates
BBC Children in Need are making changes
BBC Children in Need are pausing their Main and Small Grants Programme.
FAQ for Covid Recovery Programme 2022
This article lists frequently asked questions (FAQ) on the Covid Recovery Programme 2022 and will be updated on a regular basis.
DfC: Covid Recovery Programme for Organisations 2022
The Department for Communities (DfC) launch Covid Recovery Programme for Organisations to reduce or remove operating deficits, which have arisen in the 2021/22 financial year because of the pandemic.
#DigitalFundraising Webinar Series 2021 Report
Thank you to all of our members who attended our #DigitalFundraising webinars last week. We ran 6 webinars throughout the week with 87 of our members attending. It was great to see a lot of people come along to all or multiple sessions.
Focus on a Funder: The Big Give and match funding
The Big Give is the UK's number 1 match funding platform specialising in connecting charities, philanthropists and the public to make a greater impact through the power of match funding.
Architectural Heritage Fund focuses on villages
Seed funding for village revival projects in Northern Ireland from the Architectural Heritage Fund is available now.
#DigitalFundraising Webinar Series 2021
NICVA Fundraising Advice is delighted to present the #DigitalFundraising Webinar Series 2021, 6-9 December.
The National Lottery Community Fund reflects on the last 18 months and the future
Northern Ireland Director Kate Beggs shares her reflections on the last 18 months as well as their plans to continue to support communities over the next year.
Virtually Normal – the future of fundraising
Cashless transactions were a feature of daily life before COVID, but 2020 forced many charities to offer supporters alternative donation methods.
Infrastructure Minister launches £100,000 grants scheme for community led road safety initiatives
Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has launched the 2021/22 Road Safety (Safe Travel) Grant Scheme. Individuals and community groups can apply for funding of up to £10,000 to develop and deliver local road safety initiatives.
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Developing Your Fundraising Strategy Training: Brilliant session!! Loved it, learned loads, really helpful. Wish all workshops were this good and informative.
Grant Tracker is easy to understand and use with intuitive design features.
I have used Grant Tracker for a number of years and find it to be a very user friendly system. Relevant sources of information are easily accessed.The recent improvements are great, making life simpler to receive automatic updates and reminders.
I find GrantTracker to be an excellent tool for our Charity. It allows me to filter down my search for the area of funding that I need, whilst the star rating system saves me so much time on research. There's a great selection of Trusts to research.
The Applying to Grant-makers training was excellent, informative and insightful and will certainly help me make the application process more efficient.
GrantTracker is a vital tool for our fundraising efforts. The clear and concise way funding is presented allows our organisation to accurately and effectively target funding.
