INSTITUTE OF FUNDRAISING
5th Floor, Market Towers
1 Nine Elms Lane
London SW8 5NQ
020 7627 3436
http://www.icfm.org.uk
Local Contact : Information about the North East group is here
The Institute of Fundraising North East Group has semi-formal meetings on the second Wednesday of alternate months (May, July, September etc), 12 – 2pm, at venues to be announced.
The local group also runs training events from time to time. Non-members may join the mailing list and attend local meetings, as well as join courses and training events.
FUNDING INFORMATION NORTH EAST (FINE)
John Haswell House
8/9 Gladstone Terrace
Gateshead NE8 4DY
0191 477 1253
E-mail : enquiries@fine.org.uk
http://www.fine.org.uk
FINE produces the Guide to Charitable Trusts in the North East, and has a wide range of other information on training and resources for fundraisers.
NEWCASTLE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE (NCVS)
Mea House
Ellison Place
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8XS
Phone: 0191 232 7445
Email: ncvs@cvsnewcastle.org.uk
http://www.cvsnewcastle.org.uk/
See also your local Council for Voluntary Service or Rural Community Council, all of which usually have funding advisers and information officers.
North Tyneside Voluntary Organisations Development Agency (VODA)
Linskill Centre
Linskill Terrace
North Shields NE30 2AY
0191 200 5790
Email: admin@voda.org.uk
http://www.voda.org.uk
Training courses and individual advice sessions, plus a wealth of information for Voluntary Organisations. Groups outside the immediate area are welcome to join the mailing list and take part in courses.
FINE and NCVS hold lists of Fundraising Consultants and Independent Fundraisers in the North East together with details of their areas of expertise and approximate charges.
ICFM holds such a list nationally
Fundraising UK
http://www.fundraising.co.uk
An invaluable source of information and links to sites of interest
to Voluntary Organisations and others who need Fundraising Information.
CharityNet
The Charities Aid Foundation website, with lots of information for donors
and fundraisers
http://www.charitynet.org
and the CAF Corporate Community Investment Site, CCINet
http://www.ccinet.org
Funders Online
The website which aims to give a guide to European Philanthropy
http://www.fundersonline.org
European Foundation Centre
A resource for European Foundations and Grant Seekers
http://www.efc.be
The Foundation Center
Searchable directories of American Foundations
http://www.fdncenter.org
Directory of Social Change
Publishers of guides on Trust, Corporate and general Fundraising, including
the definitive Trust Directories. Links to www.trustfunding.org Trust
Monitor and Corporate Citizen
http://www.dsc.org.uk
Debretts
Publishers of "People of Today", paper, disc and online directory of
the Great and the Good
http://www.debretts.co.uk
NESTA The National Endowment for Science, Tecnology and the Arts - a Government-backed
grantmaker
http://www.nesta.org.uk