projects - if you know where to look for it. Caroline Voogd, editor of Fundraising for Schools, offers guidance.
Although the funding landscape has changed substantially over the past few years, with charities becoming more discerning about who they offer money to, a large number of organisations will consider funding projects benefiting children from birth to five years old.
Local funding streams
If you are not sure where to start, go local. Because the benefits of any grant will be felt in the community, you may stand a higher chance of success than when you apply for nationally allotted cash.
You could begin by seeing if you have a local community foundation. There are about 50 in the UK, all which are part of the umbrella charity UK Community Foundations, which works for positive social change by investing in local communities. It has teamed up with the likes of the Big Lottery Fund, The Evening Standard and Mars to allocate funds and provides about £61m in grants a year. See www.ukcommunityfoundations.org.
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