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Lessons learnt –
designing funding &
finance support for
      others

      Dave Robinson
Group Development Manager
     Nottingham CVS
           2012
About NCVS

Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service has been at the
centre of Nottingham’s community and voluntary sector since
1875.
We are here to improve the quality of people’s lives in
Nottingham. We do this by strengthening our local voluntary and
community sector and wider third sector. We work with you to
improve:
•The effectiveness of local voluntary sector groups and
organisations
•The quality of volunteering in Nottingham
•The quality of decision making by involving the third sector
Our support to groups
  Through lottery funded group development support
  to:

• Range of Group Development support to diverse
  city groups

  Through lottery funded funding advice & support
  to:

• Smaller county groups (particularly ‘hard to reach’)

• Funding advisors / development workers (county
  and city)
Where we work
How the Beacons programme
helped:
What was our approach?



  To embed the sustainable funding approach
  within existing work and test new ways of
  working


  Adopt a more proactive approach
What was our approach?
• 1:1 support programme – to increase knowledge &
  understanding of sustainable funding & support to
  develop a realistic and achievable strategy (city groups)

• Programme of themed sustainable funding training &
  workshops for groups (city & county)

• Funding advisor / development worker capacity
  building by:
   ◦ Pilot peer mentoring programme
   ◦ Advisors training programme

• Provision of Resources (groups and advisors) e.g.
  dedicated sections on our ‘Focus on Funding’ website
What worked?

• Advisor training & mentoring: Improved the skills of
  advisors / development workers to support groups
  with sustainable funding. Previous funding advice
  had concentrated on grants

• Group Training: a greater understanding of the
  range of income opportunities. More innovative
  sessions came out of this e.g. ‘lions den’ event
  with groups making pitches to local businesses


  ….but difficult to give clear evidence of longer term
  impact on groups taking active steps to become more
  sustainable
What didn’t work so well?


 • 1: 1 support packages – difficulties with engagement,
   other issues needed more urgent attention, efforts
   often went back to applying for grants.



 • Resources – difficult to see any big impact. Practical
   ones worked well. Toolkits more useful for
   development workers rather than groups.
Some of the challenges:
• Engagement in a time of change
   ◦   All reacting to funding uncertainties & change
   ◦   Survival rather than long term planning
   ◦   Chasing grants, running on reserves
   ◦   Maintaining service delivery with less

• Have small groups felt the pinch?
   ◦ Large & medium sized groups affected disproportionally
   ◦ Smaller groups being tide over

• Changing the culture
   ◦ Expectation that LA grant aid will continue
   ◦ ‘wait and see’ rather than planning for change
   ◦ Changing the culture
Some of the challenges:
• Trustees led v staff led
   ◦ Engaging trustees proved difficult
   ◦ Strategic direction delegated to paid staff
   ◦ Inherent conflict of interest

• It takes time
   ◦ No quick fix but the message starts to get
      through

• Giving a financial value to our support - how we
  move from free to paid for support
Questions?

Insistence on being trustees / director driven?

  Longer term impact – are we investing in
  individuals rather than the organisation?

           Tools vrs discussion
   Does unstructured discussion work best?

   What role do major funders have in getting
   the sustainable funding message across?

         How do we change the culture?

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Dave robinson presentation beacons learning event

  • 1. Lessons learnt – designing funding & finance support for others Dave Robinson Group Development Manager Nottingham CVS 2012
  • 2. About NCVS Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service has been at the centre of Nottingham’s community and voluntary sector since 1875. We are here to improve the quality of people’s lives in Nottingham. We do this by strengthening our local voluntary and community sector and wider third sector. We work with you to improve: •The effectiveness of local voluntary sector groups and organisations •The quality of volunteering in Nottingham •The quality of decision making by involving the third sector
  • 3. Our support to groups Through lottery funded group development support to: • Range of Group Development support to diverse city groups Through lottery funded funding advice & support to: • Smaller county groups (particularly ‘hard to reach’) • Funding advisors / development workers (county and city)
  • 5. How the Beacons programme helped:
  • 6. What was our approach? To embed the sustainable funding approach within existing work and test new ways of working Adopt a more proactive approach
  • 7. What was our approach? • 1:1 support programme – to increase knowledge & understanding of sustainable funding & support to develop a realistic and achievable strategy (city groups) • Programme of themed sustainable funding training & workshops for groups (city & county) • Funding advisor / development worker capacity building by: ◦ Pilot peer mentoring programme ◦ Advisors training programme • Provision of Resources (groups and advisors) e.g. dedicated sections on our ‘Focus on Funding’ website
  • 8. What worked? • Advisor training & mentoring: Improved the skills of advisors / development workers to support groups with sustainable funding. Previous funding advice had concentrated on grants • Group Training: a greater understanding of the range of income opportunities. More innovative sessions came out of this e.g. ‘lions den’ event with groups making pitches to local businesses ….but difficult to give clear evidence of longer term impact on groups taking active steps to become more sustainable
  • 9. What didn’t work so well? • 1: 1 support packages – difficulties with engagement, other issues needed more urgent attention, efforts often went back to applying for grants. • Resources – difficult to see any big impact. Practical ones worked well. Toolkits more useful for development workers rather than groups.
  • 10. Some of the challenges: • Engagement in a time of change ◦ All reacting to funding uncertainties & change ◦ Survival rather than long term planning ◦ Chasing grants, running on reserves ◦ Maintaining service delivery with less • Have small groups felt the pinch? ◦ Large & medium sized groups affected disproportionally ◦ Smaller groups being tide over • Changing the culture ◦ Expectation that LA grant aid will continue ◦ ‘wait and see’ rather than planning for change ◦ Changing the culture
  • 11. Some of the challenges: • Trustees led v staff led ◦ Engaging trustees proved difficult ◦ Strategic direction delegated to paid staff ◦ Inherent conflict of interest • It takes time ◦ No quick fix but the message starts to get through • Giving a financial value to our support - how we move from free to paid for support
  • 12. Questions? Insistence on being trustees / director driven? Longer term impact – are we investing in individuals rather than the organisation? Tools vrs discussion Does unstructured discussion work best? What role do major funders have in getting the sustainable funding message across? How do we change the culture?