Virtual funding advice service launched for v funding

Howard Lake | 3 July 2007 | News

New social action development agency, the Red Foundation, has launched support package to help those organisations planning to apply for some of the £70 million or so available in the latest grant round from the national youth volunteering v.

The package aims to help organisations to develop their ideas and to help them interpret the v funding requirements to maximise their application’s potential for success. The service is delivered via email and phone so is accessible to organisations across the country.

The Red Foundation believes that there is a considerable need for their service: as well as the level of competition from other voluntary organisations, applicants have to get to grips with a set of funding guidelines that are over 60 pages long.

The Red Foundation recently worked with v on the strategic development of its national youth volunteering programme, so they say they have a good understanding of the priorities and requirements for this funding round. This is no doubt strengthened by the fact that v’s former youth involvement manager has joined the Red Foundation’s team.

The Red Foundation aims to bring people together to do things that create a better place for us all to live and work. It works with individuals and organisations throughout the UK to make positive change happen and to act as a catalyst for new ideas and initiatives.

A community interest company, Red was founded in 2006 by Jamie Thomas, former head of the Russell Commission secretariat and previously marketing director at YouthNet UK.

About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.