# Virtual funding advice service launched for v funding

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/07/03/virtual-funding-advice-service-launched-v-funding/
- Published: 2007-07-03T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**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.

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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.

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