# j4b and Sefton CVS website generates £250,000 for local organisations

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/04/09/j4b-and-sefton-cvs-website-generates-250000-local-organisations/
- Published: 2008-04-09T15:12:06+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Merseyside Funding Information Portal (MFIP), set up by UK grant research 
experts j4b and CVS and local authority funding advisers across Merseyside, has 
helped local organisations identify and secure over £250,000 in less than two years.**

The income figure was arrived at following a survey of 150 members. Sefton CVS believes
that, with more than 1500 active members already using the MFIP website, the actual

total it has helped groups raise could be as high as £2 million.

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For Sefton CVS, Capacity Building Manager, Philip Hurst said: “We approached j4b
to help us deliver key funding information using a website and enthuse Merseyside
people and organisations about funding opportunities available”.

The MFIP site receives up to 250 visitors each day. It

is designed to help members including individuals, community groups, voluntary organisations,
registered charities and social enterprises from throughout Merseyside.

The website contains free advice, an online community and latest grant news. It 
also dovetails with j4b’s online database of more than 5,000 daily-updated funding
opportunities.

Last year the MFIP website won the ICT Hub National Awards for Most Effective Use
of information and communications technology. The ICT Hub National Awards reward
voluntary and community sector organisations for their application

of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and showcase their achievement
as examples of good practice to inspire others.

www.mfip.org.uk

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