# Three small charities win 12 months of free development support

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/11/20/three-small-charities-win-12-months-free-development-support/
- Published: 2013-11-20T09:33:34+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Three small charities have been selected to receive a 12-month tailored programme
of free development support, each of them worth £1,800. The charities have been 
chosen as Affiliates of the [FSI](http://www.thefsi.org), the charity that supports
small charities, for 2014.

The charities, which all have a turnover of under £1.5 million, are **Help2Read**,**
Spark Inside** and **Quest4Change**.

Over the next three months they will receive:

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 * A Life Stage Assessment – an FSI audit across all areas of a charity’s operations
   and governance, providing recommendations for actions to strengthen an organisation;
 * Two days pro bono consultancy support in the area of fundraising strategy, governance/
   board development or impact measurement/reporting;
 * Priority access to FSI events

The Affiliate Programme was set up to support small charities that have the potential
to develop their services, programmes or organisation but lack the manpower or resources
to make the change without help. It is designed to help them transform their work
and impact, perhaps expand into new markets, or simply achieve a greater level of
effectiveness.

Pauline Broomhead, CEO and founder of the FSI said:

> _“Small charities are the organisations at the front line delivering vital services.
> Yet many of them do not have the capacity or resources to develop their organisations
> or programmes despite the improved benefit this will bring to those they work 
> with. The Affiliate Programme was therefore designed to offer the intense support
> a charity needs to make a substantial change within its operation without the 
> price tag usually attached to such activity”._

_Photo: [Help and support](http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-102258430/stock-photo-illustration-depicting-a-sign-post-with-directional-arrow-containing-a-help-and-support-concept.html)
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