# Just Act offers funding information and resources for community groups

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/05/08/just-act-offers-funding-information-resources-community-groups/
- Published: 2014-05-08T12:02:31+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Community Development Foundation has created Just Act, a website that helps
community groups get support, funding and advice. The site features a mixture of
crowd-sourced content, links to relevant website, and a discussion forum.

## Sources of information

 The launch of the site has been supported by the Department of Communities and 
Local Government. Organisations that are contributing content to it include:

 * Acre
 * The Big Lottery Fund
 * The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)
 * The Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE)
 * Locality
 * The Plunkett Foundation
 * The National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (navca)
 * The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
 * The Social Investment Business Group (The SIB Group)
 * Unltd

 Just Act is designed for experienced community activists and those new to the idea
of setting up and running a community project. The [funding section](http://www.justact.org.uk/category/step-6-find-funding-and-support/)
at present has a limited selection of external links, with content from JustGiving,
NCVO, UnLtd and the Institute of Fundraising, but it has only just launched. Alison
Seabrooke, Chief Executive of the [Community Development Foundation](http://cdf.org.uk)
said:

> “We have spent the last 50 years working with over 30,000 grassroots community
> groups. Times have changed and those who want to set up or expand a community 
> group want real-time advice and guidance on how to do that. Just Act will make
> it easier to find out how you can take the first step – or the next step.  You
> will find help and advice from those who have been there and done that and want
> to share their experiences.”

 One of the early site testers, Matthew Creber of Community Mission Associate at
the Wellside in Tottenham, London, said:

> “[Just Act](http://www.justact.org.uk/) is really useful. I didn’t know that a
> lot of these resources existed, so I would not have been able to find them if 
> I just tried to search for them online. It is good that Just Act is there as a
> one stop shop. Just Act feels like someone has gone and done the hard work for
> me”.

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