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WELCOME
Welcome to the NAS Members Guide to Funding. This The guide is written for volunteer-led community
resource is for allotment associations looking to raise groups with responsibility for managing an allotment
funds. Here you will find specialist allotment funding site. You might be called an allotment association,
information along with hints and tips for successful society, registered charity, or other type of not-for-profit
fundraising. And there are lots of real-life Case Studies organisation managing an allotment site. We use the
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too, sharing the funding success stories of your fellow NAS members in England, Scotland and Wales.
This 10 step guide is for NAS member associations who have no experience of funding. For example, you may be looking to increase your association’s income by fundraising, grant funding awards, and other methods of income generation. Or, you may be thinking about funding but unsure about the paperwork and policies you need to have first. And, if you are looking to create a brand new allotment site, then the contents of the guide can help you focus on how to get funding for infrastructure essentials (toilets, fences, gates, paths) and which steps to take.
This guide can help with...
• Finding grant funders
• Demystifying funding terminology
• Types of Income Generation
• Help from businesses
• Funding Criteria
• Funding Programmes
• Application Forms
• How to manage a grant award
term “association” in this guide for ease of reference.
How to use this guide
The guide is in 10 easy sections. Depending on your own stage in the funding journey, you may not need
all of this information right now, so please feel free to return to the guide as often and whenever you need to. However we do recommend you read “before you start anything!” (see Part 1) first of all to get settled into the idea of funding and what it might mean for your association.
Learning Outcomes: Each section has tick boxes to help you track what you have learned as you go through the guide. You can complete these and make notes on what your association might need to look-up, or receive training in, to move on to the next stage of your idea.
Good luck with your idea! Please let us know how you get on – this helps NAS keep on top of the funding landscape and continue to provide a good, relevant, service to our members.
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