Alternative Funding in Sussex

• Brighton Soup

• Brighton & Hove City Council Communities Fund

• Chalk Cliff Trust

• Co-op Communities Fund

• Eastbrightontrust.co.uk

• Enjoolata Foundation

• Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust

• Focus Foundation

• Fonthill Foundation

• Mid Sussex District Council Community Grant

• South Downs National Park

• Star Trust

• Sussex Community Foundation

• Sussex Giving

• Sussex Police Crime and Commissioner Fund

• The Homity Trust

• The National Lottery Community Fund

• The National Lottery Heritage Fund

• The Pebble Trust 

• The Roddick Foundation

• Your Station, your community improvement fund

• Worthing Community Chest

• Worthing CIL Neighbourhood Fund

Crowdfunding is also an excellent way to raise funds whilst raising your organisation’s profile.

• Crowdfunder.co.uk 

Local Support for Charitable Organisations

Sussex

• Mid Sussex Voluntary Action

• Crawley Community Action

• Charity Mentors Sussex

West Sussex

• Adur Voluntary Action

• Voluntary Action Arun & Chichester VAAC

• Horsham District Council: Voluntary Sector Support

• Community Works, Adur and Worthing office

Brighton & Hove

• Community Works

• Resource Centre

East Sussex 

• Hastings Voluntary Action

• 3VA

• Rother Voluntary Action

National Support & Funding Sources

• nfpResearch: A comprehensive beginner's guide to fundraising for small organisations.

• Community Foundations: One of the largest community-focused grant-making networks in the UK. Helping people and organisations to invest in their local communities.  

• GrantNav: Open data platform to access and explore funder information from UK grant making organisations. 

• Directory of Social Change: Funding and training information

• NCVO Fundraising guides, charity resources & training 

  Charity Excellence Framework: Free funding database 

• Funds Online: Subscription funding database 

• My Funding Central: Database of grant funding and social investment. Free subscription for annual income under £30k

• Small Charities: List of funding opportunities for small charities 

• Stable Company: Funding opportunities for different sectors 

• Grants online: Grant funding information service  

• The Linder Foundation: Provide funding to projects in five main categories.