Welcome to Voluntary Action Camden 4 Community

Resources

The Camden Profile and Key Facts - updated

The Camden Profile provides an up-to-date analysis across a range of the latest available demographic data for the borough, especially useful if you need to build contextual information or evidence for a report or funding bid. The Camden Profile is on Open Data Camden, the Council’s public open data website.

Key Facts available here.

For the latest population data for Camden go to the Population page also on the Open Data Camden website.

NOWHOWNONPROFIT

The NCVO KNOWHOWNONPROFIT website has lots of free practical resources including:

Studyzone video courses - Write a winning funding bid

Tools and resources - Business plan templates for voluntary organisations

Knowledge bank: essential guidance for charities - Commissioning and procurement

Team UP – Business Volunteering service

Team UP from Volunteer Centre Camden teams up business volunteers and resources with Camden community organisations needing help. To find out more, follow the Team UP link above or for more information contact them by telephone 020 7424 9990 or email 

teamup@volunteercentrecamden.org.uk

GrantNav

GrantNav is a free tool which brings together open, comparable grants data for the first time – so you can easily see who is funding what, where and how much.

Charity Commission - Making digital work

The way we access and exchange information, use services and communicate with each other is changing, and the pace of change keeps increasing. If you don’t know where to start with digital technology, or want to take stock of where you are, the Charity Commission’s guidance - Making digital work: 12 questions for trustees to consider - can help. It will help your board think about how digital can help you run your charity more effectively, communicate with supporters, beneficiaries and regulators, and reach more people with your services. It will also help you to identify and manage some of the main risks

Camden Care Choices

A new website that aims to make Camden resources for older people easier to find information about care

The Charity Social Media Toolkit

Skills Platform have published a charity social media toolkit, which provides a grounding in the fundamentals, and tactics of social media, sharing case studies from across the sector. It covers fundraising, advocacy, campaigning, analytics, and how to grow your social network.

The Small Charity Coalition

The Small Charities Coalition offers a range of benefits. Membership is free and open to any UK-based charity with an annual income of under £1 million. They provide low cost training, funding information, resources and links and a useful newsletter.

The Camden Advice Partnership

The Camden Advice Partnership is a group of independent advice agencies in Camden providing free, confidential, unbiased advice and information on a range of issues such as welfare benefits, housing, employment and debt and money management. The Camden Advice Partnership explains the various benefits, grants and services that are available, and contact details for local support services that can provide further support. All factsheets are updated and information about Loan Sharks and Universal Credit is now available.

Compete For - Contract Opportunities in Camden and the rest of London

This is a good site to search for forthcoming procurement opportunities from the public sector. Register through the website for free access to supply chain opportunities and daily email alert.

Camden 4 Community and Business – online funding database to help you search directly for specific funding

Camden organisations and residents can register on the following two websites to search for funding opportunities

www.idoxopen4community.co.uk/camdencommunity

www.idoxopen4business.co.uk/camdenbusiness.

Voluntary Action Camden’s Fundraising Support and Resources

VAC seeks to help local civil society organisations to secure a sustainable future through income generation and fundraising. We do this by providing up-to-date information on: current and rolling funding programmes (as relevant to Camden organisations), where to look for funding, toolkits and resources to improve your success in applying for funding or generating income, and support to achieve a recognised quality mark – something that is often desired by funders. Click on the link above for further information.

Smaller charities continue to get free membership of NCVO

membership of NCVO for the smallest charities –

those with an income of less than £30,000 – is free. NCVO say that this is something that their larger member charities have taken the decision to help fund by paying an additional voluntary membership fee. Benefits of membership include access to many info sheets, templates and videos and reduced rates for training.