Bolton CVS administers several grants programmes for community groups in Bolton. To see if the grants are suitable for your group click here.

• We have a series of information sheets that can help you make the most of your application.
• 1-2-1 support, we can offer a training session on writing better funding applications to the group or person writing the applications needs from beginners to advanced.
• We can also assist with checking your applications and offering tips to strengthen your bids before you submit them to the funder. Please contact a member of our team to see how we can help at funding@boltoncvs.org.uk

• My Funding Central is a database of grant funding and social investment sources. This service is available to organisations with an annual income below £1m and is free for organisations under £30k. (Please note you must be a registered charity with the Charity Commission to access the free membership, see pricing information here).
• Tailored Funding searches, we can support your group with searching for appropriate funding for specific projects/ideas or more specifically the organisation as whole.
• View our external funding opportunities here.

• We can help with creating a funding strategy and look at your organisations running costs as whole and identify funding for each of the areas from core costs to project costs
• It is becoming more and more important for organisations to diversify their income streams from traditional grant programmes and look for new opportunities to support their ongoing overheads through a ‘mixed income’ approach.