Category Archives: Fundraising

Foodbank funding secured from the Julia and Hans Rausing Trust

Think Funding has helped Wesley Hall Communuity Centre to secure funding from the Julia and Hans Rausing Trust to help the Highfields based organisation to sustain its foodbank. The five figure sum will help the Centre build on this essential service to help more families in the local community. Think Funding owner, Chris Shaw, commented “One […]

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Hat-trick of successes for Think Funding

Think Funding recently scored a blinding hat trick of funding successes realising more than £1m for three clients. First up was a £300k Reaching Communities grant for a communuity organisation to deliver a family support project in a deprived area of Leicester. Second was nearly £1/4M for a domestic abuse charity supporting women in Leicester […]

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Funding Success for Transitions UK

Think Funding has been working with national charity, Transitions UK, to help it create a presence in Leicestershire. The establishment of the Three Towns project is focused on Coalville, Hinckley and Loughborough has already helped it to secure five figure support via two grants from the Leicetershire and Rutland Community Foundation and Leicestershire County Council. […]

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Think Funding to work with Transitions UK

Think Funding is delighted to announce that it has been asked to support the work of Transitions UK, a Herts based charity that works with young people aged 16-25. Transitons UK is keen to bring its high quality support programme to Leicestershire. Think Funding will help it develop a strategy to achieve that objective and […]

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Think Funding launches Annual Fundraising Survey

Think Funding is pleased to launch an annual fundraising survey aimed at Third Sector organisations in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. This first survey is designed to ascertain the impact of Covid-19 on the ability of Third Sector organisations in those three areas to raise income, and to understand if they think there will be a […]

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Think Funding hits £250,000 during Covid-19

Think Funding has been working around the clock to support small charities during Covid-19 to help them access funding to either develop new services or simply survive. We are thrilled to announce we’ve just hit the quarter of a million pounds mark in money raised. Much of the funding will go towards helping our clients […]

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PYCA signs up Think Funding

Another good news story in recent weeks is that the Pakistan Youth and Community Centre (PYCA) has signed up Think Funding to aid its fundraising efforts. Based in Highfields, Leicester, PYCA offers accredited and non-accredited learning to those seeking employment or wanting to upgrade their skills. PYCA also recently delivered a highly successful Community Champions […]

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Think Funding to support the Big Difference Company

Think Funding is delighted to have been signed up by The Big Difference Company (TBDC) to help with its fundraising efforts. You may not know, but TBDC runs the Leicester Comedy Festival, so we’ll be polishing our one liners to include in a few funding applications! As well as bid writing, we will also be […]

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Further Covid-19 funding success for Think Funding

Think Funding is delighted to announce it has helped a further two clients to secure grants from Covid-19 support programmes. Funding obtained from the National Lottery Community Fund and BBC Children in Need has pushed the total raised to £121,000 since lock-down started. The two grants will help clients offer a wider range of support […]

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Covid-19 Support Grants – Multiple successes for Think Funding

As of 1st June, Think Funding has secured £72,000 for clients from various Covid-19 support grants, including the National Emergencies Trust (NET), National Lottery Community Fund and BBC Children in Need. Think Funding owner, Chris Shaw, says: “We’re delighted to have helped several clients shore up their finances, or develop new services for their users, […]

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