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More funding success for Think Funding
Think Funding is pleased to report it has achieved more fundraising success during the latter part of 2022. The following clients have all benefitted from Think Funding support and assistance to achieve their income goals: Emmaus Leicestershire & Rutland, Caribbean Court and Wesley Hall Community Centre. Grants received takes Think Funding’s total for 2022/23 to […]
Great end of year return for Think Funding
We have finally been able to crunch the data and can now report on Think Funding‘s income return for 2021/22. Miraculously it has doubled in just 12 months, meaning that last year we helped clients raise the not insiginficant sum of £1,501,000. We have also made a decent start to 2022/23 too, with £300,000 raised thus far […]
B-Global recruits Think Funding
Think Funding is delighted to have been asked by Nottingham based, B-Global, to assist it with strategy development and forward planning. B-Global is a pioneering black led business network set up to support start-ups, established and scale up businesses of African heritage and the wider BAME business community in Nottingham City to reach their full […]
Ministry of Justice funding success
Think Funding is delighted to have client Women’s Aid Leicestershire to secure funding from the Ministry of Justice via the Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner, to help establish a community outreach project aimed at refugees and migrants. Working in partnership with Afro Innovation Group, the project aims to support women and men in the target […]
Think Funding into Niche Business Awards Semi-Final
Think Funding has been nominated for the Community Impact category in this year’s Niche Magazine Business Awards, and we’re through to the semi-final! Our nomination is based on the support and assistance we’ve provided to voluntary organisations during the past year and by helping to achieve £1m+ in grant income. It’s fair to say we’re […]
Think Funding’s Chris Shaw nominated for Niche Business Magazine Community Impact Award
Think Funding founder, Chris Shaw says “I’m absolutely thrilled to have been nominated for a Niche Magazine Business Award in the category ‘Community Impact Award’. It is really great to be recognised for the work that we do, and helps to confirm my decision to reinstate Think Funding to a full time operation in the autumn of 2019.”
Business 2 Business secures place on CAEHRS framework
Leicester employability solutions provider, Business 2 Business (UK) Ltd, has secured a place across all five regions on the UK Government’s new Commercial Agreement for Employment and Health Related Services (CAEHRS), thanks to the help of Think Funding. Business 2 Business achieved a place in all the five lots it applied for at Tier 2, […]
Think Funding’s First Year Back is a Successful One
It is 12 months since Chris Shaw stepped out of his role at the University of Leicester to return Think Funding to a full time operation. And the first year back has been a successful one with £925,000 raised, some £327,000 of which has come from Covid-19 sources to enable community groups to meet the […]
National Lottery Community Fund support for charities during Covid-19
The National Lottery Community Fund (TNLCF) has been allocated a sum of £370m by the UK Government to utilise in support of charities during the coronavirus pandemic. An announcement is awaited about how that money will be allocated and spent. In advance of that announcement, during the pandemic, The NLCF has said it will prioritise: […]
How to work from home effectively
I have been working from home for about 6 months now, so the prospect of doing likewise during the #Covid19 shutdown isn’t phasing me too much (although it might get slightly more problematic if, and when, the schools close), although I will miss the meetings away from home and the social interaction. But essentially I’ll be doing […]