Tag Archives: Fundraising
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
First Covid-19 Support Grants Secured
Think Funding has been working on a range of Covid-19 related support grants for its clients. We’re pleased to report two successes so far, for Emmaus Leicestershire and Rutland and HQ CAN CiC. The first grant will help Emmaus maintain its service for homeless people and rough sleepers throughout Leicestershire, while funding for HQ CAN […]
Think Funding to support Home-Start Horizons
Think Funding is delighted to announce that it will be supporting Leicester based charity Home-Start Horizons (HSH) with its business development and fundraising efforts through into the autumn. Previous work with HSH led to the acquisition of two Reaching Community grants and several small grants from the likes of Henry Smith. HSH provide support to […]