Welcome | Funding Central

Explore the benefits of Funding Central

Funding Central is a free smart website for all third sector organisations, including community groups, providing access to thousands of funding and finance opportunities, plus a wealth of tools and resources supporting organisations to develop sustainable income strategies appropriate to their needs.

If you are completely or relatively new to fundraising, Funding Central provides a guided search enabling you to identify the most appropriate funding and finance opportunities that best suit you and the beneficiaries that you support.

As an experienced fundraiser, you can drill down through thousands of opportunities to identify the most appropriate funding or finance for your organisation using the advanced search.

As a funder or a commissioner, you have access to your own exclusive area - the Funder Zone. Here you can explore statistics on your funding programmes or contracts, including web visits and comments made and add your own helpful hints to support fund-seekers.

As an infrastructure organisation you can use Funding Central to access a wealth of support materials to enhance your work with other groups and identify funding and finance opportunities for your own needs.

Scroll over the circles to see what it can do for you:

Are you ready to search?

Search for grants, contracts & loans

Do you need support & advice?

Find tools and resources to help you make the right decision.

Grants

Here you can discover how the world of grant-making is evolving. You can also access guidance on applying for grants plus advice on how to manage a relationship with a funder.

Contracts

Here you can access advice on how to tender and negotiate contracts and download practical tools that will help you to weigh up the associated benefits and risks.

Loan finance

In this section you can explore the benefits of loan finance and assess your organisation’s readiness to take out a loan to finance your future development.