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Sheffield Funding Advisory Service - for Sheffield groups

The Sheffield Funding Advisory Service is an opportunity for groups to access fundraising advice and support in a structured way over a specified period of time. It is now open for applications.
Deadline: Friday 6 June 2008
You can download an application form and pack using the links below.
Click here to download the application pack in pdf
Click here to download the application pack in Word (Zipped archive)
or
Contact: Sara Williams, SYFAB
Telephone: 0114 249 4343
email: sara@syfab.org.uk

Summer Volidays

Summer Volidays (Wed 18 June to Sat 21 June) is a new initiative from Sheffield Volunteering. Through the programme, groups of University students and staff will take a day out to make a positive impact on the local community. Organisations that have possible activities running between 18 and 21 June that could benefit from volunteers should contact Sheffield Volunteering for more information.
There is also a small amount of funding available to run new or one off events and activities.
Deadline: Friday 16 May.
Contact: Abigail, Sheffield Volunteering
Telephone: 0114 222 8549
Website: Sheffield Volunteering

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Forthcoming Events

SYFAB Training Course - Funding and Fundraising for Community and Voluntary Groups

SYFAB's 8 session course, Funding and Fundraising for Voluntary and Community Groups will be running at least seven times across South Yorkshire in 2008. The course is for members of small voluntary or community organisations in South Yorkshire. You should be directly involved in fundraising for your group and have a piece of fundraising work in mind that you would like to do as part of the course. There is a £20 fee.

You can get a full course outline by clicking here

Course dates

Courses will be running from April until June in central Barnsley, Doncaster and Sheffield. Our autumn courses will run from September to December in the Dearne Valley, north Doncaster, Rotherham town centre and the Burngreave area of Sheffield.

Spring courses:

Barnsley
Tuesday mornings (10.00 - 1.00) from 29 April to 1 July
Venue: Barnsley Central Library, Shambles St, Barnsley

Sheffield
Wednesday mornings (10.00 - 1.00) from 30 April to 25 June
Venue: The Workstation, 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield

Doncaster
Thursday mornings (10.00 - 1.00) from 1 May to 26 June.
Venue: Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery

Autumn courses:

Rotherham
Wednesday mornings (10.00 - 1.00) from 1 October to 26 November
Venue: RAIN Building, Eastwood Lane, Rotherham

Details of our other Autumn courses in Mexborough, Burngreave in Sheffield and Thorne in Doncaster will be posted on here as soon as the dates and venues are confirmed.

Course eligibility and bookings

To find our whether you are eligible for the course and whether the course is suitable for you, you can work through a checklist on the training page of the SYFAB website, or in the course booking information (click here for Spring or click here for Autumn).

On the course booking form, we will ask you for information about your organisation and your fundraising needs. Please give as much detail as possible, and contact us if you need any help with filling in the booking form. The form is available in rich text format by clicking here for Spring or clicking here for Autumn.

You can also download the form in PDF format: click here for Spring or click here for Autumn.

Contact: Diane Harding or Sheila Bhandal, SYFAB
Telephone: 0114 249 4343
Email: diane@syfab.org.uk or sheila@syfab.org.uk

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What's new on www.syfab.org.uk

New Information Sheets
Two new Information Sheets on sources of funding for religious organisations, and for social enterprise, are now available.
Click here to go to the Information Sheets page

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How to contact SYFAB

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Telephone us:

General enquiries: 0114 249 4343
Funding Advice Line: 0114 276 5460
Fax: 0114 221 1839

Write to us:

SYFAB
The Workstation
15 Paternoster Row
Sheffield
S1 2BX

Sorry, but we're unable to see personal callers except by special arrangement.

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