External funding
What is external funding?
External funding is money obtained through bids to
money-granting organisations such as the National Lottery distributors, government
departments and charitable trusts and foundations. For Kent
County Council, this is money in addition to our main
budget.
During 2009-10 we successfully bid for more than £1.54million of
external funds (plus additional funds from the European Union) and
during 2010 (calendar year) the voluntary and community sector in
Kent received over £8million from the National Lottery distributors
alone.
Services for voluntary and community sector groups
Our external funding team co-ordinates and supports the
development of bids by internal colleagues and local partners for
external funding to enhance and develop quality services for
Kent.
We have a range of services available to support voluntary and
community groups with bid development and funding. These
include:
- Grant searches
- Advice and support - funding issues, developing, writing and
reviewing bids
- Events - including ad hoc seminars, advice surgeries and
training
- News - Inside Track funding
newsletter
- Partnership forming
- Signposting to other support - KCC grant schemes, KCC funding contacts, Borough and CVS Support
Our team
Contact us to find out more about how we can help your group. To
join our mailing list for future information and developments
please email us at externalfunding@kent.gov.uk.
Martyn Riley, External Funding Officer
Email: martyn.riley@kent.gov.uk
Key areas of work: policy, sponsorship, training, newsletters,
Kent4Community database, and grant searches
Jill Frankland, Project Officer
Email:
jill.frankland@kent.gov.uk
Key areas of work: newsletters, events, training administration,
grant searches, meetings' secretariat, sponsorship, and team
support