Leeds Funding Support Network Meeting on Zoom Tuesday 7^th October 2025 at 1.00pm – 2.15pm  

If you are involved in fundraising for your charity, community group or other not-for-profit organisation in Leeds, as a management committee member, volunteer or paid worker, then join us to learn more about funding and fundraising and share your group’s funding needs, fundraising tips and successes.

The group is particularly aimed at small groups new to fundraising or for group members/workers new to fundraising and/or who want to develop their fundraising knowledge and skills as well as more experienced fundraisers who will generously share their experiences.

Speakers for the session will outline a couple of grants available and how to raise funds through running a lottery:

• Karen Fenton, Head of Community Health Development, Touchstone: Being You Leeds Small Sparks Grants https://www.mindwell-leeds.org.uk/being-you-leeds/small-sparks-funding/
• Luisa Gatward , Head of Operations, The Giving Machine: The GivingLottery – Luisa will outline how the GivingLottery will help not-for-profits unlock free fundraising and generate unrestricted income via their GivingLottery platform and small unrestricted grants scheme. Charity lottery offering unrestricted funds to good causes
• Jo Hatfield, Community Health & Wellbeing Programme Manager, Groundwork Yorkshire: Grassroots Grants Grassroots Grants – Groundwork

We will be meeting via Zoom, please e-mail kaye.wilson@val.org.uk for the link

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