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Slough CVS, Windsor & Maidenhead Voluntary Action and Bracknell Forest Voluntary Action run the Berks East Funding Project.

The project has two aims –

• To meet the key priority to improve the infrastructure support in the form of a more effective, structured Funding Support service for Voluntary/Community Sector (VCS) organisations in East Berkshire.

• To significantly increase the number of Statutory Sector Commissioning contracts successfully tendered for by frontline Voluntary & Community Sector organisations in three local authority areas Slough, Windsor & Maidenhead, Bracknell Forest.

The project provides a comprehensive advisory service covering the full spectrum of funding opportunities available to VCS organisations across the Unitaries of East Berkshire, from one-to-one assistance in grant applications to help in their preparations for meeting the required standards in procurement processes. Two advisors will be providing advice on fundraising and grant applications, which will include one to one mentoring, Master Classes and an updated web portal from Open4Communities to help identify new funding. The third advisor will specialise in developing support for commissioning and procurement, including research, information gathering, procurement workshops and working towards matching VCS organisations with potential partners and commissioning prospects. Updates will also be provided to Commissioners in the Statutory sector to encourage closer ties with the Third Sector in the procurement process.

Slough CVS will be the lead agency for this project, working in close collaboration with partners in Bracknell Forest and Windsor & Maidenhead.

Organisations in Berkshire East seeking help and advice on funding matters should contact Carole Allen (Bracknell Forest) or Ray Emmans (Windsor, Maidenhead, Slough)

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