CAVOS office services
There is a range of useful services available for you to use at our office on the High Street including...
CAVOS Funding Advice Service
CAVOS now has a new funding service that will be available to all community & voluntary sector groups and organisations.
We can now offer the following:
- Funder Finder—to help you identify which funders will fund your ideas.
- Information guides on how to develop an idea into a project
- Training on a range of funding topics—see the Training Programme
- Information on Funders
- Information on how to apply for funding
- An easily accessible file of popular local funders, with guidelines and applications forms readily available for you to take away.
- Funding bulletins—email
- A resource library of funding books for you to browse
- Informed staff who can help you find the information you’re looking for, and help you get on your feet with funding.
...more about Funder Finder
CAVOS now has unlimited access to the ‘Groups in Need’ Funder Finder programme. By entering the specifications of your group, we are able to search a database of thousands of trusts and funders to find one that fits.
Whether you need funding for a national organisation, local group, a building, a vehicle or simply for running costs, CAVOS can save you the hassle of trawling through guidelines to find something that suits. This is an excellent tool if you're looking for a quick and easy way to find a funder. We even have a range of up-to-date funding guides, allowing you to find out more about the funders that Funder Finder selects for you.
Becoming a member of CAVOS
If your organisation is not already a member of CAVOS then you may wish to consider it.
Membership is FREE and there are many benefits to being a member including:
- Access to funding support
- Help finding funders—Funder Finder
- Regular updates on available funding relevant to your group
- CRB checks at a reduced cost
- Development support
- Priority places on training courses
- Training at a reduced cost (where applicable)
- Training room hire at a reduced cost
- If we don’t provide the training you need, we will help you find it.
- You will receive our newsletter, funding update and training programme.
- If we receive any information that we feel would benefit your group, we will send it to you as a priority.
- Priority access to our lending service
- Only member groups may borrow from our library, our books include many very helpful funding texts.
Getting Started!
Are you thinking of setting up a group or organisation but don't know where to start?
If your group is going to be based in Sedgefield Borough then you need look no further than CAVOS. We can provide you with all of the advice and support you need to help you get your group on its feet.
We can provide you with the following:
- Guide to your constitution
- Constitution templates
- Constitution ‘jargon buster’
- Policy templates
- How to adopt a policy
- How to register as a charity
- Getting started pack
- How to apply for funding
- Finding the right funder for you
- Various training courses to help you run your group effectively
- CAVOS membership
The support doesn’t end here. CAVOS can provide you with ongoing support throughout the life of your group.
Do you have all the policies you need?
Many funders will now ask if you have relevant policies in place and if so when your group or organisation adopted them.
CAVOS has a wide range of policies available that you can consider adopting as well as a guide as to how to adopt a policy.
