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Having started to build some solid foundations for giving you the best chance of success with grant fundraising, Julia is now going to look at some aspects in a bit more detail. In this and the next posting we focus on Finding and Approaching potential funders.   How to find potential funders Keep true to your vision Know the difference you want to make and look for funding that helps you achieve it. It was passion for seeing a change or something improved that got you started, and it will be that same passion that will get you funded. Don’t let yourself be diverted by looking at whatever funding is currently available and trying to shoe-horn your project to fit a different shape. When is the best time to apply?…

Nick Priggis concludes this series by considering how to reinvest the profits from social enterprises. Reinvesting Profit Some of the most interesting and innovative historical enterprises that Christians have been involved with have come from the Quakers. Due to their non-conformity Quakers were prohibited from much public life and service, save for the business world. Much of their creativity and faith was therefore focused on growing businesses with Christian integrity and ethics through peer-reviewing business proposals and, where needed, lending money to invest in those businesses. The tremendous social impact of Quakers such as Cadbury and Rowntree is well documented and provides an historic model for Christian Entrepreneurs today. What is less well-known is the story of the Moravians and Basel Mission Society. Both these historic missionary movements intentionally invested in…

Jubilee+ gives a lead Every year Jubilee+, which has a vision ‘to see the church in the UK be a champion of the poor and a means to healthy communities across the nation’, holds a conference to envision, commission, support and equip those who have a calling to live out the gospel of Jesus through ministry with the poor. Last Saturday this annual conference was held in Wimbledon, London. After a wonderful time of extended worship which exalted the Lord, Martin Charlesworth, who leads the Jubilee+ initiative, served us superbly with his opening message, one that has the potential to change the way we function as churches if we understand the commission God has given us to influence our communities. The church and the welfare state First Martin reminded us,…