Charities Aid Foundation (CAF): Resilience
Overview
What is "resilience?"
They view a resilient charity as one with the capacity to recover quickly from setbacks and to adapt to the changing environment in which it operates. It means an organisation not only delivers an impact for its cause, but also has a plan in place to keep doing so into the future.
New Package of Support for Smaller Charities
CAF Resilience is a new programme launched to help smaller charities strengthen their long-term organisational health, so they can continue delivering vital services for their communities.
Ten charitable organisations whose work has a strong focus on ‘problem prevention’ will receive financial and professional support for two years. Together with grant funding of up to £50,000 per year to use appropriately, each selected organisation will receive bespoke expert advice and training. This support will be tailored to each organisation’s needs, but could cover areas such as:
- Good governance
- Strategy development
- Financial planning
- Sustainable sources of funding
- Communicating effectiveness
If you are a leader or trustee of a small or medium-sized charity in the UK, CAF Resilience offers an opportunity to release your organisation’s time to look beyond service delivery and focus on how to adapt to the challenges that lie ahead. In return, they will expect you to be part of a community of like-minded sector leaders working together with them to encourage further philanthropic giving of this kind into the sector.
Who can apply?
They are seeking applications from registered charities and community interest companies, incorporated in the UK, whose latest filed accounts report an annual income of between £250,000 - £1.5 million. The focus of your organisation’s work must be to prevent problems (through early action), as opposed to working to address the consequences of a problem or issue.
If you have any questions, please read their FAQs, call Beth Williams on 03000 123 275 or email bwilliams@cafonline.org