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Capacity, communities, collectives

Featured: Shining a light - how CVSs build capacity, collectively.
Sustainable funding: Something for every funder
Punking energy: Inside the new studio
Coming soon? Inside the new shop
 
Soundtrack: Heart Beats True

Punk energy in the studio

Over Easter my office became – a studio!
It's already given my energy a boost, not least because of some punkish inspiration. Have a look around and find out what punk and charities have in common.
Bonus prize: Be the first to name the four albums in this picture and win one of our postcard or poster sets!

Shining a light: stories from practice

These leading CVSs use our free resources to support sustainable community capacity. We love them.
As their name suggests, Action Together believe in the power of collective activity. In Rochdale, this included working with us to provide support for eight local community centres who needed a joint strategy for ensuring long-term sustainability.
Cumbria CVS is supporting community organisations to build resilience and financial sustainability. 'Bedrock Basics' provides a tailored, empowering range of support, including our recent workshops on how small charities can navigate their futures.

Sustainable funding

Last month I wrote about The Gannochy Trust's 'Grant Plus' philosophy.

Here's the full case study of what we've been doing together to support this:
 
Sustainable funding - something every funder can learn from

Shopping and shipping soon?

I've (finally) started setting up a webshop so you can (finally) get our postcards, posters, books and a few other delights! It's proving a bit pesky, partly because I have to fit it around stuff that pays and partly because...technology. Hopefully worth the wait though. Should go live in May's newsletter. Wish me luck!
That's it for this time. Short and punky.
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