SCVO

Day

Wednesday 5 February

Time slot

15:00-16:00

Room

Moorfoot suite
Wheelchair accessible

Contact

Kirsty Hernon

Topic

Finance, funding and fundraising

Overall aim

Start a conversation through panel discussion to explore how to create a culture shift within funding to make applying for funding more accessible. Reflecting on how applications and monitoring forms for funding could be delivered differently to make the processes more accessible and, in turn, make funding more accessible.

Description

At SCVO, we want to advocate for grant management practices to be as good as possible and aligned to Fair Funding. To meet this, we believe funding processes must be accessible. We want to support learning to adapt grant-making practices helping to ensure that they are equitable for all groups making funding applications and completing monitoring. We believe that making changes and adapting grant-making practices can help make forms simpler and more consistent, and that providing clear guidance and gathering impact data through different mediums can improve user experience and improve the information collected. We want to encourage shared learning throughout the sector to support grantmakers in making their funding processes more accessible.

Accessibility helps everyone. Accessibility matters.

Our Panel will consist of voluntary organisations and funders who have explored different methods of applying for funds and monitoring grants. We will be talking about:

• How accessible funding can benefit all of us
• Practical changes funders have made to make their funds more accessible for everyone
• The experience of voluntary organisations applying for funds- when it works and when it doesn’t
• How do the power dynamics within funding influence how comfortable people feel about approaching funders to apply in different ways?
• What are the next steps to make funding more accessible? How do we share our learning and experience? What do we need to do to gain that culture shift?

Who is the event aimed at?

Funders who are interested in making funding as accessible as possible. Applicants who have accessibility needs that have been met well when applying for funds... or not!

Who is speaking at this event?

Robbie Crow - Disability Inclusion Expert (find me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin/in/robbiecrow)
Kirsty Hernon - Grants Development Officer, SCVO
Luna Dizon - Communications Lead, Esmée Fairburn Foundation
Emma Whitelock - Chief Executive Officer, Lead Scotland