Charities and the Voluntary Sector

Online Resources

• KnowUK - includes
  • Educational Grants Directory
  • Guide to Grants for Individuals in Need
  • Directory of Grants and Funds for Scotland

• Who's Who and Who Was Who - Who's Who includes information on over 33,000 influential people in British public life, and Who Was Who is an historical archive of over 90,000 deceased people who were previously included in Who's Who.

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - look through over 50,000 biographies of men and women who shaped Britains past, as well as various themes.

• NewsUK - Search through a variety of national and local newspapers.  Also has useful news topics on a variety of issues

Material we keep in the Central Library:

• Guides to grant making trusts
• Local and National Directories of major commercial and charitable donors
• Funding guides for sports and the arts or obtaining Lottery and European funding.
• Information on charities including guides on obtaining charitable status and fundraising
• Annual reports of the Charities Commission and some major charities
• Journals and Directories on volunteering opportunities and voluntary work

Funderfinder