Every month, we host a free online community drop-in for non-profits using ActionFunder. It’s a friendly, relaxed session where we walk you through how ActionFunder works, show you the platform live, and share practical tips to help your projects get funded.
Missed a session or want a recap? You’ll find the slides from our latest drop-in below.
View the slides
👉 Download them via the ‘Article Attachments’ section
What the session covers
- Who we are: How ActionFunder connects non-profits with businesses, local authorities and foundations who want to invest in their communities.
- How ActionFunder works: The four steps from signing up to receiving funding and celebrating your impact.
- Who’s eligible: The types of organisations we support, the causes we fund, and what you need to be eligible (based in the UK, constituted, with an organisation bank account, and working on a project that benefits a local community).
- Live demo: A walkthrough of your dashboard, browsing funds, match criteria and creating a project.
- Match criteria: The four things your project is matched on for Classic Funds: location, grant size, focus area and beneficiary type.
- Types of funds: The difference between Classic (Auto Apply) and Active Apply funds, and what you need to do for each.
- Video pitches: How you can answer the first three questions of your project pitch with a short video, plus examples of recently funded video pitches.
- What makes a good project: What strong projects have in common, and the common mistakes to avoid.
- Getting funding-ready: What we ask for during our one-time due diligence check, including the four key people roles.
- Help and support: Where to find guidance and how to get in touch with our team.
We finish every session with a live Q&A, so bring your questions along. There’s no such thing as a silly one!
Join our next drop-in
We run the session remotely once a month, so you can join from wherever you are. It’s free, and everyone’s welcome, whether you’re brand new to ActionFunder or have been using it for a while.
👉 Sign up for the next session on Eventbrite
Want to find out more?
These help centre articles go into more detail on topics covered in the session:
- Types of funds on ActionFunder
- What is an ‘Active Apply’ fund?
- What we ask for during our due diligence checks, and why
- Why we ask for key people information
Need help?
Our support team is available Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
- Email: hello@actionfunder.org (add us as a safe sender so our replies don’t land in your spam folder)
- Phone: 07446 475311