1c. National Lottery 1-to-1 surgeries 1d. Funding booklet & Funding updates In partnership with the National Lottery We updated and published two Funding Community Fund (TNLCF), we hosted booklets this year (July 2021 and January 1-to-1 funding advice surgeries every 2 2022), both with over 100 funding months. These 1-to-1 sessions aim to help programmes, and we introduced a new organisations make better applications to format for the booklet in which we added new TNLCF Reaching Communities funding categories and an easy link to each section. programme. In this period, we hosted 5 The booklets were promoted on VAI’s email sessions in which a total of 22 organisations newsgroup which has 675 subscribers and attended. added to our website. We also collated and disseminated over 50 organisations applied funding updates keeping the sector up to date 10 for funding on the latest funding opportunities. 1e. Online Workshops were successful with the I. ‘Getting Back on Track’ – April 2021 3 Awards for All funding The aim was to review the impact of the totalling approximately past year – and how the pandemic affected £30,000 the VCFS and what it has meant for small voluntary and community organisations. organisations are It was an opportunity to take stock and being assessed for the assess the current environment and plan 2 Reaching Communities for the coming year, including developing a funding programme. funding plan for the year ahead. In total 11 organisations attended the session. 10 Annual and Impact Report 21/22