Funding Central is a free smart website for the whole voluntary and community sector, including social enterprise, providing access to thousands of funding and finance opportunities, plus a wealth of tools and resources supporting organisations to develop sustainable income strategies appropriate to their needs.

If you are completely or relatively new to fundraising, Funding Central provides a guided search enabling you to identify the most appropriate funding and finance opportunities that best suit you and the beneficiaries that you support. As an experienced fundraiser, you can drill down through thousands of opportunities to identify the most appropriate funding or finance for your organisation using the advanced search. As a funder you will have access to your own exclusive area - the Funder Zone. Here you can explore statistics on your funding programmes or contracts, including web visits and comments made and add your own helpful hints to support fund-seekers. As an infrastructure organisation you can use Funding Central to access a wealth of support materials to enhance your work with other groups and identify funding and finance opportunities for your own needs.
http://www.fundingcentral.org.uk/

Business Link Yorkshire

Business Link Yorkshire is a government-funded service designed to promote enterprise. Whether you are already running or growing a business or just starting out, Business Link can help.
www.businesslinkyorkshire.co.uk

Communities and Local Government

This is a link to Indices of Deprivation 2007 section of this website. You will be able to access details on the following issues to support your application:
Income; Employment; Health Deprivation and Disability; Education, Skills and Training; Barriers to Housing and Services; Crime and the Living Environment
www.communities.gov.uk/communities/neighbourhoodrenewal/deprivation/deprivation07/

Govenernment Office Yorkshire and The Humber

On the GOYH website you will find information about the Government Office as they join up the work of 11 Central Government Departments across Yorkshire and The Humber, and feedback the region’s views and unique needs to Whitehall. The Government Office for Yorkshire and The Humber works with organisations across the Region to deliver Government policies and programmes and to contribute a regional perspective in their development.

The social, economic and environmental diversity of Yorkshire and The Humber is important. As the representative of central Government in the region, GOYH promotes effective integration of policies and programmes so that they reflect priorities at regional and local level. GOYH’s aim is to deliver thriving and sustainable communities across the region by working in partnership, ensuring effective delivery of Government programmes and informing policy development to:

• Improve the economy  
• Improve the quality of life of all those who live or work in the region, and the quality of experience for those who visit
• Protect and improve the natural and built environment.

Learning and Skills Council Yorkshire and Humber

The Learning and Skills Council exists to make England better skilled and more competitive. Their goal is to improve the skills of England’s young people and adults to ensure we have a workforce of world-class standard. The LSC is a non-departmental public body which began work in 2001, taking over the roles of the former Further Education Funding Council and Training and Enterprise Councils. The LSC is responsible for planning and funding high quality education and training for everyone in England other than those in universities. The national office is based in Coventry and nine regional offices oversee the work of local partnership teams throughout the county.
www.lsc.gov.uk/regions/YorkshireHumber/

The Compact

Established in 1998, the Compact is an agreement between Government and the voluntary and community sector in England. It recognises shared values, principles and commitments and sets out guidelines for how both parties should work together. The Compact website explores the Compact and the Codes of Practice which underpin it:
www.thecompact.org.uk/

Neighbourhood Statistics

On this site from the Office for National Statistics, you can find out information about levels of deprivation, educational attainment levels, health statistics etc, information which helps to add weight to your local needs analysis.
www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk

North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust (NYYPCT)

The PCT works with a large number of NHS and private organisations both within and outside North Yorkshire. It also works with a large number of voluntary organisations and patient groups across North Yorkshire, including the Patient and Public Involvement Forum.
www.nyypct.nhs.uk

North Yorkshire Strategic Partnership (NYSP)

The role of the NYSP is to promote the economic, social and environmental
wellbeing of North Yorkshire's communities. To achieve this it takes as its
focus the Sustainable Community Strategy for North Yorkshire 2008/18
and the linked Local Area Agreement 2008/11 , which set out key
priorities and targets to achieve the vision of making North Yorkshire an
even better place in which to live, work and visit.
www.nysp.org.uk

Regional Forum for Yorkshire and Humber

The Regional Forum provides a coherent regional voice for the voluntary and community sector in Yorkshire and the Humber. It is a member led network of networks with over 150 members. The Forum brings together voluntary and community sector organisations to ensure that the sector has the right support and structures to contribute to regional activity. The work of the Regional Forum covers a range of policy areas including BME information service; European funding service; Infrastructure development; Policy; Voluntary and Community Sector representation; research; Voluntary Sector sustainability and workforce development and skills.
www.yhregforum.org.uk

York and North Yorkshire Partnership Unit (YNYPU)

At this web page you have access to the key Strategies and Plans that affect the development and regeneration of York and North Yorkshire. It guides you to those documents that will set the context when developing plans, when making funding applications, and also to generally have a greater understanding of the path that the sub-region is taking. Here you will also find links to key organisations.
www.ynypu.org.uk/category.aspx?category=13

Yorkshire Forward

Yorkshire Forward is the Regional Development Agency charged with improving the Yorkshire and Humber economy. Yorkshire Forward was set up by Government to promote sustainable economic development throughout the Yorkshire and Humber region. It supports the expansion and development of business in the region by encouraging public and private investment, and by connecting people to economic opportunity. It works to improve levels of education, learning and skills, and to enhance the region's environment and infrastructure. The site contains a range of information including a calendar of events, Image Bank and downloadable key documents such as the Regional Economic Strategy (RES) 2006 – 2015.
www.yorkshire-forward.com