Are you a community group, charity or CIC? Come and meet local and national grant funders

CVS Lincolnshire and the Greater Lincolnshire Social Economy Academy at Lincoln Bishop University presents the Meet the Funder Event on Thursday 5th November 2026 between 10am - 3pm at Robert Hardy Building, Lincoln Bishop University, Longdales Road, LN1 3DY.

If you are a Voluntary or Community group, a Registered Charity, faith charity, School or Social Enterprise come along and talk to representations from national and local funders about your activities and project ideas.

There will be a morning session (10am - 12noon) and an afternoon session (1pm - 3pm) allowing you to spend quality time with the funders.

There will also be a chance to chat to our Community & Volunteering Officers as well!

Refreshments will be provided on the day.

Confirmed funders / stalls are:

National Lottery Community Fund

Heritage Lottery

easyfundraising

Lincolnshire Community Foundation

The Key Fund

Children in Need

Lincolnshire Coop

Groundwork Five Counties

Diocese of Lincoln

More funders will be confirmed throughout the year...watch this space for more details.

This event is part of the Greater Lincolnshire Social Economy Academy programme which is funded by the UK Government and is supported by Lincolnshire County Council and Business Lincolnshire. It is delivered locally by Lincoln Bishop University.

As this is a fully funded event provided for Greater Lincolnshire VCFSE organisations, in addition to booking the ticket on Eventbrite, you will be asked to complete a Business Enrolment Form on the day to confirm eligibility and to provide data required by our funders.

*Please note that by registering for this event, you are giving permission for your name, organisation name, and email address to be recorded and shared with Lincoln Bishop University and Business Lincolnshire to evidence engagement with this funded event. *

Registration is mandatory and we ask you to book onto either the morning or afternoon session only.

We will be limiting groups to book a maximum of 2 attendees for the session to allow a range of groups to attend.

We are also asking participants to arrive to their designated session by 11.30am and 2.30pm respectively to allow good time to speak to the funders. We will not be allowing anymore people in after these times. If you arrive late for the morning session, we maybe able to let you into the afternoon session depending on numbers.

However you can arrive anytime between 10am - 11.30am and 1pm - 2.30pm to guarantee entry into this event.

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