RESOURCE CENTRE MANUAL
HEALTHLINK WORLDWIDE
2.4 Fundraising and income generation
There are many different ways to fundraise and many different sources of
funds. The choice of which methods to use depends on the range of acceptable
potential donors (funders) in the area and upon the time and resources
available to devote to fundraising.
2.4.1 Generating funds
It is important to identify the financial resources that the resource centre can
generate itself. These might include:
• membership fees or fees for using the resource centre
• payment for services provided – such as photocopying or literature searches
• sales of information packs or publications
• acting as consultants to train or advise others.
There may also be a community of users who are prepared to make a voluntary
contribution to the work of the resource centre, or it may be possible to raise
funds by general appeals to the community members.
Contributions from local individuals or organisations could be in forms other
than money. For example, people may be willing to volunteer a certain amount
of time to help with basic tasks at the resource centre, or to provide a specific
technical or professional skill, such as accounting, computing skills, marketing,
designing, writing or painting. Businesses in the community might be prepared
to provide staff on loan for a period of time to help with particular work, or
they might pay for the cost of developing promotional material about the
resource centre. They might also have useful materials that they would be
willing to donate or lend to the resource centre.
Volunteers may have skills they can contribute to the resource centre
SECTION 2: MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE
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