On 8/31/07, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
At 13:41 +0100 31/8/07, Gary Kirk wrote:
I had a look about funding and perhaps people could take a look at lotteryfunding.org.uk and awardsforall.org.uk
I am not sure either of these would work. The UK Chapter is in the process of becoming a charity, and hence would not have much of a balance sheet to show in 2008. Hence, funding agencies such those about would like to give money, but not so much money (ten or hundreds of thousands??) to such a new charity (less than one year old).
Other sources are better (corporate sponsors).
I don't imagine this would be a problem. The Wikimedia Foundation is a charity registered in Florida, and Wikimedia UK is, as you say, on its way to becoming a charity soon. Having said this, I imagine (with absolutely no evidence to back it up) that corporate sponsors are most likely to give a quick response - at least to indicate possible interest. Does anyone have experience of the time taken to apply for funding from funds of the state and its agencies?
Cormac