• Offering advice on governance and funding on both a one-to-one basis and through fortnightly publications of our comprehensive E bulletin.
• Providing extensive fundraising support including opportunities through the local community to fundraise for your cause.
• Facilitating access to training, workshops and other learning opportunities.
• Enabling local non-profit organisations access to discounted affiliate services including IT, HR and insurance.
• Listing your organisation’s contact details within our own publications and submission onto the More in Common Basildon Borough directory.

Develop

• Helping new organisations to set up, build their capacity and become sustainable.
• Identifying local needs and developing local resolutions including building the already-established Leaders Peer Network and Community Forum.
• Strengthening existing organisations with training, guidance, and accreditation with a whole market approach.
• Administering small grants programmes.
• Supporting publicity and promotional initiatives through social media platforms and our own publications.

Influence

• Representing the views of the non-profit sector at local, regional and national level to statutory partners through consultation and networking.
• Promoting and campaigning for the interests of the non-profit sector to help maintain its strength and independence.
• Encouraging investment into the non-profit sector.
• Influencing change with the use of research and evaluation.

Collaborate

• Connecting with statutory partners to help identify gaps in local provision and develop strategies to empower our sector to generate positive change.
• Acting as a trusted and independent funding panel member to assist various awarding bodies across Essex.
• Creating and supporting forums and working groups which help non-profit organizations to work together to share information and best practice.
• Working alongside community groups to build and sustain their volunteering offer with training, guidance, governance, and recruitment.