HOW TOO KEEP THE PASSION IN ALL YOU DO!

Bank Holidays nearly every week this month – does anyone else feel like a complete part-timer? It’s lovely to take advantage of extra time with friends and families, growing relationships, creating memories and de-stressing from work life.

UnLtd Magazine has spoken to Zoe Croot from the Fun Hub CIC this month. Zoe is a fireball of energy based in Maltby, Rotherham, who works in the community to make life better for hard working families and residents. We started working together at the end of 2022 when Zoe had the idea to extend her holiday club provision and work with Maltby Town Council to deliver more services for the community of Maltby.

Zoe is already an accomplished business owner, so it wasn’t necessary to undertake basic business planning and compliance checking with her, but what we needed to know was which projects

Give she wanted to fund, then we decided how to fund them and determined a funding strategy.

We were able to propose funding from the National Lottery for the food van she wanted on the road distributing food to people who don’t necessarily qualify for foodbank tokens. Zoe was also keen to secure funding for a Warm Space where all Maltby residents can come to combat loneliness. Voluntary Action Rotherham were awarding funding for this very thing at the time, and we were able to secure funding to achieve this.

Zoe is now keen to fund a provision for SEND children in the community and is working closely with other non-profits to secure the knowledge and skills to deliver this. The grant funding will be secured to ensure that this is achieved.

For any help and guidance on determining a funding strategy for your non-profit, please contact me.