To ask for help? Charities..

[Rubbleonthedouble1]

Has anyone set up a charity and would help me?

I’m setting up a charity to help low income families in my area.

How do I raise money?
How do I get people to prove they are low income? Worried it will be exploited?

I haven’t been clear sorry. I’d love to be able to provide free tutoring but can’t so what I’m proposing is providing free online tutoring for low income families. I would need funds to provide them with learning resources though.

You don't need a charity - you need to approach local businesses and township councils for sponsorship for places.

Find your local town council - they'll be able to point you. Look for your local business group, Rotary Club etc.

Nah OP, now your just throwing out different versions of an idea that's just not going to wash...sorry.

@kittykat35

Nah OP, now your just throwing out different versions of an idea that's just not going to wash...sorry.

Or I didn’t include enough info in the first post?! Or is human error not allowed here?!

@Rubbleonthedouble1

Thank you.

I’m a private tutor and wanted to offer free sessions for children from low income families. However as tuition is my income I can’t do this without external help as also low income myself as I’ve been very ill and have been told to give up full time work x

I’m confused by this, and about why there’s a need to seek funding from elsewhere.

How is working as a tutor paid directly by parents any different from working as a tutor for students whose fees are paid for by a third party? You still need to do the same work for the same amount of time per week.

If your illness means you can only work part time, then work part time for fee-paying parents. I don’t see how having the funds coming from elsewhere would make any difference to either your income or your ability to work. Unless you were planning to pay yourself a lot more than market rate by taking charitable donations for working with low income families? (Hint: you can’t).

If you want to help children from low-income families access music education, you can work voluntarily for any number of local trusts offering this. Most volunteers also work at least part time, if not full time, and use spare time for volunteering.

There is a possibility that you could do this but you'd need to be very very clear about how it would work and the only way I could see that it would work is if you received a grant to do so.

However, you would need to be able to demonstrate the need for this service - what evidence do you have that the service is needed?

What will you propose to do i.e offer tutoring to low income families

How does this meet the need of the fund?

How willou y measure that this is successful and what changes will you expect to see from this

How much will it cost - you will need to be able to clearly demonstrate how this money will be used. Grants will be very clear about whether they'll cover staff salaries (essentially you will be the staff).

What will you be able to deliver for £5k of funding? £10k? £20k and bear in mind that many grants will be quite small.

Some funders will also want to see a financial history so will want to know that you're solvent.

I mean a financial history for the charity

@OP Changing the tact every time is not human error... you need to sit down and actually think about and yes...then you need to make yourself clear from the get go...it just doesn't come across as well thought out. And when it comes to charities and money...your plan needs to be "well thought out and clear"...from the beginning.

I agree with PPs that the model for this sort of charity is a little confusing. As one of the beneficiaries of the charity, by drawing a wage, you would need to ensure that everything was absolutely above board and transparent in order to demonstrate that you aren't simply taking charitable money to fund a service that pays you.

Sophoa's advice is very sound - you would have to be able to demonstrate a need for the charity and show evidence that the funding has achieved your stated goal.

Basically, administering and running this as a charitable venture would likely end up being 'full-time' work for you and fail to achieve either of the goals that you are hoping to. Perhaps there is a more established charity that would appreciate a volunteer while you work for fee-paying families to support yourself.