Grant seeking

There is plenty of advice on how to apply to grantmaking trusts, so Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is unusual in having produced a video to share their advice.

Video advice on how to apply for Awards for All Scotland. A nice alternative to text-only guidelines on applications.

Google reports on the $100 million it has donated to various organisations around the world in 2011.

www.google.com/intl/en_gb/landing/givesback/2011/

David Shrigley urges the public to lobby to support funding for the arts in the run-up to the comprehensive spending review by the government in October 2010.

The Big Lottery Fund Scotland launches its Social Media campaign ahead of the launch of Investing in Communities on 30 June 2010.

The Foundation is a new Showcase Original comedy series from Michael Dowse, the creator of FUBAR and It's All Gone Pete Tong. It premiered in Canada on 13 September 2009.

Includes an interview with Breidge Gadd, Northern Ireland Chair of the Big Lottery Fund.

The Big Lottery Fund is the largest distributor of Lottery money in Wales.

Not quite the sophistication of microloans organisations like Kiva.org or indeed of the background research into applicants that most grantmaking bodies undertake, but still a pleasing example of what