Imagine if accessing vital funding for impact in Gloucestershire was simple.

For many VCSE organisations, finding and applying for funding can feel like a full-time job, diverting vital time and resources away from the work that matters most.

We are a new non-profit organisation trying to make the processes for giving and receiving funding easier for everyone involved.

We want to enable local voluntary, charitable and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations to focus on impact, not paperwork.

Our digital platform helps funders distribute their grants in Gloucestershire's communities through clear, targeted and trustworthy processes and reduces duplication for applicants, so funding is easier to find.

Our financial management services provide secure fund-holding and fund-management processes for funders and VCSE organisations alike.

Text Block

If you highlight the text, you will get a purple bar pop-up. From there you can make the text bold, italic, or even different sizes. Tip: If you highlight the text, the purple bar will pop up, on the right hand side there is a pin option. This then keeps it at the top of the block for easy editing.

Here is H2 example (Heading 2)

Here is H3 example (Heading 3)

Here is H4 example (Heading 4)

All of these can be added by highlighting the text and clicking H2/H3/H4 in the bar at the top.

  • You can also have bullet points

or even add a seperator line:

^ just simply click the line at the top bar.

You can also add hyperlinks or even images in a rich text block:

Legal Services

Video Block

Below is a example of a video embed, simply click the plus button and select the video block. You then need to add in the URL and it will show the video like below!

Here is a Concertina

A concertina / FAQ is really useful to be able to add information in a neat and easy to read way. You can add a concertina by clicking the plus button and selecting the Concertina / FAQ Block.

You then click the smaller plus button under summary to add an FAQ.

01. Here is the first FAQ in the list

And here is the detail if you expand the FAQ list

02. Here is the second FAQ in the list

And again, here it is hidden underneath.

Here is a call to Action Block

You can add a call to action block by clicking the plus button and adding "Call to Action". You can then add content which this section is.

Below the content is the button details. You can choose where you'd like the button to link to, and if when clicked, you'd like it to open in a new window.

This is the button link text

Here is a text block

Below is the automatic top three.

Here you can get the system to automatically show pages under a parent page (like news). You need to choose the Parent page, then what ordering you'd like to show.

You can do the same for the Manual Top Three aswell!

You can then add a title for the Automatic Top Three Content

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    Sally's Blog

    With the benefit of a career immersed in the funding landscape, Sally shares her perspective on the need for a new approach that addresses the power asymmetries in the funder-applicant relationship.

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    Claire's Blog

    In her first blog, Claire shares her thoughts on some of the challenges she encountered sustaining a small charity in Gloucestershire; applying for funding to secure the organisation's finances took up an immense amount of her team's time, detracting from the remarkable work the team were doing on the ground.

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Below is the image Grid.

Here you can add multiple photos, which will automatically change how it looks depending on how many photos you have. Simply click image grid and add a image under each one. Don't forget the Alt Text too!

Quote Block

Here is a quote block. This is easily added by clicking quote. This is the area which you can add the quote detail. Always remember you want to keep a quote short!

Here is who said the quote.

Two Column Block

You can also add columns to the site where you can add content next to each other. this is a Two Column block.

You can add Text Block, Images, tiles, videos, buttons, videos, and expanding content

Below are your button options

Button row - one Button two

Table Block

Table Title
One two three
a
b

You can also embed a form within a page!

To do this, you need to create a new page type called "form", and fill in the questions & thank you. Then you can select a block named Form, and it adds it like below.

Send us a message

* required

This is the people block

It has a title and some introduction text. Then you can click the plus button to add some people. A person can have a name, image, job title, content and a link.

First name Last name

Job description

This is a platform connecting grant makers with seekers, promoting funding opportunities and successful collaborations for a better future.

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First name Last name

Job description

This is a platform connecting grant makers with seekers, promoting funding opportunities and successful collaborations for a better future.

Find out more

First name Last name

Job description

This is a platform connecting grant makers with seekers, promoting funding opportunities and successful collaborations for a better future.

Find out more

Here is a centred column block

Background Colour Section

The next section is the Background Colour Section block. This is where you can add in blocks ontop of the pink and green background with the graphics automatically added on.

You can add:

  • Text
  • Image
  • Tile
  • Button
  • video
  • Expanding Content Block (what we use to explain the services)

Image Block

Below you can add a image block. Here you can select if it is full width, which goes across the whole screen or just the same width as the text.

Don't forget to add Alt Text for user who use screen readers!

Here is Alt text

Finally, here is the separator block!

This is a block which can separate content when you need to.