Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department provides to small charities for fundraising training; and if she will increase the level of such support given.

Government is committed to building the resilience and independence of smaller charities. In recognition of this, the Office for Civil Society in England are providing a multi-year programme of fundraising training and support. The aim is to help small, local charities build their fundraising skills, knowledge and confidence through face-to-face training, intensive one-to-one advice sessions, skilled volunteering matches and webinars. The training will be provided at little or no cost and the providers will also develop and share fundraising training resources and toolkits to support small charities who might not be able to attend training.