It seems worth bearing in mind that what’s essentially happening here is you’re setting up a new charity which needs to fundraise, which happens pretty frequently in lots of different formats. There are often local advice groups around. Eg the one I used when we were setting up CEA was Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action—https://ocva.org.uk/ They give free sessions for people setting up charities to come in and ask questions—whether that’s about how to write their constitution, or what groups there are around which are looking to fund new charities.
Supporting embryonic charities often feels like an exciting proposition donors / foundations, because it feels like you can have strong counterfactual impact. So there are various organisations around which look specifically for charities that are at really early stages, eg The Funding Network—https://www.thefundingnetwork.org.uk/about-us
It seems worth bearing in mind that what’s essentially happening here is you’re setting up a new charity which needs to fundraise, which happens pretty frequently in lots of different formats. There are often local advice groups around. Eg the one I used when we were setting up CEA was Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action—https://ocva.org.uk/ They give free sessions for people setting up charities to come in and ask questions—whether that’s about how to write their constitution, or what groups there are around which are looking to fund new charities.
Supporting embryonic charities often feels like an exciting proposition donors / foundations, because it feels like you can have strong counterfactual impact. So there are various organisations around which look specifically for charities that are at really early stages, eg The Funding Network—https://www.thefundingnetwork.org.uk/about-us