If your environmental or heritage project sits outside the UK, can you still tap into British trusts, foundations and donors? Sometimes, yes, but only on the right terms. Here is what is realistic, which routes are open, and where to start.

Funding a big heritage or environmental capital project, whether that is a building, a restoration or a large new programme, usually means running a capital campaign. That is a structured effort, with a deadline, to raise a set amount from a mix of trusts, foundations, donors and sometimes statutory or corporate sources. It moves through clear stages, and the work you do before the public launch is what decides whether it works.

Before you launch a major campaign, one question matters most: is the money really there? A feasibility study answers it. Here is what one involves, what it costs you to skip it, and how to tell whether your project needs one.