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BSK External Funding Service Jane Ollis, CEO

BSK External Funding Service Jane Ollis, CEO. Our Approach. We pride ourselves on our strategic approach to funding. We provide practical and enthusiastic support to help you achieve your goals We do not ambulance chase. Our Clients.

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BSK External Funding Service Jane Ollis, CEO

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  1. BSK External Funding Service Jane Ollis, CEO

  2. Our Approach • We pride ourselves on our strategic approach to funding. • We provide practical and enthusiastic support to help you achieve your goals • We do not ambulance chase

  3. Our Clients ‘BSK’s audit has taken us further forward than we ever anticipated.’ Dawn Hudd, Canterbury City Council

  4. BSK 3-Tiered Service 1 2 3

  5. Our work in Action - Audit for Canterbury City Council June 2011

  6. Audit Objectives • Objectives: • To create a Strategic Approach to sourcing and managing external funding for the Council • To examine areas of the Council’s activity that are eligible for funding and recommend key priority bids • To identify areas of match funding that can be used, and tactics that can be used to maximise this • To evaluate existing relationships with partner organisations and make recommendations for new ones • To explain the conditions and risks attached to relevant funding sources • To understand the resources currently available within the organisation with regard to external funding • To develop an implementation plan for the next two years and recommend a tailored package of support

  7. Research and Methodology Key areas of Council activity and spend The Council’s current Strategic Approach Understanding the funding brought in over the last few years – key areas of success Current Partner relations and International activities Target funds – evaluating eligibility and relevance Local politics that affect priorities Key links and positions of influence within the organisation Current External Funding Resources within the organisation Key assets to harness revenue spend and ownership/management arrangements

  8. Audit Outputs • How to maximise assets their and focus on objectives that appeal to funders while retaining their own strategic focus • How to package areas of work to suit delivery and funder’s needs • How to broaden their eligibility for all funds • How to improve their credibility with funders • How to maximise sources of match funding • How to create a culture that prioritises external funding and • How to organise their internal practices for positioning, delivery and monitoring

  9. Audit Results • Identified fiveprinciples that could be adopted • to create a more strategic approach; • Proposed two streams of work to implement • them; and

  10. One Year On • Made over 5 new applications for funding • Recorded over £20m of income last year • Identified 35 employees with experience in external funding that now make up an internal team of experts A B C

  11. Can we support you? • Do you have a Strategy for Sourcing External Funding? • Did you maximise your opportunities for external funding last year? • Have you considered how much more you could achieve with the right external funding? • Do you know what resources you have to hand internally to support this?

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