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GETTING IT RIGHT

GETTING IT RIGHT . The nuts and bolts of making your case for grant funding if you are a small VCS organisation. Emma Plouviez Organisational Development Team One Westminster eplouviez@vawcvs.org. Today we will - review or refresh your approach to making funding bids by:.

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GETTING IT RIGHT

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  1. GETTING IT RIGHT The nuts and bolts of making your case for grant funding if you are a small VCS organisation.Emma PlouviezOrganisational Development Team One Westminster eplouviez@vawcvs.org

  2. Today we will - review or refresh your approach to making funding bids by: 1. Looking at a basic framework to help you build successful bids.2. Exploring some basic dos and don’ts. And this is to remind me and you please to keep asking questions or share ideas as we go through the workshop …. Not sure? Ask!

  3. 1. Why funding bids fail - a reminder • Documents incomplete, incomplete applications (questions not answered, signatures missing, contact details, references) • Doesn’t meet the aims of the funder • Not enough need demonstrated; poor needs assessment • Not enough community consultation • Poor value for money • Budget doesn’t correspond to application Not sure? Ask!

  4. Constitution or Memorandum and Articles, charity and/or company number • Policies – Equality and Diversity; Health and Safety; Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults; Volunteer Policy. (full policy list available from VAW) • Last set of annual accounts • Bank Account details • Trustees/Board/Management Committee details including contact details – on website if you have one. • Aims of organisation – what you want to change for people/environment in what area • Objectives of organisation – what you will do to make the change. 2. The 20 checklist: Not sure? Ask!

  5. Aims of Project – what is/are the change(s) the project will make to which people and where? • Objectives of project – what will the project do (to make these changes happen)? • What is the need? • How do you know there is a need? – your own research locally • How do you know there is a need? – other more general sources of information • Why is your organisation the best to do this project? Evidence of similar past work you have done. The 20 checklist continued: Not sure? Ask!

  6. Who benefits? • Outcomes – what changes will there be? How will the project improve things for the beneficiaries? • Monitoring – how will you measure the change(s) made by the project? How will you record a starting point, then record change? • Project outline (brief) • Project outline (detailed) • Budget for project – based on the detailed project outline. The 20 checklist continued: Not sure? Ask!

  7. and … The 20 checklist is not a Rolls Royce, it is the essential bicycle! 20. Look for funder(s) that support what you want to do, and apply …

  8. 3. Building up your project: • Aims: Why do you want to develop the project? E.g. to improve peoples lives, to increase wellbeing, to prevent X from happening • Objectives: What are the activities that you are going to provide? E.g. training, information, referrals, health checks, counselling, etc. Not sure? Ask!

  9. Building up your project: • Outcomes (quality/change): What is the difference that your project will make? e.g. More adults accessing education; people have greater confidence; people are less isolated; there is less anti-social behavior in a community. • Outputs (quantity): What is it that you are providing? Workshops, leaflets, activities, books – including the number of things. Not sure? Ask!

  10. 4. Monitoring and Evaluation How would you know if you have been successful in delivering your project? How do you know you achieved your planned outcomes? What have you learn from this project? What would you do differently? Not sure? Ask!

  11. Monitoring and Evaluation Needs to be planned from the beginning. • Collection of information should be systematic. • Explore different tools to collect information: interviews, questionnaires, focus groups, diaries, case studies. • Check if the funder has its own monitoring and evaluation requirements e.g. forms and reports. Not sure? Ask!

  12. Now you really are ready for the journey … Not sure? Ask!

  13. THANK YOU

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