When we are approached by a client to find a grant, we suggest they work through this brainstorming activity. We find this is effective in helping think through all the different aspects of a project. We have been told, through our training, time and time again that good plans are much more likely to get funded. If you can demonstrate to a funder that you have thoroughly planned your project, that you have identified risks, looked at alternatives, have measurable outcomes and evidence of the need for the project, then you will come across as competent and capable of actually completing the project.
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Grants Only Group Is a Non Profit Group of Volunteers in Sth Gippsland formed on the 26th of October 2011. The Group, headed by Wendy Don was formed to Encourage,Support and Assist Community Groups to Access Funding.
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Sunday, May 18, 2014
More Planning Advice
Here is a planning tool that Our Community provide on their website.
Planning tool
This tool is a great place to start planning a project. All the aspects of the project need to be thoroughly planned. This not only ensures the implementation of the project runs smoothly, but is very helpful when writing the grant application.
Planning tool
This tool is a great place to start planning a project. All the aspects of the project need to be thoroughly planned. This not only ensures the implementation of the project runs smoothly, but is very helpful when writing the grant application.
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Sports Without Borders Conference
On the 2nd of May, Kathy Lagoudis was fortunate to be able to attend the Sports Without Borders Conference. Our Community kindly sponsored her registration. GOG has recently been approached by some local sporting clubs to help find funding for their projects. We thought attending this conference may help in understanding how clubs function and what we may be able to do to help.
Planning your project
Before you think about where to find a grant, you need to have thoroughly planned the whole project. Good plans are much more likely to get funding.
• Identify Suitable Grants: Go to How to Find Grants to see what is available, sign up to Sportslink, and / or google for other grant sources which link to your idea e.g. youth grants, volunteer grants, planning and environment.
• Read the Guidelines Carefully: Look for the key clues first – eligibility, funding objectives, priorities, target groups, overall aims of the funding agency, timelines. If the grant targets e.g. disadvantage, it is worth finding out what this constitutes.
• Not Eligible: If your organisation is not eligible, you could partner with an organisation that is. They become the lead agency on the application and list you as a partner. Alternatively you may find an organisation to auspice the grant i.e. manage the money and see that the obligations of the grant are met. Note: it is normal for an auspice to include a management fee.
• Make the Call: Important that you bight the bullet and make the call to the funding agency contact or a representative of the funding agency before you launch into the write up. Have a discussion about your ideas, the grant and what the funding body is looking for. Also worth asking how competitive it is.
• The Grant Aims: After reading the grant guidelines and discussing with the funding agency, do you know what is trying to be achieved through the funding and does your project do this in some way or another. This link is the most important aspect of your application. Have a look if provided at the details of previously funded projects (sometimes on the website) to get further ideas.
• Rough Plan: why, what, who, when, when, some details how and how much. This needs to be realistic, logical and have a well thought out budget attached.
taken from http://www.clubhelp.org.au/fundraising/getting-grants/planning-grants
Here's some initial steps to get you going:
• Know what your Club wants to do and why: It is better if the grant application is stimulated by an idea rather than the other way around. That way your club doesn't create work for volunteers just because there is money available. Start talking about the idea with others. A key question at this point is do you have the volunteers, support to carry the idea out if you get the money?• Identify Suitable Grants: Go to How to Find Grants to see what is available, sign up to Sportslink, and / or google for other grant sources which link to your idea e.g. youth grants, volunteer grants, planning and environment.
• Read the Guidelines Carefully: Look for the key clues first – eligibility, funding objectives, priorities, target groups, overall aims of the funding agency, timelines. If the grant targets e.g. disadvantage, it is worth finding out what this constitutes.
• Not Eligible: If your organisation is not eligible, you could partner with an organisation that is. They become the lead agency on the application and list you as a partner. Alternatively you may find an organisation to auspice the grant i.e. manage the money and see that the obligations of the grant are met. Note: it is normal for an auspice to include a management fee.
• Make the Call: Important that you bight the bullet and make the call to the funding agency contact or a representative of the funding agency before you launch into the write up. Have a discussion about your ideas, the grant and what the funding body is looking for. Also worth asking how competitive it is.
• The Grant Aims: After reading the grant guidelines and discussing with the funding agency, do you know what is trying to be achieved through the funding and does your project do this in some way or another. This link is the most important aspect of your application. Have a look if provided at the details of previously funded projects (sometimes on the website) to get further ideas.
• Rough Plan: why, what, who, when, when, some details how and how much. This needs to be realistic, logical and have a well thought out budget attached.
taken from http://www.clubhelp.org.au/fundraising/getting-grants/planning-grants
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