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Title: From Little things Bigger Things Grow


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Grants Writing Presentation
By Red Tape Busters
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From Little things Bigger Things Grow
  • Created Opportunity to leave Public Sector
  • Started Planning Business (TCATS)
  • Job Application/PT Consultants
  • Asked to lobby QT
  • Brisbane Extra
  • ACA
  • Sunday Mail
  • Talk Back Radio/ABC


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Evolving Services
  • Started as Lobbyists and writing Job
    Applications
  • Moved into Grant Writing
  • Then Business/Strategic Plans
  • Now Organisational Development and
  • Tenders

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Successes
  • Lobbying rezonings, resumptions, banks,
    telecommunications, Government, Councils.
  • Grants - 21.7 million for hospital project,
    4.9 million for disability accommodation,
    1million in funding for agricultural peak body,
    600k for translation services, 470k for a
    respite service, 400k for museum display, 340k
    for farming enterprise, 220k for abattoir
  • Tenders - 13 million Woolworths tender, 6.4
    million for construction project.

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Secrets to a Successful Organisation
  • Strategic Direction
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Committee Composition
  • Policies and Procedures
  • Culture and Ethics

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Strategic Direction
It is vital that the Committee sets the
strategic direction of the organisation!
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Strategic Direction
  • Does your organisation-
  • Have a strategic plan in place?
  • Project Plans for significant projects?
  • Yearly Operational Plans?
  • Discuss progress at Committee meetings?
  • Regularly revise plans and direction
  • according to organisational needs

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Strategic/Business Plan
  • Strategic/Business Plans should include the
    following as a minimum-
  • Overview/History of Organisation
  • Goals/Objectives/Projects for the next three to
    five years
  • SWOT Analysis
  • Market analysis/Demographic analysis
  • Financial Information
  • Supported by a yearly Operational Plan

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Project Planning
  • For NFPs it is vital to identify ALL projects
    that require funding over at least the next 12
    months.
  • A project can be as simple as the need for a new
    computer or could be a significant upgrade of
    facilities.
  • A project to us is anything requiring funding.

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Secrets to Grant Writing
  • Be a professional Organisation
  • Identify organisational goals
  • Identify all possible grant opportunities
  • Progress the best opportunities based on needs
  • Write great submissions/responses

Note that the actual writing is last on the list
of importance not first!
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Identifying Grant Opportunities
  • It is important that you identify all possible
    grant opportunities that relate to your
    organisation/project prior to considering
    preparing responses. This requires extensive
    research.

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Matching Opportunities to Requirements
  • Following your research it is VITAL that you now
    match your projects to grant opportunities for
    NFPs and your organisational requirements.
  • This is a key to successful grant writing
    applying to the right funding program for the
    right project!

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Matching Projects to Programs
  • Your focus should be to-
  • Match opportunities to best meet your
    organisational needs
  • Prepare a Matrix forward plan over next 6
    months at least

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Writing the Response
  • Guidelines read the guidelines, read the
    specifications, read them repeatedly
  • Audience write to the audience
  • No Acronyms
  • Consider font, format, space/character/word
    limits

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Writing the Response
  • Know the organisation - research
  • Deconstruct the question/criteria
  • Talk the talk align language, individualise
  • Clear succinct

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Writing the Response
  • Reference to other documents
  • Use dot point, figures, statistics to validate
    your case
  • Draft, refine, draft, refine
  • Write with passion but be fair dinkum

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  • Contact us at Red Tape Busters
  • http//www.redtapebusters.com/ should you require
    more
  • information about this article or if you require
    specialist
  • grant, tender or job application writing
    experience. We can
  • assist you to achieve your goals and objectives!

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Please also friend or like us on Facebook -
https//www.facebook.com/RedTapeBustersShaneBower
ing, follow us on Twitter Red Tape Busters or
check us out on YouTube just search for Red Tape
Busters.
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Contact Us
  • Red Tape Busters Pty Ltd.
  • ABN 39 094 823 417
  • PO Box 3126
  • WARNER QLD 4500
  • Telephone 07 3882 2055
  • Facsimile 07 3882 2066
  • Email Address admin_at_redtapebusters.com.au

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