What do local funders want from you Graham Harris WCC Central Bidding Unit

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What do local funders want from you?Graham
Harris WCC Central Bidding Unit

• ' What you need to do to submit a successful
  application

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Homework, homework, and more homework
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• know what you want to fund and what the funder
  most wants to fund do your homework
• when you have identified a local funder
  have a look at www.guidestar.org.uk
• appreciate how much money they might have
  available (total and individual grants)
• be realistic with your request help the funder
  give you the money!

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• Local funder
• Ralph and Irma Sperring Charity
• they advertise in the local paper for
  applications do this annually
• tight deadline e.g. give you three weeks
• support older people, village halls, sports
  clubs, recreational areas, improvements to
  grounds etc.
• find out more on www.guidestar.org.uk

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• The main areas of the charitable activities is
  to use the income generated from the provision of
  housing and other residential accommodation to
  support local causes to improve the life of the
  inhabitants of the Trust Parishes.
• The charity has achieved in providing 35
  residential dwellings to the community during the
  year, generating income of which it has awarded
  63,624 to support local causes to the
  inhabitants of the Trust Parishes.

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• Local funder
• Ralph and Irma Sperring Charity
• 63,264 to give away annually!!!
• this could represent 630 grants of 100
• thats a lot of work for the few trustees!
  or.
• this could represent 63 grants of 1,000
• or five grants of 5,000 and 38 grants of 1,000
  still quite a lot of work for the trustees!

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• Local funder
• Ralph and Irma Sperring Charity
• continue to do your homework try to find who
  they have recently funded and for how much use
  this information when doing your bid
• try to establish whether they will fund what you
  want and the amount
• make sure you meet their criteria they usually
  publish this for you!

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• So what would the Ralph and Irma Sperring
  Charity want from you?
• a good application which clearly expresses what
  your club wants and is fully complete (note 75
  of bids to the lottery Awards for All are
  incomplete)
• a bid that meets their funding wishes, is
  affordable to them, and will not involve them in
  too much work
• they only wants bids from clubs that are in the
  geographical area that they fund
• note RI Sperring only fund within 5 miles of
  St Johns Church in Midsomer Norton!

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• So what would the Thomas Freke Lady Norton
  Charity want from you?
• your club needs to be in one of the Wiltshire
  parishes of Hannington, Inglesham, Highworth,
  Stanton Fitzwarren, Blunsdon St Leonards or
  Castle Eaton (there have been many applications
  from outside the area that cannot be supported)
• primarily interested in capital projects such as
  building improvements and specialist equipment
• strong preference shows for primary schools or
  could this perhaps be young children?
• Note 100,000 per annum available but all income
  may currently be committed for future years

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Homework, homework, homework

• Once you know your funders needs make sure you
  have the evidence that will encourage them to
  give you the money
• be able to show community support
• have letters from key people/organisations -
  available to send
• have an enthusiastic dedicated fundraiser on
  board who can engage and excite the funder
• make sure you know all their requirements
• if they ask for a report, provide it on time
• thank them afterwards for the grant
  

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Homework, homework, homework

• If targeting local sponsors/businesses, make sure
  you know whether they have funded your club
  before, or given funds in your village or if they
  have giving rules
• most businesses will give money but have they
  been asked too frequently?
• it helps if you can develop empathy with them
  offer something that will benefit them as well

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• Thank you for listening, get going and good luck
  with your bids to local funders
• (actually not good luck because fundraising
  through applications is a science)