This case study describes how a skilled grant writer helped a rural youth organization secure $75k in funding. Through extensive consultation, the writer identified the local need for jobs in customer service and developed a training program. Letters of support from businesses agreeing to hire graduates boosted the proposal. The successful application emphasized how the project would benefit young people and the struggling community.

1. Grant Writing – Case Study 5
By Red Tape Busters

2. Grant Writing – Case Study 5

3.  This is Case Study 5 in our series of grant writing articles highlighting different
cases and strategies we at Red Tape Busters have worked on since we commenced
business in 2000. This article will focus on how to create some “selling” points
when preparing a grant application for a rural based organisation.
Grant Writing – Case Study 5
 The skilled grant writer will be able to easily “sell” the project and the need for
funding if the organisation is based in a rural or remote area. Rarely if ever are we
unsuccessful with a grant submission for a rural or remote organisation.

4.  With this particular organisation they were seeking funding for a youth based
training and skills development program. Given most of the youth had left town
over the years and the general population numbers were dwindling the
organisation felt they did not really have a sound case to pursue funding.
Grant Writing – Case Study 5
 Our skilled grant writer however initially worked with the client on their project
and worked hard to identify what sorts of training and skills development did the
local young people need. To identify this we developed a survey which was sent to
all of the people in town seeking their views and input.

5.  After an extensive consultation process we identified that the main area for jobs
in and around the area was in customer services so we developed a project to train
and skill the young people in delivering outstanding customer service and in being
able to work in a shop, be part of a team and accept money, use a register and
acquit money at the end of the day.
Grant Writing – Case Study 5
 We then discussed the project with a number of businesses and gained their
support to employ the young people once they completed the training IF funding
was provided. We ensured we obtained letters of support from each business.

6.  We then identified the perfect funding program to pursue and our grant writer
then set about creating an amazing grant writing story which identified why young
people were leaving town, identifying the findings of our research and
consultation, detailing the impacts of the drought in the area – the economic
impacts, the mental impacts and the massive social impacts and then identified
how this project supported the focus of the funding program AND how this project
would benefit the young people AND the community.
Grant Writing – Case Study 5

7.  Through the fantastic efforts of our grant writer, we were successful in winning
$75k in funding for this great project. Another outstanding grant writing success
by the team at Red Tape Busters.
Grant Writing – Case Study 5
 Further we reinforced that employers would employ these young people if they
had the right skills and attitude to work hard and deliver outstanding service to
their clients. Many businesses did not in fact have a vacancy but came on board
because they could see this project was vital to the survival of the community.

8. Grant Writing – Case Study 5
 We are specialists in providing the following services :-
 Lobbying
 Tender Writing
 Resumes/Job Applications
 Grant Writing
 Organisational/Business Development.

9. Contact us at Red Tape Busters –
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information about this article or if you require specialist
grant, tender or job application writing experience. We can
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