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Hva agm2010 - escc external funding
- 1. External funding inEast Sussex Véronique Poutrel East Sussex County Council
- 2. Content This session willcover: • Stages of applying for funds • Where to get funding information from • What support is available • Practical advice
- 3. Context • Budget cuts •Lots of changes, pressures • BIG Society • More important to be able to write top class bids!
- 4. Stages of applyingfor funds • Need to be properly set up • Finding the funds • Evidence of need • Costing a project • Monitoring and evaluation
- 5. Finding the funds •Funding News • Grantnet • Funding enquiry search form • E-mail alerts • Networks • Funding guides
- 6. • Grants ofbetween £300 and £10,000 • No deadline • No need for match funding • Can fund revenue or capital • All projects must meet at least one of four priorities • www.awardsforall.org.uk Awards for All
- 7. Sussex Community Foundation • Forvoluntary and not for profit groups including charities • Grants up to £5,000 • Different funds • http://www.sussexgiving.org.uk/apply-for- funding/our-application-process.php
- 8. Evidence of need •Relevant to the project • User involvement • Consultation • Previous reports, projects, research
- 9. Costing the project •Eligible costs • Core/project costs • Capital/revenue • Inflation, National Insurance, increments • VAT • Increase in activity • Evaluation, audit, dissemination
- 10. Monitoring and evaluation •Keep it simple • Set clear objectives • Plan the activities • Monitoring methods • Types of evaluation • Ways of evaluating
- 11. Support • Hastings VoluntaryAction • Funding enquiries • Funding News • Training • Bid checking • Project monitoring/management • Publications
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- 13. Contact details External FundingTeam East Sussex County Council County Hall – C8E Lewes BN7 1UE Tel: 01273 482859 E-mail: veronique.poutrel@eastsussex.gov.uk www.eastsussex.gov.uk/community/funding