Tips for successful grant writing

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• Applying for grants can take a lot of valuable
  time, resources and energy.
• Before embarking on an application, ensure you
  carefully read the guidelines carefully to
  confirm the grant is suitable for your project.

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• Managing your project
• Funding bodies want to clearly see lines of
  responsibility for all aspects of project
  management.
• They will require demonstrated experience and
  abilities in the project co-ordination,
  timetabling and managing all people involved in
  the project.
• They will require a nominated person who will
  drive the project.

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• Demonstrating your credibility
• Grant applications may have questions about
  constitutions, annual reports, strategic plans,
  and previous your grant history.
• They help the funding body determine how your
  organisation operates and how you will manage the
  money.
• Ensure you address these aspects of the
  application and collect all the relevant
  documents and information before writing the
  application.

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• Building partnerships
• Working with your local council and developing
  relationships with other not for profit
  organisations in your community can prove to be
  very productive.
• Demonstrating strong community support and
  involvement to the funding body is important.
• Funding bodies want their funds to benefit as
  many different groups of people within your
  community as possible.

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• Funding bodies may require you to demonstrate how
  your organisation will include your community in
  your project.
• Funding bodies are committed to building
  long-term partnerships and sharing resources
  across like organisations and particularly in
  regional areas.

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• Selling your project
• Get together and brainstorm the main factors of
  your project. Prioritise these factors and ensure
  you can accurately describe each feature of your
  project.
• Try and identify why it is important for your
  project to be funded instead of other projects.
• Express this clearly at the commencement of the
  application and it will increase your chances of
  success.

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• Be clear and concise
• Most funding organisations will receive more
  grant applications than funding available. It is
  vitally important that you attract their
  attention in the initial paragraph of the
  application.
• Clearly explain the main elements of your project
  and how your project will marry in with the other
  aims of your organisation. If the funding body
  sets a word limit, ensure you stick to it. Your
  grant application must be easy to read and
  understand.

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• Use plain English
• It is advisable to minimise your use of technical
  terms and jargon. Simple, straightforward, plain
  English is easier to write, faster to read and
  will get your message across in a no-nonsense way.

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• Grants are a competitive process
• Your grant application will be assessed against
  other organisations grant applications.
• Every grant applicant believes their project is
  the project that should be funded, so the tone of
  your grant application needs to be well-reasoned,
  optimistic with a clear and concise message.

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• You have a very limited timeframe to capture the
  funding bodys attention and to put forward your
  case.
• Ensure your application is complete, has all the
  required attachments and is neat and easily read.
  
• Check it, double check it and ask someone else to
  check it again, well before the submission
  deadline.

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• Help is available
• Grant writing can be a daunting task which can
  drain valuable resources. A professional grant
  writer is an invaluable investment.
• A professional, experienced grant writer will
  work with you to develop a high standard grant
  application.

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