Funding Focus – Evidence of Need / Sustainability

This course was produced as a response to the difficulties experienced by applicants in the evidence of need and sustainability sections in recent grant applications. Its aim is to improve the future quality of applications by ensuring that applicants understand what is required in these sections and how to incorporate that into their projects/bids. Primarily the course will focus on taking a ‘panel’s eye view’ of applications to encourage groups to pay attention to individual grant criteria and tailor bids specifically for each fund, ensuring that their bids meet the set criteria.

Outcomes:
Understanding of what is commonly required by funders in terms of evidence of need and sustainability
Awareness of the importance of tailoring applications to the individual fund
Opportunity to improve understanding of bid requirements through critically assessing example application sections
Improve participants ability to successfully submit an application bid

For anyone interested in writing funding bids for a voluntary organisation