External funding in East Sussex

Véronique PoutrelEast Sussex County Council

Content

This session will cover:

• Stages of applying for funds

• Where to get funding information from

• What support is available

• Practical advice

Context

• Budget cuts

• Lots of changes, pressures

• BIG Society

• More important to be able to write top class bids!

Stages of applying for funds

• Need to be properly set up

• Finding the funds

• Evidence of need

• Costing a project

• Monitoring and evaluation

Finding the funds

• Funding News

• Grantnet

• Funding enquiry search form

• E-mail alerts

• Networks

• Funding guides

• Grants of between £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

Sussex Community Foundation

• For voluntary 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

Evidence of need

• Relevant to the project

• User involvement

• Consultation

• Previous reports, projects, research

Costing the project

• Eligible costs• Core/project costs• Capital/revenue• Inflation, National Insurance, increments• VAT• Increase in activity• Evaluation, audit, dissemination

Monitoring and evaluation

• Keep it simple

• Set clear objectives

• Plan the activities

• Monitoring methods

• Types of evaluation

• Ways of evaluating

Support

• Hastings Voluntary Action

• Funding enquiries

• Funding News

• Training

• Bid checking

• Project monitoring/management

• Publications

Thank you!

Any questions?

Contact details

External Funding Team

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