UK Funding Workshop

Working with & Applying to Trust & Foundations

9.00am

Delegate Registration
Tea/Coffee

9.45am

Opening Remarks

Objectives for the day

9.55am

Background to UK Trusts & Foundations                            

• Basic Questions – How many? How much?
• History of Grant Making by Trusts & Foundations
• Review of the Larger Trusts & Foundations
• Assessing Your Own Funding Needs
• Meeting the Eligibility Criteria - Partnerships

11.00am

Tea/Coffee Break

11.20am

Identifying Grant Makers for Your Project                                    

• Comparing the Resources Available
• Conducting the Funding Search
• Gathering Information/Recent Grants Made
• Filtering the Results/Removing the Irrelevant

Group Question & Answer Session

12.30pm

Luncheon

1.30pm

Introduction to the Afternoon session

1.40pm

Approaching Trusts & Foundations                                        

• Making an Initial Telephone Call
• Writing a Letter of Application
  
• What to include
• What to leave out
• Structuring your letter
• Completing a Formal Application
  
• Making it stand out
• Relevance to the Trustees
• Appendices to include
• Tips for Presentations to Assessment Panels
• Tips for Telephone Interviews

3.15pm

Evaluation & Review of Objectives

3.30pm

Workshop Close