WHAT DOES A GRANTS FACILITATOR DO?
A grants facilitator can assist a community group with their grant applications as well as seeking and approaching relevant funding bodies on their behalf.
What does a grants facilitator do in practice?
Manages the entire grants process for you
Help community groups to develop the skills they need to find and apply for funding
Help community groups to prepare grant applications
Identify funding opportunities for the employing organisation
Ensure the appropriate people within the organisation are aware of funding opportunities
Help to develop projects that will attract funding
Prepare and submit grant applications on behalf of the employing organisation
Check and put the finishing touches on grant applications prepared by other staff members
Manage the media stories and provide supporting materials for the successful acquittal
What are the benefits?
The pay-offs for engaging a grants facilitator include:
producing stronger grant applications
forming stronger relationships with the community
having grants managed more effectively
having better-functioning community groups managing your grants
assurance that solid methodology underpins the application
strengthening the networks that society relies upon to respond to complex problems, by strengthening the groups that form the links within
making groups more self-reliant by helping them to secure other funding/resources
gaining an understanding of broader issues from conversations with regard to unsuccessful applicants
improving the overall perception of your organisation.
Trevor & Annie Boulton
The Brain Health Education Institute
397 The Esplanade
Hervey Bay, Queensland, 4655
Australia
+61 0417 90 6000
www.grantsworkshops.com.au