1. External funding in East Sussex
Véronique Poutrel
East Sussex County Council

2. Content
This session will cover:
• Stages of applying for funds
• Where to get funding information from
• What support is available
• Practical advice

3. Context
• Budget cuts
• Lots of changes, pressures
• BIG Society
• More important to be able to write top
class bids!

4. Stages of applying for funds
• Need to be properly set up
• Finding the funds
• Evidence of need
• Costing a project
• Monitoring and evaluation

5. Finding the funds
• Funding News
• Grantnet
• Funding enquiry search form
• E-mail alerts
• Networks
• Funding guides

6. • 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

7. 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

8. Evidence of need
• Relevant to the project
• User involvement
• Consultation
• Previous reports, projects, research

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

10. Monitoring and evaluation
• Keep it simple
• Set clear objectives
• Plan the activities
• Monitoring methods
• Types of evaluation
• Ways of evaluating

11. Support
• Hastings Voluntary Action
• Funding enquiries
• Funding News
• Training
• Bid checking
• Project monitoring/management
• Publications

12. Thank you!
Any questions?

13. 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