{"id":198,"date":"2016-10-17T20:01:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T19:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/?p=198"},"modified":"2016-10-17T20:01:53","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T19:01:53","slug":"putting-the-fun-back-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/?p=198","title":{"rendered":"Putting the fun back in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fun-day.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-199\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fun-day-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"fun-day\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fun-day-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fun-day-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>I am working with two community-based groups at the moment, both of whom need, for the first time in their history, to raise significant sums of money.<\/p>\n<p>This can be intimidating and nerve wracking, but it can also be fun!<\/p>\n<p>In both cases, their funding\u00a0need is not urgent, which does take some of the pressure off. Nonetheless,\u00a0 the organisations will need to make substantial and highly competitive grant applications, the success or failure of which will go a long way to deciding the success of their project.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, in both cases I will be encouraging them to make sure they ensure they put the fun into their fundraising, particularly as they involve their community. \u00a0Grant funders like to see a complementary contribution from the people \/ area where their\u00a0grant is to be spent.\u00a0 For some funders it is\u00a0the engagement of the local community in the project through local fundraising that\u00a0is one of the deciding factors in the decision as to whether a grant is made. The process of raising such funds, however modest the amounts may appear in comparison to the overall funding need, can also be hugely energising and enjoyable for local communities, bringing them together as they share the planning, successes and even\u00a0failures.\u00a0 Alongside the serious business of fundraising I hope both organisations will also enjoy the process of raising money for their cause!<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to talk to me about developing a fundraising strategy for your project, with fun included,\u00a0then please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/?page_id=8\">get in touch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s first for a sponsored dunking?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am working with two community-based groups at the moment, both of whom need, for the first time in their history, to raise significant sums of money. This can be intimidating and nerve wracking, but it can also be fun! In both cases, their funding\u00a0need is not urgent, which does&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9,3,5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charities","category-churches","category-fundraising","category-organisational-development","category-project-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}