{"id":237,"date":"2017-01-29T17:34:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T17:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/?p=237"},"modified":"2017-01-29T17:34:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T17:34:37","slug":"why-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/?p=237","title":{"rendered":"Why me?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/CoM-Speed-Reading.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-238\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/CoM-Speed-Reading-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"CoM-Speed-Reading\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/CoM-Speed-Reading-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/CoM-Speed-Reading-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Many of the\u00a0requests for consultancy\u00a0I receive are from people who\u00a0need money to\u00a0deliver\u00a0a project or idea.<\/p>\n<p>However, many of the funders I talk to are inundated by requests from worthy causes and struggle to decide who to support.\u00a0 Most trusts and foundations can only offer grants to a small proportion\u00a0of the organisations who ask, even\u00a0from amongst those\u00a0whose work meets their funding interests and criteria.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, many good projects fail to receive funding and those applying can get disheartened.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst there are no guarantees of success, there are ways in which you can improve your chances of obtaining funding for your work.\u00a0 Here are just a few:<\/p>\n<p>Tell stories.\u00a0 talk about the\u00a0impact your work is having using case studies, anecdotes etc.<\/p>\n<p>Share pictures; they are,\u00a0after all, worth a thousand words.<\/p>\n<p>Show passion.\u00a0 Tell the funder about your commitment to your cause.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate success. Share the difference you have already made.<\/p>\n<p>Get the numbers right.\u00a0 A clear, accurate and realistic budget (and one that adds up!) is vital.<\/p>\n<p>For more help on preparing and submitting effective funding requests, please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/?page_id=8\">contact me.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of the\u00a0requests for consultancy\u00a0I receive are from people who\u00a0need money to\u00a0deliver\u00a0a project or idea. However, many of the funders I talk to are inundated by requests from worthy causes and struggle to decide who to support.\u00a0 Most trusts and foundations can only offer grants to a small proportion\u00a0of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9,7,3,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charities","category-churches","category-communication","category-fundraising","category-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237","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=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions\/239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}