Building Relationships With Local Funders

Building relationships with local funding agencies

The objective is to encourage participants to develop relationships with potential funding agencies by engaging them in meaningful dialogue about their objectives, strengths, capabilities and aspirations. This will cover:

• Use of digital photographs to promote sales messages
• Use of objectives and outcomes to differentiate centre from competing applicants
• Historical success story
• Quantification of progress, growth, footfall & eyeballs including table/graph of evidence of success
• Customer satisfaction & evidence of unmet need/demand – semi-structured interviews & evidence of user involvement in decision-making
• Next steps leading to approved outcomes and measurable impact
• Lift speech about values and achievements to engage potential funding agencies with the centre prior to writing a funding application 
• Research and reports – use of websites and video case studies
• Building a relationship with a local funder through pre-application visit, success stories and media insight studies

The webinar will also include a short opening section outlining the most pertinent funding opportunities that are current at the time.

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