Hertfordshire County Cricket Association

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Hertfordshire County Cricket Association

• A Pathway to Project Funding for Affiliated Clubs

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What Project?

• Do you want to improve your playing surface?
• Do you need better machinery?
• Do you want to improve, repair or increase your
  Nets/Practice facility?
• Do you have a building project in mind?

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Demonstrating Need

• You are entering a Competitive Venture.
• Funders are increasingly demanding an
  evidence-based proposal.
• Your project therefore needs to be targeted to a
  specific need.
• Be clear about the difference you want to make
  with your project.
• Establish a strong and clear need for your
  project.

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Establishing a Need

• This could be through research, questionnaires
  etc.
• It could be through an evaluation of current
  services
• It could be because there is no such service in
  your area, e.g. no Girls Cricket

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Plan the Project Accurately

• What you are going to do?
• How you are going to do it including the
  resources you will need?
• When will you do each thing you need to do?
• Who will be responsible both for individual
  activities and for the overall management of the
  project?
• How will you know you have achieved it?

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Cost Your Project Accurately

• Provide a detailed breakdown of costs.
• Get 2 or 3 written quotations wherever possible.
• Demonstrate how your project represents value for
  money.
• Emphasise your level of need for financial
  support.
• Make sure your application is honest and you
  request only the funding you need.

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A SMART Project .

• . is one that is
• S Specific
• M Measurable
• A Achievable
• R Realistic
• T Time Based

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A SMART Project

• Specific
• You must have a definite project that your funder
  can see the reason for, and can evaluate the
  success or failure of the result.
• Measurable
• Can you demonstrate that
• the project will make the difference you desire.
• the amount of money you are asking for will do
  the job.
• your funder will be able to see the success of
  his investment.

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A SMART Project

• Achievable
• Do you have the manpower and skills to complete
  the project?
• Do you have the will to do it and to maintain it
  in the future?
• Realistic
• Do you have the management skills, knowledge and
  time to complete the project?
• If not, are you intending to buy them in, and
  have you included this cost in your estimates?

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A SMART Project

• Time-Based
• Are you applying long enough before you intend to
  start work for your Funders to consider your
  application and get the funds to you?
• Are you going to do the work at the right time in
  the year?
• Have you informed your workforce and obtained
  their agreement?

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Sources of Funding

• Besides the ECB there are many other sources
• Raising money from the public
• Government Central and Local
• Grant making Trusts
• Specialist loans and grants
• Businesses

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Where to Get Advice

• First contact the HCCA Development Team through
  the Contact Us page on this website
• Read the ECB booklet Sources of Grant Aid and
  Funding for Cricket Clubs, available at
  www.ecb.co.uk/ecb/publications
• The Herts Groundsmens Association can arrange
  pitch inspections and advise on drainage,
  machinery, etc.
• Get in touch with Community and Voluntary
  Services in your area

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Community and Voluntary Services

• Finding funders is increasingly competitive, so
  be professional in your approach.
• CVS is a professional organisation run by your
  Local Authority
• You can meet them at a Fit for Funding Evening
  or Afternoon
• They can help you at every stage of your
  application

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Help Available from CVS

• Matching your application to an appropriate
  Funder
• Identifying suitable Funders
• Giving you details of their criteria
• Giving you access to Grantfinders (a subscribers
  only database)
• Helping with writing your application
• Checking your application before you submit it.

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The Funding Process

• Is your Club ready for your project?
• Your proposed Funders will ask themselves
• Are these people we are about to give our money
  to-
• - responsible
• - well-organised
• - knowledgeable about what they are doing and
  who they are trying to help?

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Wheres the Proof?

• You will need documentary evidence of -
• a Governing Document such as a Club Constitution
• a Club Policy on Equality Diversity
• a Club Childcare Policy
• your accounting structure
• your budgeting process

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Background Information

• You will need to document
• the History of the Club
• the Teams you run, including Junior and Womens
  sections.
• what success you have had in recent years.
• the standard of your ground and club house.
• what you need from the funding and in what ways
  it will improve what you have to offer to the
  Local Community.

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What will the Clubs Commitment Be?

• It will depend on the scale of your project.
• Don't venture it alone, make sure that there are
  several other members of the club who will be
  committed to the end.
• Don't expect it to happen overnight. ALL funded
  projects take more time than you expect.
• Expect setbacks on the way!

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How Do You get Involved?

• Show this presentation to others in your club and
  make sure you have enough support.
• Agree on your proposed project and make a rough
  estimate of its likely cost.
• Register your interest by completing the We Are
  Interested Form on the next slide and submitting
  it via the Contact Us section of this website.

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We have provisionally arranged two meetings with
the CVS that you are welcome to attend.

• Thursday, 15th October , 2009 at 7.00pm
• Ampthill Cricket Club, Woburn Park, Beds,
  MK 45 2 HX.

• Wednesday, 18th November, 2009 at 7.00pm
• Letchworth Cricket Club, Whitethorn Lane,
• Letchworth Garden City, SG6 2DN.

Other meetings with CVS groups in your area will
be arranged if the demand arises.
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We Are Interested Form

• Name
• Contact Details (Phone No Email
• Club...
• Position Held in Club..
• Project Planned...
• Approx Amount of Funding Sought
• Meeting that you are interested in
  attending.
• Copy Paste this form onto a Contact Us Email
  and send it via this Website.