BSK External Funding Service Jane Ollis, CEO. Our Approach We pride ourselves on our strategic approach to funding. We provide practical and enthusiastic.

BSKExternal Funding

ServiceJane Ollis, CEO

Our Approach

We pride ourselves on our strategic approach to funding.

We provide practical and enthusiastic support to help you achieve your goals

We do not ambulance chase

Our Clients

‘BSK’s audit has taken us further forward than we ever anticipated.’ Dawn Hudd, Canterbury City Council

BSK 3-Tiered Service

Firstly, we offer a comprehensive audit for your current external funding practices and income which establishes the basis for recommendations and principles for future working as well as a comprehensive survey of funders for the subject areas important to your business.

Secondly we offer a hand held service to support establishing a change in culture internally and create a strategic approach to funding. This may include the following elements:• Setting up internal management systems and policy• Training and mentoring All clients will be able to subscribe to a free Monthly Update from September 2012. This will provide monthly horizon scanning for the areas identified as priority projects for funding

Thirdly, we would offer a specialist consultancy service for additional services required on a project-by-project basis. This may include bid writing, European partner sourcing, project monitoring or evaluation services.

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Our work in Action - Audit for Canterbury

City CouncilJune 2011

Objectives:1. To create a Strategic Approach to sourcing and managing external

funding for the Council2. To examine areas of the Council’s activity that are eligible for

funding and recommend key priority bids3. To identify areas of match funding that can be used, and tactics

that can be used to maximise this4. To evaluate existing relationships with partner organisations and

make recommendations for new ones5. To explain the conditions and risks attached to relevant funding

sources6. To understand the resources currently available within the

organisation with regard to external funding7. To develop an implementation plan for the next two years and

recommend a tailored package of support

Audit Objectives

The Council’s current

Strategic Approach

Current External Funding Resources

within the organisation

Current Partner relations and International

activities

Key areas of Council activity

and spend

Target funds – evaluating

eligibility and relevance

Understanding the funding brought in over the last few

years – key areas of success

Key assets to harness revenue spend and

ownership/management arrangements

Key links and positions of

influence within the organisation

Local politics that affect priorities

Research and Methodology

Audit Outputs

How to maximise assets their and focus on objectives that appeal to funders while retaining their own strategic focus How to package areas of work to suit delivery and funder’s needs How to broaden their eligibility for all funds How to improve their credibility with funders How to maximise sources of match funding How to create a culture that prioritises external funding and How to organise their internal practices for positioning, delivery and monitoring

Audit Results

Identified five principles that could be adopted to create a more strategic approach;

Proposed two streams of work to implement them; and

One Year On

Made over 5 new applications for funding

Recorded over £20m of income last year

Identified 35 employees with experience in external funding that now make up an internal team of experts

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Can we support you?

Do you have a Strategy for Sourcing External Funding? Did you maximise your opportunities for external funding last year? Have you considered how much more you could achieve with the right external funding? Do you know what resources you have to hand internally to support this?