Nursery World - Fundraising

There’s a plethora of grants out there, if you know where to find them. Caroline Voogd goes on the hunt

While there is no shortage of grants and awards schemes in the UK, more funding is needed than ever before in the early years sector. As a result of this increase in demand, many of the grant providers have placed further restrictions and limitations on their schemes, making finding the right grant for the right project more difficult.

Take the time to do it right

If you want free money, reconcile yourself to the fact that you will need to dedicate a certain amount of time to source funders and go through the application process. Picking grant programmes carefully, and tailoring your applications, will be a better investment of your time than sending out a standard application to a large amount of providers. Remember that grant-making organisations will be receiving many applications and you will not be doing yourself any favours if your application is incomplete, badly put together or simply irrelevant.

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