Let Us Ease Your Fundraising Burden!
I must admit that I am no great fan of cliched expressions but certainly the one “time poor” is a good and relevant one as we all seem to run around nowadays like headless chickens in this stressed-out little world of ours not being able to do the things we probably should be doing. And I think the same is true when it comes to fundraising for your school – so many times I have spoken to school staff who have either been on some fundraising skills course or who have identified a specific need for one of our products and at this stage of the proceedings their enthusiasm levels are on overdrive. A quote is drawn up and then comes the big moment to venture bravely out into the unknown in a quest to find the money to pay for it….and sadly it is at this point where I let out a long sigh!
Fundraising is not easy and if it was, everybody would be doing it! I have done it myself and I know that you get many knocks along the way, it is very time consuming, it requires dogged persistence and your everyday workload is not getting any smaller. So the sigh is because I know so many of you just simply give up and the once sky-high enthusiasm slowly dissipates into terminal apathy.
But all is not lost as there are specialist courses for schools you can go on which deal with successful bid writing techniques. They work with you to identify your goals, they research all of the funding options and channels available and then tell you how you best go about filling out application bids and maximising your chances of success…..but (and this is a most important but) with their experience, they know which levers to pull and how to approach these nice people who are hopefully going to make your dreams come true!
So if you would like to discuss how we can help you raise money on your behalf, then please contact Simon Fearnehough on 01865 858982 or email: simon@hideouthouse.com
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