Welcome to the Grant Writing Planning Toolkit. This is system is to guide you and your organisation through the responsibilities of applying for and obtaining, a grant. This is a practical toolkit that educates as you prepare for submitting your first applications and is in four phases:
- preplanning and preparation (your organisation’s capacity and getting your paperwork in order)
- applying for grants (what you need to know, building your business case and what it means for your people, systems and processes
- presubmission checkpoint – checklists to ensure you’ve covered enough detail, and covered all the stages of an application
- Post submission responsibilities – why the long wait and contractual obligations
The toolkit includes resources to:
- Audit your organisational capacity and get your paperwork in order
- Build your business case
- Prepare for a grant
- Navigate the grant writing eco system
- Teach yourself grant writing – how things works and where to find the right clues to complete a winning submission
- Put you in the right mindset
- Check you’ve answered the questions correctly
- Tick off the steps before you press the submit button
- Prepare you for the responsibility of entering into a formal funding agreement
