Posted 2:20pm
I am typing this in the foyer of KPMG - as I have a meeting with Scott at 3pm. But today has been very busy looking at various funding opportunities.
This morning I attended a presentation at Voluntary Action Islington from two potential funders - Cloudesley and the Big Lottery Fund.
Our two projects are very different. Izzwalkz is trying to establish five or six regular weekly health walks in the borough of Islington. As you know, we have one going that we manage in partnership with Highbury Grange Medical Centre on a Thursday morning in Clissold Park, and we also are in partnership with Highbury Walkers for the walk they lead on a Monday morning in Highbury Fields. However to establish more we have to get funding - and from the presentation it certainly appeared that we tick every box with Cloudesley. They want to fund small projects that help people who have mental or physical health issues, as well as maybe concentrating on the older generation.
I managed to chat to their representative, David, and have got off a large email to him just now. Naturally, a lot of these charities get a huge numbers of applications, but I like to think that our Izzwalkz program would get a thumbs up. Certainly, it has been successful - but we need funding to provide the others we want to manage - as we need volunteers, clothing for them, insurance, first aid certificates and equipment, fitness equipment (as we like to not just walk, but also do stretching and exercises), as well as marketing materials such as flyers and posters. We would like to ask for two year of funding to truly establish ourselves, and will probably be applying for between £4500 and £5500 a year - but this would provide 260 walks a year (so around £20 a walk - which is terrific value for the outcomes we want.
Our other project - Ajani - the main program with Mindset, Health and Fitness as a base, would be more suitable for funding from the Big Lottery Fund. I had a small chat with the lady and we will try and see if we can have a joint application with SHP - they are established and well known, and we have been working with their clients. It is something I have emailed Joe at SHP about, so we can wait and see.
4:40pm
Meeting with Scott went very well. We chatted a lot about costings for a program - and providing two different ones - one for full proper funding - and a second to cover further pilots, but with us getting paid for them. It is a tricky one - as we obviously do not want to short change ourselves, but also don't want to cost ourselves out of the program.
But overall a pretty good day - Luke looked after the walkers and I hope that went well. I actually missed chatting and laughing with the group.
Our other project - Ajani - the main program with Mindset, Health and Fitness as a base, would be more suitable for funding from the Big Lottery Fund. I had a small chat with the lady and we will try and see if we can have a joint application with SHP - they are established and well known, and we have been working with their clients. It is something I have emailed Joe at SHP about, so we can wait and see.
4:40pm
Meeting with Scott went very well. We chatted a lot about costings for a program - and providing two different ones - one for full proper funding - and a second to cover further pilots, but with us getting paid for them. It is a tricky one - as we obviously do not want to short change ourselves, but also don't want to cost ourselves out of the program.
But overall a pretty good day - Luke looked after the walkers and I hope that went well. I actually missed chatting and laughing with the group.
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