Posted 1:15pm
This lottery proposal is incredibly stressful - we have to get it right.
With that in mind, we originally were putting in for three years - covering salaries and overheads, and the amount was therefore quite high.
We know the North London representative ad sent it off for them to appraise. The feedback was that we have naturally come a long way, but were still fairly new and therefore a large amount would be seen as high risk.
We have chatted internally and decided we will now emphasise a one year application, working with partners, looking at future contracts, but also demonstrating the need for "preventive" intervention, and how our pioneering approach meets that need. We feel we will have more chance of success with a one year application - and see how we go from there.
So I am adjusting the current proposal and will again let others review it. I have also adjusted spreadsheets accordingly.
How on earth are new projects expected to get off the ground if funding as seen as a risk???
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