grant writing – case study 7
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Grant Writing – Case Study 7
By Red Tape Busters
Grant Writing – Case Study 7
This is Case Study 7 in our tranche of articles which give tips into the grant writing world and the skills and techniques used by our grant writers. In this article we will discuss the Bowen Golf Club and their need to irrigate some of their fairways.
Grant Writing – Case Study 7
The club had installed a dam to capture and treat their sewerage effluent water and had installed an irrigation system to irrigate some of the course. The irrigation of some of the course had resulted in greener fairways where the irrigation system had been installed and this had resulted in far better playing conditions and more members joining and more competitions being played.
A number of fairways however were not irrigated and with the Qld heat and the drought these fairways were in less than ideal condition.
The club approached us for assistance and advice on the best strategy to pursue to have the extra fairways funded. The cost of the project was going to be around $50k. The initial strategy of our grant writer was to identify which funding programs would be an ideal fit for the project and if we needed to split the project into smaller sub projects and pursue more than one funding opportunity.
Grant Writing – Case Study 7
After assessing the available funding programs through the local Council and State and Federal Government as well as some corporate funding opportunities we were able to identify that the State Government’s Sport and Rec “Get Playing” program was an ideal fit.
The program focused on projects that increased participation in sport and our grant writer identified that the club had increased membership resulting from the past irrigation installation and therefore there was no doubt that irrigating the extra fairways would also result in increased participation rates.
Grant Writing – Case Study 7
The only issue that our grant writer identified as a potential problem was that the club needed to contribute 20% of the project costs to be eligible for this grant. After discussions with the club the grant writer was able to be convinced that this contribution was affordable for the club.
In undertaking the grant writing process our grant writer set about proving beyond doubt that this project would increase participation numbers in the sport.
Grant Writing – Case Study 7
To this end the grant writer worked with the club in surveying members and potential members as well as encouraging the club to contact schools, other non profit entities, businesses, retirement villages etc to develop partnerships with these entities and as a result encourage their members/students to come and use the club, have a hit of golf and maybe even join the club as a member.
We were able to get letters of support and commitments from these entities that they supported the club’s project and their members/students would use the improved facilities and together with the surveys we were able to prove that participation rates would soar if the currently dry fairways were irrigated.
Grant Writing – Case Study 7
By ensuring that our client’s project would achieve the outcomes of the funding program we were able to present an impressive case.
As a result of our grant writing skills – the club was successful in winning this funding. Another great achievement by the grant writing team at Red Tape Busters.
Grant Writing – Case Study 7
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