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Funding know-how, tips, information
Remember to keep an eye on the funding alerts page in the Learning Exchange News Centre for lists of funding opportunities.
Sports Funding Jargon Buster: A handy tip sheet These extremely useful tips to bear in mind when writing bids for sports funding are available on the Funding4Sport website.
Write a winning funding bid This is a free sample course in the NCVO StudyZone.
Show me the money! Advice from The Clubbers' Guide to finding finding for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) clubs by Elizabeth Lister.
Funding: how to develop a strategy and vision This document has some useful tips about how important it is for schools, in a competitive and more financially austere environment to develop a clear funding strategy and vision.
Guaranteed units of funding document Information on the Dedicated Schools Grant allocations for 2011-12 by local authority.
The schools funding announcements 2011-2012 Everything is here including - delivered before Christmas, as promised.
The school funding settlement for 2011-12 The Department for Education's final document about the Pupil Premium.
How did the government arrive at the £430 figure for the Pupil Premium? Here is an analysis from the Institute of Fiscal Studies, which hangs it, in part, on the extent of FSM uptake by 20 January 2011 and whether schools can persuade parents that registering their children for FSM could directly benefit their children's education. (Also on Funding: Guidance and information about funding).
New Early Intervention Grant will not be ring-fenced The government has said this will give local authorities more flexibility when deciding the best provision.
Early intervention grant Education Secretary anounces £2,212m early intervention grant in 2011/12 and £2,297m in 2012/13; however, this is reduction of 11 per cent.
Pupil Premium: £430 for all pupils on FSM or in care The premiums in 2011 stands at £625 millon, but will rise each year until 2014 to reach £2.5 billion. Schools will receive the Pupil Premium cash direct from the government; academies and free schools will receive theirs from the new Young People's Learning Agency. Pupils being educated in alternative provision such as PRUs will receive the money via the local authorities who will decide how best to spend the cash. Also, a £200 premium per armed services child will aim at iimproving pastoral support; - largely to improve pastoral support in schools.
Pupil premium set at £430 Pupils whose parents have an annual income of less than £16,000 will be eligible.
A round up of information about school funding for 2011 onwards (England)...
The pupil premium for looked-after children Tim Loughton MP's written memorandum answers several questions regarding the government's policies for looked-after children.
Partners with each other or private providers That's the advice to charities from the New Philanthropic Capital think tank - that is, if they want commissioners to see them as offering attractive services. The think tank expects funding in the third sector to drop by between £3.2bn and £5.1bn and the gap is too big for trusts and foundations, public or philanthropic funding to fill. To get through this, charities must look beyond their normal support base for new alliances.
School finance: how to stay out of the red An article on the rocky financial road ahead with one school offering up its finances for an analysis into how to survive it.
NCPTA Gold Star Rewards 2010: Finalists' innovative fundraising ideas A summary of how the five finalists in this year's National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations awards have shown outstanding achievements in fundraising. Also, read the finalists' outstanding work in:
NTRL Funding Events A large range of classes that concentrate on accessing and managing funding, including bespoke lessons and regular regional events throughout the year.
Online Procurement for Educational Needs Looking to cut costs? Save money on procurement fees by ordering educational goods and services from suppliers online.
Good Practice in Project Design & Bid Writing Skills (European Funding SmartShop) - learn how to design a good project that will attract funding.
Showcase of Fundraising Innovation and Inspiration SOFII's site contains examples of successful fundraising campaigns from all sorts of organisations, as well as 'how to' tutorial articles.
Institute of Fundraising National Convention 2010 Large range of seminars over three days all concentrating on various methods for different organisations to raise funds. 5-7 July 2010, London.
Social impact bonds and social value Social Impact Bonds aim innovatively at providing a new way to invest in social outcomes. They are being developed in the UK by the Young Foundation and Social Finance. The innovation aims to address ‘misaligned incentives in social policy'; for example, schools being given inadequate incentives to offer services that prevent health problems. Three categories of approach are being explored, which involve 'some borrowing with repayment linked to success in achieving social impacts'.
Education spending feels squeeze Will the next government extend special protection to education as well as health? With public sector debt bedeviling all major political parties’ ideas about how they will handle the vexed and scary question of cuts, there’s no room for complacency, says Mike Baker.
Facing redundancy An article discussing the rights of all involved when a school faces closure.
Where might £2bn less be spent? (21 September) Schools Secretary Ed Balls and his officials have indicated the kinds of savings they think schools could make. But are these realistic? Gary Eason, BBC News website education editor, tots up the figures.
The axe begins to swing Cabinet has finally started looking hard at it cutting options. Read Nick Robinson’s newslog, in which he states: ‘Consideration is being given to the idea that the cabinet as a whole should agree where the spending axe should fall so that, as a previous chancellor once graphically put it, all get to dip their hands in the blood.’
Where will the crunch be felt? Mike Baker, independent education journalist and former BBC correspondent takes a look at where education spending might go in a particularly difficult recessionary period.
Financial Crisis A filmed debate with a panel of educational experts asking how far should schools go to ensure they have enough funding for all their services.
Finding local authority tenders This helpful page on the Family Learning Network site offers you information on contract procurement through local authorities.
Get into the 'Funder Zone' at Funding Central A free site offering fund raising links and know-how - provided by the NCVO.
Community Development Foundation Explore funding opportunities for improving communities.
Grantnet Find funding opportunities in your local area as well as lots of excellent fundraising and bid writing advice.
Subscription funding and grant making sites Here is a list of links to funding sites which you can subscribe to with an explaination of the advantages of each.
Subscribe to goverment funding website Have access to £2.3 billion worth of local, regional, national and European sources; find out about funding rounds before they open; search by type of grant (small grants, loans, contracts); receive emails on new and updated grants.
Fundraising Expectations This is research produced by the Guardian, in association with the Institute of Fundraising. It focuses on the challenges that fundraising professional face, as well as on the on levels of job satisfaction among fundraisers, recruitment and retention issues within the profession and how sales, marketing and business development professionals from outside the sector see it as a possible career choice.
Sustainable funding Another helpful page on the Family Learning Network website offering tips on how to develop a sustainable funding strategy, keeping the money coming in and managing it. There are links to guidance on commissioning and procurement, corporate fundraising and sponsorship, social media tools, event fundraising, individual giving, social enterprise, writing skills, partnership skills and much more.
Funding articles, podcasts, videos
Facing redundancy An article discussing the rights of all involved when a school faces closure.
Where might £2bn less be spent? Schools Secretary Ed Balls and his officials have indicated the kinds of savings they think schools could make. But are these realistic? Gary Eason, BBC News website education editor, totted up the figures.
Financial Crisis A filmed debate with a panel of educational experts asking how far should schools go to ensure they have enough funding for all their services.