Prepare a budget
- Include all your planned expenditure and make sure they are costed realistically.
- Include all eligible overheads in your budget.
- Make sure you are clear that your project presents value for money.
- Allow for inflation if the project will be running over several years.
- Check the eligibility for match funding and ‘in kind support’.
- Check all your figures add up and ask someone to double-check them.
- Don’t be greedy or underestimate what you will need. The funder will have a good idea of what projects usually cost and whether your application is realistic.