Fundraising Strategies Network Relaunch
ISD Services Co-operative is a founding member of the Fundraising Strategies Network which we will be officially relaunching on Wednesday 8th March at the Ealing
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Funding Strategies for The Third Sector
Funding Strategies
ISD Services Co-operative draws upon more than 35 years experience and understanding of the needs of charities, voluntary & community organisations, co-operative, social enterprises and micro-businesses.
We help organisations
ISD offers professional guidance relating to systems design, information management, reporting, buying in systems, and the presentation, evaluation and effective use of management information.
Specific areas of consultancy include:
- Free information management health-checks.
- Planning for, implementing and making effective use of commercially available contact management systems and databases.
- Undertaking full information use and control audits.
- Use of management information as a source of market research for business planning, evidence of need for securing funding, and management information for project/service management.
- Planning for reorganisation, including changes to working practices and becoming more focused on information-use.
For further information, to book a free health-check or a meeting to discuss your needs, contact us below.
If you are a freelancer working in the fundraising field and you might be interested in becoming a member of the Fundraising Strategies Network and having your services promoted, feel free to contact any of the current members above, or come along to one of our networking meetings. For venue details, visit our Facebook page, or drop us an email to let us know you wish to attend.
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We provide a range of workshops, events and training days covering aspects of information management in organisations. For details of up and coming events, see our calendar, and if you wish to attend any of the courses please book online.
Bid Checking Service
Many funders recommend that a third person checks over a funding bid before it is submitted. It is important to remember that when you submit a finding proposal, the person assessing it does not know as much about your proposed project and your organisation as you do, and all they have to go on is the information that you provide.
After spending hours writing a bid, the last thing you want to happen is for a bid to be rejected due to a small mistake or slip up such as the figures in the budget not adding up, a missing small piece of information or the bid assessor not understanding what you are trying to say to them.
We provide a bid checking service to provide you impartial feedback against five criteria:
- Is the bid constructed in a clear, easy to read style?
- Is it easy to understand the points you are putting across?
- Are your answers providing the information that the funder is requesting?
- Does your bid demonstrate clear outcomes relevant to the funding criteria linked to your project’s or organisation’s activities?
- Do the numbers make sense, and add up in the budgets and any requested demographic information?