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Grant Writing – Case Study 7
Grant Writing – Case Study 7
Grant Writing – Case Study 7 This is Case Study 7 in our tranche of articles which give tips into the gran t 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 irrigat e 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 whe re the irrigation system had been installed and this had resulted in far bet er playing conditions and more members joining and more competitions being played. A number of fairways however were not irrigated and with the Qld heat a nd the drought these fairways were in less than ideal condition.
Grant Writing – Case Study 7 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 progr ams would be an ideal fit for the project and if we needed to split the proj ect into smaller sub projects and pursue more than one funding opportun ity.
Grant Writing – Case Study 7 After assessing the available funding programs through the local Council a nd State and Federal Government as well as some corporate funding opp ortunities 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 resulti ng from the past irrigation installation and therefore there was no doubt t hat irrigating the extra fairways would also result in increased participatio n 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 f or this grant. After discussions with the club the grant writer was able to be convinced t hat this contribution was affordable for the club.
Grant Writing – Case Study 7 ď ą In undertaking the grant writing process our grant writer set about provin g beyond doubt that this project would increase participation numbers in the sport. ď ą To this end the grant writer worked with the club in surveying members a nd potential members as well as encouraging the club to contact schools, other non profit entities, businesses, retirement villages etc to develop pa rtnerships with these entities and as a result encourage their members/st udents to come and use the club, have a hit of golf and maybe even join t he club as a member.
Grant Writing – Case Study 7 ď ą We were able to get leters of support and commitments from these enti ties that they supported the club’s project and their members/students w ould use the improved facilities and together with the surveys we were ab le 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 outcome s of the funding program we were able to present an impressive case. As a result of our grant writing skills – the club was success ful in winning this funding. Another great achievement by the gr ant writing team at Red Tape Busters.
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