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Match funding for Superhero Cyborg #89

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joereddington commented 5 years ago

Public Project

Bringing this cool project to the UK would cost about £20k and we've got a Northern Irish funder who is willing to fund £10k of that, providing it runs in Northern Ireland. This is excellent, but it means that I've got only a few months to find the other £10k. We've got a cool hackspace that will host us very cheaply, and various related charities that are willing to send participants our way, but we need to pay for things.

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joereddington-public commented 5 years ago

Shortinglist in Charities to Approach for Funding.

I went into Town on Daddy-Daughter day and went thought this: Screenshot 2019-11-04 at 10 33 32

The page for Northern Ireland specifically was this (yes, there aren't many):

Screenshot 2019-11-04 at 09 09 16

The next job was to go through those charities and see if they would suit the Superhero Cyborg project.

The Big List

The smaller list of ones I thought we should approach.

The list of funds that we should take to other projects.

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Superhero Cyborgs,

project link is here As you know we're looking for Match funding for Superhero Cyborgs. I've been reviewing NI funders and, as you can see here I've picked out 12 that are worth pursuing, of which I think four or five are actually really good. Assuming that the trustees are fine with me approaching them I'll make some phone calls as an initial pitch.

joereddington-public commented 5 years ago

I've been making calls

So,

B&CE Charitable Trust

I spoke to Claire, and I've drafted the following email to send to charitabletrust@bandce.co.uk

Hi Claire,

We spoke on the phone a few minutes ago, I'm looking for match funding for a project running in NI. It's about Education, Training, and Construction, but we're a little unsure if it's your sort of Education, Training and Construction.

It's a £20k project and we've found £10k for it. I've attached the briefing note for the last funder, would it be possible for you to have a quick look to see if it matches up with your aims?

Enkalon Foundation

Seems suitable but Closes today! I need permission from trustees before I apply.

The application is long but the main bits are :Project Outline (300 words) and Project Aims and Objectives (300 words)

Relevent bits of the grant application policy:

LurganTrust

Grants are around £2,000, and wouldn't get the money before August

Halifax

Can't apply until January.

The Ireland Funds

Won't open until mid-next year.

TK Maxx and Homesense Foundation

Switchboard says I should email Communityfund@tjxenurope.com

joereddington commented 4 years ago

I'm telling trustees I'd like to apply for Esme, John Moore and Uster garden villiages