• What your project is.
• Your project is a good fit for the funding programme you want to apply for?
• You have the skills and organisational capacity to deliver.
• You know what the potential risks are and how to manage them to keep the project on track.
• You know how much money and resources it will actually take to deliver your project and therefore how much you need to ensure success.
• How you will track your success in delivering the change you want to create through effective monitoring and evaluation.
• That you have an exit strategy in place at the end of the funding period to extract your project from the funding cycle.

If you have a project idea and a potential funding stream, but need help to maximize your chances of success in funding applications, you can access services including:

• Project scoping and vision development
• Project planning and time tabling
• Resource/cost analysis
• Business plan preparation

Also available are quality assurance services on funding applications prepared by your staff prior to submission to funding bodies. Quality assurance includes:

• Reviewing fit with funding priorities
• Ensuring all requirements of the application have been fulfilled and
• Recommendations on application enhancement to increase your chances of success.