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Demonstrating Outcomes in your Grant Applications Arthi Appathurai

Demonstrating Outcomes in your Grant Applications Arthi Appathurai. Project Planning- SMART Analysis. Specific – What: what do I want to accomplish Why: specific reason, purpose or benefit of accomplishing the goal. Who: is involved Where: identifying the location

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Demonstrating Outcomes in your Grant Applications Arthi Appathurai

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  1. Demonstrating Outcomes in your Grant Applications Arthi Appathurai

  2. Project Planning- SMART Analysis • Specific – • What: what do I want to accomplish • Why: specific reason, purpose or benefit of accomplishing the goal. • Who: is involved • Where: identifying the location • Which: identifying requirements and constraints • Measurable – • How much? • How many? • How will I know when it is accomplished? • Attainable – • How can the goal be accomplished? • Relevant – • Does it seem worthwhile? • Is this the right time? • Does this match our other efforts/needs? • Time-bound- • When?, What can I do six weeks from now? What can I do today?

  3. Assessing your project 4 key terms • Input – the resources that are to be used to run a service or project; the money, people, facilities, equipment • Outputs – the number of participants in your service/project • Outcome – behavioural change (goals) that your service/project wants to achieve. • Management reporting – outline your performance management framework, mechanism and information- including risk management.

  4. Concepts SSP Priorities: Mission Vision Values Inputs Outputs Activities Participation Outcome –Impact Short Term Staff Volunteers Time Money Research base Materials Equipment Technology Partners Conduct Workshop Meetings Deliver Services Develop products resources Train Provide counselling Participants Clients Agencies Decision-makers Customers Satisfaction Learning Awareness Knowledge Attitudes Skills Opinions Aspirations Motivations What we invest What do we do Who do we reach What the short term results are Assumptions External Factors Management Reporting – quarterly monitoring Collect Data – Analyse and Interpret - Report

  5. Example: Summer Activity for Young Offenders Safer Southwark Partnership Priorities Reducing offending, including reoffending Safer Southwark Partnership Crime : Youth Violence, Anti-Social Behaviour, Weapon Enabled Crime, Robbery Our Project Outcome (Goal): Reduced reoffending by Young People in the targeted area Our Performance Target: 50 young people with a history of offending will complete the programme of summer activity, and of these 30 will confirm they have not offended over the summer period

  6. Example: Parenting Workshops Safer Southwark Partnership Priorities: Supporting families and those with multiple disadvantage Safer Southwark Partnership Crime : Youth Violence, Domestic Abuse, Anti Social Behaviour Our Project Outcome (Goal): More cohesive families in the targeted area Our Performance Target: 20 parents will complete the parenting programme and 15 will confirm they have better parenting skills after four weeks

  7. Things to Remember • Link your project to Safer Southwark Partnership Priorities • Describe how people will sign up to the project, if this involves referrals from other agencies, please list who they are. • Be clear about how many individuals will • Commence the project • Complete the project • Demonstrate outcomes • These will be different – people will drop out • Describe how you will manage your performance. You should think about having • a range of verifiers that involve client verification as well as that of your • project staff. • Be innovative and get clients involved in everything you do, your project is more likely to achieve its outcomes this way.

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