My vision is to see youth workers develop the skills to raise their own salaries and professionalise their practice in such a way that after the ‘7 year itch’ they don’t quit youth work and go and get a ‘real job’ out of frustration and lack of finance. If 100 people use this manual to raise even £10,000 that is £1,000,000 towards youth work that wouldn't have otherwise accessed funding. That is a small percentage of the billions of pounds of funding available that would simply just go to the larger youth work organisations.
Funders are constantly looking for new start-ups to invest in, so be encouraged, funding bodies are looking for people just like you to pay salaries, venue costs, rent, equipment, vehicles, insurances, whatever you might need to enlarge your impact on your community.
Keep in mind that only 10% of charities bring in over £80,000 per year, simply because they don’t know how to become eligible, apply for grants and increase their income. This manual is designed to bring in the resource, finance and security you need to develop life changing youth work projects that are sustainable and professional.
My goal is to see you generate the finance you need to deliver the best youth work project you know you are capable of.
If that means raising tens of thousands of pounds every year, then you have made a great investment in this training manual. Not only will its show you where the money is, but also how to obtain it, and repeat the same steps year after year.
How hard can it be?
I have heard it many times? I’m just a youth worker how will I ever be able to do this?
This youth work manual was designed by experienced youth and community workers with youth and community workers in mind. You will find real life examples of successful funding bids that have funded real projects over the last few years. As a charity consultant I found I was selling the same information and templates to different charities and groups up and down the country, teaching them how to raise their first ten thousand pounds in a few months and then empowering them to carry on raising funds themselves and coaching the follow up as their organisations grew. I realised I could reach far more people by just putting this information in one package.
Many of the people who have used this pack have generated at least 10K in their first 90 days and it may or may not surprise you an 18 year old in Teesside generated 5k in his first 30 days.
After years of consultancy it became evident to me that writing the funding bids was not the biggest hurdle, it was ‘eligibility’ that youth workers and trustees were struggling with. With that in mind I was spending most of my time as a consultant getting agencies ready for bid writing. The actual bid writing itself is the quickest and most fun part, I have helped many youth workers all over the UK raise tens of thousands of pounds within 90 days of reaching that ‘eligible’ status and I aim to help you achieve this too, by providing templates for all the legal requirements you will need such as child protection policy and procedures; as well as explaining monitoring and evaluation in an accessible way that will give you the vocabulary and ability to communicate your projects to funders and see tens of thousands of pounds pour into your bank account.
It’s time for youth workers to raise the bar, you are not ‘just’ a youth worker, you are changing lives and what you do is invaluable to society, you simply cannot put a price on it.
However, If you are going to survive as a youth worker, an understanding of financing youth work is going to help you maintain a long career without going bankrupt or resorting to volunteering on the side of another job (that you probably won’t like!). I have seen many youth workers who have to raise half of their own salary through sponsorship from friends and family, and I know from experience it feels like you are constantly begging, when in reality you could receive your whole year’s salary with a few weeks paperwork and not have to hassle your friends and family ever again! Sounds good doesn't it? Let’s get started on your journey to building the youth project you have always dreamed of.
Funders are constantly looking for new start-ups to invest in, so be encouraged, funding bodies are looking for people just like you to pay salaries, venue costs, rent, equipment, vehicles, insurances, whatever you might need to enlarge your impact on your community.
Keep in mind that only 10% of charities bring in over £80,000 per year, simply because they don’t know how to become eligible, apply for grants and increase their income. This manual is designed to bring in the resource, finance and security you need to develop life changing youth work projects that are sustainable and professional.
My goal is to see you generate the finance you need to deliver the best youth work project you know you are capable of.
If that means raising tens of thousands of pounds every year, then you have made a great investment in this training manual. Not only will its show you where the money is, but also how to obtain it, and repeat the same steps year after year.
How hard can it be?
I have heard it many times? I’m just a youth worker how will I ever be able to do this?
This youth work manual was designed by experienced youth and community workers with youth and community workers in mind. You will find real life examples of successful funding bids that have funded real projects over the last few years. As a charity consultant I found I was selling the same information and templates to different charities and groups up and down the country, teaching them how to raise their first ten thousand pounds in a few months and then empowering them to carry on raising funds themselves and coaching the follow up as their organisations grew. I realised I could reach far more people by just putting this information in one package.
Many of the people who have used this pack have generated at least 10K in their first 90 days and it may or may not surprise you an 18 year old in Teesside generated 5k in his first 30 days.
After years of consultancy it became evident to me that writing the funding bids was not the biggest hurdle, it was ‘eligibility’ that youth workers and trustees were struggling with. With that in mind I was spending most of my time as a consultant getting agencies ready for bid writing. The actual bid writing itself is the quickest and most fun part, I have helped many youth workers all over the UK raise tens of thousands of pounds within 90 days of reaching that ‘eligible’ status and I aim to help you achieve this too, by providing templates for all the legal requirements you will need such as child protection policy and procedures; as well as explaining monitoring and evaluation in an accessible way that will give you the vocabulary and ability to communicate your projects to funders and see tens of thousands of pounds pour into your bank account.
It’s time for youth workers to raise the bar, you are not ‘just’ a youth worker, you are changing lives and what you do is invaluable to society, you simply cannot put a price on it.
However, If you are going to survive as a youth worker, an understanding of financing youth work is going to help you maintain a long career without going bankrupt or resorting to volunteering on the side of another job (that you probably won’t like!). I have seen many youth workers who have to raise half of their own salary through sponsorship from friends and family, and I know from experience it feels like you are constantly begging, when in reality you could receive your whole year’s salary with a few weeks paperwork and not have to hassle your friends and family ever again! Sounds good doesn't it? Let’s get started on your journey to building the youth project you have always dreamed of.
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