Resource Procurementa whistlestop tour

Morag Rose

Community Hubs Development Officer

Community Hubs @GMCVO

Telephone 0161 277 1039

Email morag.rose@gmcvo.org.uk

• Grants harder to access

• Focus on public service delivery

• Sustainability is… “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”

Brundtland Report (1987)• What we mean by procurment

Sustainable Funding - the basics

• planning

• funding and finance

• earning

• cutting costs

The solution:

Is your building an asset?!

Management

Development

inception

feasibility

detailed design

implementation

managment

• Secrets of success

• Best use of space and design

• Storage

• Secrets of success

• Specific uses?

• Audience / market

• Secrets of success

• Stakeholder invovement

• Expert help – be an active client

• Good condition

• Maintenance plan

• Community proof

• Marketing

• Volunteers and staff ambassadors

Trading / Earned Income

• No strings (?)• Involve service users in service

delivery • Charging can force quality up• Build new and refresh old skills

(marketing, financial management)• Beneficial effect on organisational

confidence and self-esteem

Trading / Earned Income

• Mission realted• Unrelated

– Earned Income– Cost recovery eg rom hire– New Customers – not beneficiaries– Complementary services– Contract

Trading Places

• Different Approaches

– Community development

– Facilities

– Social Enterprise

– But much in common too and same critical success factors

Trading Places

• Success factors…..» Attractive building

» Skills and experience of staff/ volunteers/ board

» Volunteers / community links

» Partnership / links (contracts)

Trading Places

• Success factors…..Making the most of opportunities

Shared vision

Communication

Marketing

• Planning…..

• See the big picture• Understand how projects fit in• Build in time to evaluate and change• Plan and fundraise ahead

• Common sense….

If you don’t plan…

• Mission drift / creep

• Cash flow problems

• Panic funding – deadline chasing

• Can’t explain purpose to funders

•Reduce expenditure

• share resources

• freebies

• bulk buying

Link to environmental sustainability

Other solutions

• Grants (as part of a package!)• Income – what? How?• DIY• Support in kind• Cheap services• Resources

TrainingITVolunteersInformationSpecialistOthers

Resources Audits Resource Finder www.gmvss.net

Stuff for FREE

• Support in kind eg Bitc

• Cheap services / bulk buying

• Freebies» Freecycle

• Don’t be afraid to ask

• Skill swop exercise

Further help….

• Community Hubs @GMCVO

• Specialist support for community facilities and building, including a resource procurement project and network opportunities

• Tel 0161 277 1039

• Email morag.rose@gmcvo.org.uk