• Does your project meet these? If you are not sure contact the funder for clarification.
• Have you described the project in clear language that will be meaningful to someone not directly involved? (Don't assume that because it seems obvious to you what you are trying to achieve that it will make the same sense to somebody else. Get someone else to read it for sense.)
• Have you described clearly how the project will be managed and provided details of the management structure, including respective roles of the project team and steering group?
• Have you a clear written action plan that states:

1. What precisely are the actions you are going to undertake?
2. When these will happen and for how long?
3. The order they need to be taken in (ie interdependencies) and where a number of activities can run in parallel?
4. The short-term outcomes during the life of the project and long-term consequences of the project?

• Have you outlined the strategy to be adopted by the project team and steering group in order to ensure success?
• How will you know if you have been successful? (See separate section on monitoring and evaluation)
• Have you demonstrated that your organisation has the experience and capacity to do the project? You can include relevant evidence of previous experience here.
• Have you got a clear financial plan that matches your activity plan?
• Have you set out detailed costings for the project under various subheadings (i.e. Capital equipment, staff development (CPD), support, consumables etc.)?
• Does this include project lead in time?
• Have you thought through carefully all core costs associated with the project and included these even if they are going to be a contribution in kind?
• Have you considered how the project will be embedded into mainstream activities and what resource, financial or otherwise, will be required?
• Are you sure you have the appropriate systems in place to account for these moneys? (Always ask someone to look through your calculations)
• Does your organisation have key policies, such as an Equal Opportunity Policy, in place that may be a requirement of the Funder?
• Have you adequately demonstrated there is a need for the project?
• Have you demonstrated how activity will continue to be supported beyond the end of the funding?
• Have you outlined a clear dissemination strategy showing how the project outcomes will be communicated to, and impact upon, other providers?
• Have you considered the level and extent of dissemination (i.e. awareness raising, increasing understanding or implementation of good practice)?
• Does your bid clearly match the criteria, priorities and requirements of the funder?
• Has someone else proof read it for language and sense?