Local
support Team
SDF Local Support Team provide enhanced support to small and medium sized community-based organisations to prepare to apply for funding and to complete the funding process. This work focuses on organisations that work with people with lived and living experience of substance use and/or their families to reduce drug related harms.
Supporting organisations to become more ‘bid ready’
- A visit to your organisation to fully understand what you do and how you work
- Exploring how you would like to develop as an organisation and what you might need to think about to get there
- Supporting ‘tests of change’ within your organisation to discover what works best
- Support identifying and developing strong outcomes that align with the Scottish Government National Drugs Mission, the reduction of drug-related harm and drug-related death
- Support to strengthen your monitoring and evaluation process
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Over the last year, the team has directly supported 40 organisations
18
organisations have been supported to submit 41 bids
10
awards have been granted totalling £183,750
Supporting development of strong funding bids
- Support via online meetings and document sharing and, possibly, in-person support
- Proof-reading of funding applications
- Strengthening responses in each section of application ensuring you have clearly represented evidence of need; what you will do and how you will measure success
Supporting access to additional resources
- Signposting to other services who can help
- Highlighting training and work force development opportunities both within SDF and elsewhere
- Information about SDF membership
Supporting organisations after bids have been submitted
- Ongoing support around service development
- Networking opportunities
- Provided a protected space for reflection on application and future planning
