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Local fundraising example:
Reading group conference

Main characteristics

Fundraising method
Major donor fundraising

Rural/urban
Urban

Net fin result (€)
2,525

ROI
0

Time investment
3 months

Children working on a creative assignment

All children love storytelling

Activities for children in the library

Organisation	Roda de Leitura Poesis Grupo Cultural do Alto Jose do Pinho
Type	NGO
Suitability	Slightly experienced
Country	Brazil
Funding needed for	The encouragement of reading groups to work with children and youth as a way to protect them and support their learning process. The organisation of 6 Reading Group conferences in Great Recife.
Period of action	September 2013
In-kind donations raised	n.a.
Types of donations	Financial contributions
Types of donors	Small grant-giving funds

Summary

The Roda de Leitura (Reading Circle) is an initiative of Poesis - Grupo Cultural (Cultural Group) do Alto Jose do Pinho. It works with children from the age of 5 to stimulate their civil and cultural development, through reading, poetry and creative activities. The Roda de Leitura decided to raise funds for their work with children and youth, and for 6 conferences of Reading Groups in Great Recife, to exchange experiences. Two groups of two people wrote grant proposals and presented these to two local grant-giving organisations. They both contributed.

Tips and lessons learned

It is advisable not to operate single-handed. When the entire team is involved in fundraising activities, chances of approval increase.
When writing a project proposal planning is everything.

Review by Wilde Ganzen Foundation

This group has experienced that working together can really improve the quality of your proposal. Another strong point is that they immediately realised the necessity of a follow-up and took measures to organise this. If you keep your donors informed they are more likely to contribute again.

Details

Objectives
To raise funds for reading and creative activities with children and youth.
To raise funds for the organisation of 6 conferences of Reading Groups in Great Recife.

Targeted donors
Local grant-giving organisations.

Results

Cost/benefit	National currency (R$)	Euro
Total amount raised	7,629	2,525
(-) Total amount invested	0	0
Net amount raised	7,629	2,525

Description of preparatory work
Meetings with the team to define the scope of the projects and the organisations to which the projects would be submitted.
Submission of projects.
Lobbying with organisation members.
And after the final results are released: accountability.

Description of implementation
Groups of two were formed. Each group was responsible to write a project proposal to one organisation and take care of the whole process of accountability

Follow up: Donor appreciation and acknowledgement
The groups who were responsible for the grant proposals were also responsible for the follow-up.