Money is not the most important resource to make things happen but it certainly helps!
There are many sources of potential funding and it can be quite confusing and time consuming applying to them.

Here is a simple guide to the process:
- Have an idea
- Talk to other people about it
- Refine the idea
- Consult any people, agencies who can help make it happen
- Go to a website such as www.grantsnet.co.uk
- Input your criteria and print out their suggested list of funders
- Ask other people who they have got funding from in the past
- Select a likely funder
- Obtain an application form and guidance notes
- Read through carefully
- Does your idea fit their criteria, can you change it slightly to fit better?
- Get someone to sit down with you to fill in the form - it is always better when two people work on it together
- Do the funders offer advice - if they do contact them, meet them, talk over your plans
- Check any deadlines
- Submit the application
- Have other application forms ready as only 10 -50% of applications are successful depending on the funders