Hello Fundraisers.

I am not begging for funding. I have read the faq. Please read on...

I am a teacher, who has for years laboured under the apprehension that there is lots of money out there for schools, and lots of companies who would love to give cash out.

This year, our school needs to earn at least £20,000 for a library project with a media centre.

My questions are:

1) Do fundraisers ever work on a commision only basis, and would they get involved with a project like this?

2) Is it worth employing a fundraiser to help with a project like this or could we do it ourselves?

3) Is there a list of people who we could approach for grants towards a project like this?

4) Does this sound like a reasonable fundraising proposal? (obviously we would write a very detailed version)

5) Would it be worth employing someone on a consultancy basis to draw up and implement a strategic business plan to ensure that the school had a regular supplementary budget coming in?

6) Do you think that it would be possible to develop a regular, sustainable supplementary budget through fundraising?

We are a public sector school in a village who traditionally earn about £9,000 a year through a fireworks display, a yearly summer fair with barbeque, the odd cake sale and two school discos.

I am sure that if we could get organised we would have a far higher earning potential.

Thanks in advance for your feedback,

David Trent