Maintain Relationships with the Funder
If your funding application has been successful, celebrate the news with all those who have been involved but get your project team focused on implementation. Let everyone know both how far you have come and how far you still have to go. Identify a point of contact within your funding organisation and consider inviting them on to your project team.
Try to involve the community as much as possible and even local press; your funder will appreciate good news stories raising their profile.
Continue to update them and report back on how their money has been spent with key stage completions throughout the project. Perhaps invite them to see your project on site or to any event you may be planning. If your funder has agreed try to ensure that all work that you produce includes their logo.
Try to keep the funder up to date with any development and make sure to make the funder aware of any problems that may occur, or if you want to make any changes to the project. This is vital towards your relationship with your funder as you may need continuance funding for this or a different area of work. Try to communicate good and bad news where and when applicable, this will demonstrate that you are aware of and on top of the project.
When the project is complete, celebrate by holding an opening event and involve the media as much as possible. Ask your school and community to get involved and make it an event to remember.
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