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Your calculation is based on standard volunteer rate x 3 half days x £45 = £135.00
number of hours volunteered. (b) 1 architect donates half a day to draw plans for a
(a) 3 plotholders will spend 4 hours each digging a new communal building.
trench by hand for a new water supply. This is ‘professional services’ costing £350 per day
4 hours x £20 = £80.00 x 3 plotholders =240.00 (£175 per half day). The time includes a pre-meeting,
(b) 1 architect donates 4 hours to draw plans for a time spent on drawing up the plans and sending them
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new communal building. The time includes a pre- to you.
meeting, time spent on drawing up the plans and 1 half day x £175.00 = £175.00
sending them to you.
4 hours x £20 = £80.00
Your grant total is (a) + (b) = £320.00
2. A rate equivalent to the skill level of the work done. Where a funder has this rule, they will usually provide a list of rates for each skill level. The skill levels usually range from unskilled (e.g. manual labour) all the way through to professional services (e.g. architect).
Example
A funder states day rates based on a 7 hour day at the following rates:
Professional services £350 per day; skilled labour £150 per day; unskilled labour £90 per day.
Your calculation is based on the rate per day for the skill level of the job done x number of days volunteered. If only half a day has been worked divide the day by half.
Example
(a) 3 plotholders will spend half a day each digging a trench by hand for a new water supply. This is ‘unskilled labour’ costing £90 per day (£45 per half day).
Your Grand Total is (a) + (b) = £310.00
Start logging your association’s volunteer hours if you do not already do so. If you need to estimate because you have not previously kept a log, be conservative in your estimate. Always check with the funder if they will accept an estimate.
Include time spent on training, meetings, phone calls, research (e.g. finding the right builder), work days on- site (including the time spent planning and reminding everyone), going to the builders yard to buy materials and taking delivery when they arrive, visiting other allotment sites to see how they have done what you want to do, time spent talking with and writing to your landlord for permission for your plan, time spent meeting an architect to explain what you want and their time in that meeting too plus the time they spent on drawing the plans. Read the funder’s guidance carefully, as they may be specific about what you can or cannot include.
Congratulations! Your association can now communicate the expenditure category(s) and match funding for its idea to a funder.
This factsheet is one part of the ten part “NAS Members Guide to Funding”. All ten parts are available to download free of charge from the Members Area of the NAS website.
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