A Million Little Pieces. Or Ten.

Mr R's mum confirms that she can view blogs again, so that's good news. Is it still a problem for some people? Nobody writes to me anymore, so can't be sure :(

Anyway, it's the end of Thursday. The end of a manic week where I spent some (ha!) crazy hours preparing a bid for funding from the National Lottery. The end budget for the project is now a little over ten million (gulp!). The bid's in the post today and they've already got an email copy - it's out of my hands now.

On hindsight, we're not likely to get it for several reasons - we are a relatively small charity and may be in competition with the Big Ones who can afford to employ professional fundraisers and grant writers to do the work. Secondly, there may be other projects that are more appealing in the eyes of the guys evaluating the bids - something closer to their objectives that we may miss out on.

But if we do get through the first stage...

Aaaaah...can't bear to think of what we'll be up against if we do get through the first stage. Can already see a mountain of paperwork ahead!

Never mind. For now, I'm mighty pleased with my effort. It was a good bid, though I can see the potential to make it even better, given more time and preparation.

Ten million.

Boy, I need a pay rise :)

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Local newspaper called saying they wanted my article. Dashed off a few pics I had taken to support the text. Will keep you updated if it gets published!