1. Photographic Evidence – If you are going to demonstrate the Need for your project, there is no better way than providing photographic evidence to show the poor condition of your current facilities and why you need the funding to improve these
  2. Sport Development Plan – Don’t just provide a plan that shows what you have done, use your Sports Development Plan to demonstrate what the difference will be if you get the funding to improve these facilities e.g. increasing participation, community involvement
  3. Link your project into strategies – This could be your local authority sports strategy or your local authorities playing pitch strategy
  4. Letters of Support – Important to get a letter of support from your NGB. It is also useful to get letters of support from your County Sports Partnership, Local Authority and users at your club e.g. parents, members, future users
  5. Consultation – Carry out some consultation so you can demonstrate the need this should be with users, non-users, local community