Project Development
From concept to fully scoped project plan — outcomes, budgets, partners and risk — ready for funder submission and delivery.
A good idea is not yet a project. Between the two sits the work of scoping: outcomes, beneficiaries, delivery model, partners, governance, budget, risk and evaluation. Skip that work and the application is weaker, the delivery is harder and the impact is diluted.
KA Consultancy helps organisations take ideas — sometimes raw, sometimes half-formed — and develop them into properly scoped projects that are credible to funders and deliverable on the ground.
Who this is for
- Charities and CICs scaling an existing programme into a multi-year project.
- Partnerships needing a shared framework before applying for joint funding.
- Community organisations developing capital or place-based projects.
- Teams whose ideas keep being knocked back by funders.
Common challenges we see
- —Outcomes that describe activity rather than change.
- —Budgets that omit full cost recovery or contingency.
- —Unclear governance between delivery partners.
- —Weak monitoring and evaluation design.
How KA Consultancy helps
We facilitate structured project development — turning the idea into a written project plan with logic model, budget, delivery schedule, governance map, risk register and evaluation framework. Where useful, we hold the space between multiple partners to agree roles, IP, branding and decision rights.
The output is a single, robust project document that anchors funding applications, board approvals and delivery.
Our process
- 01
Scoping workshop
Surface the real outcomes, beneficiaries and constraints.
- 02
Logic model & evaluation
Theory of change, indicators and measurement plan.
- 03
Budget & delivery plan
Costed, time-bound plan with named roles and partners.
- 04
Risk, governance & sign-off
Risk register, governance map, internal/partner sign-off.
Benefits
- Stronger funding applications built on a real plan
- Smoother delivery once funded
- Clearer evaluation and impact reporting
- Shared understanding across delivery partners
What you can expect from us
- A single project document of c. 15–30 pages plus budget.
- Facilitated sessions with your team and any partners.
- Practical, deliverable plans — not aspirational ones.
- A framework that flexes into funder-specific applications.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you facilitate partnership scoping too?
- Yes — multi-partner facilitation is often where the most value is added.
- Do you write the application as well?
- Often, yes — project development and grant writing are typically packaged together.
- What about capital projects?
- Yes. We work on community building, asset transfer and capital programme development — see also Community Hub Development.