We know budget rules are silly: use it or lose it rather than letting it roll over. So to make the most of this, here are some ideas for how you could use remaining budget to get some good value out of it for the coming year's plans.

Ideas for under £1,000

• Send 1 or 2 people to 2011 eCampaigning Forum (March, Oxford, UK)
• Pre-pay for e-campaigning mentoring for a year
• Commission a qualitative review of your e-campaigning
• Train 1 or 2 people to attend a 1-day e-campaigning training

Ideas for £1,000-2,000

• Commission a review of your e-campaigning strategy
• Gat a basic analysis of your e-campaigning performance
• Send 1 person on the 6-day eCampaigning Essentials course
• Sponsor 1 or 2 southern participants to attend 2011 eCampaigning Forum
• Pre-pay for consultancy in 2011 at a discounted day-rate

Ideas for £2,000-5,000

• Commission a detailed e-campaigning performance analysis
• Have an in-house e-campaigning training or senior manager workshop
• An e-campaigning strategy developed from your campaign strategy and plans

Ideas for £5,000+

• Have the eCampaigning Essentials course (6 days) run in-house
• Get a Best Practice Review of your Advocacy Online e-activist usage to identify how to get the most from it

Email [email protected] to ask for more details on any of these ideas or to suggest other possibilities.