For our organization, core funding would mean stability. We'd be able to actually think of projects as they came to us, instead of looking at the funding applications and saying, “How can we make this fit, and how can it also respond to women's needs?”
We've had several requests in the last couple of weeks around more groups wanting more training on advocacy and lobbying, which does not fit exactly, within our current mandate, into the budget.
Just in terms of office space, our office used to be located in my living room as well. Knowing where we're going to be and when, and just being able to plan long term and to think long term, and to not be constantly focusing on writing out new grant applications.... It's not to say we wouldn't still do projects; we certainly would. But it would just bring some stability in, and that would lead to more creativity.