Charity Grants : Where Are We Going Wrong?! (WATCH NOW)

Please note: This is not a live event. This is a recorded workshop that ticket holders can watch immediately and return to as often as they like. The date/time shown reflects the final date the recording will be available to view. Access instructions are included in your order confirmation and summarised at the bottom of this page.

IMPROVING GRANT APPLICATIONS — WITHOUT FALSE PROMISES OR SHORTCUTS

A practical workshop for charities that rely on grant funding but feel their applications aren’t landing as they should.

Many charities invest significant time and energy into grant applications, yet still experience low success rates. With intense competition and limited feedback from funders, it’s often hard to know whether applications are genuinely strong or quietly undermined by avoidable mistakes.

This workshop is designed to help charities step back and examine how they approach grant funding. Rather than offering “guarantees” or silver bullets, it focuses on identifying common weaknesses in grant applications and making proportionate, practical improvements that increase credibility and competitiveness.

The aim is simple: help your charity submit better-quality bids, more consistently.

WHAT THIS WORKSHOP FOCUSES ON

This session takes a realistic view of grant funding in a crowded and competitive environment.

You’ll work through:

• Understanding where grant bids commonly fall down
  Identifying frequent issues that weaken otherwise good applications.
• Seeing applications from a funder’s perspective
  What funders are actually assessing, and how decisions are typically made.
• Strengthening bids using what you already have
  Making better use of existing data, impact information, and organisational knowledge.
• Improving clarity, structure, and relevance
  Practical ways to make applications easier to assess and more compelling.
• Making incremental improvements that matter
  How small changes can significantly improve outcomes over time.

The emphasis throughout is on quality, realism, and learning, not chasing unrealistic success rates.

WHO THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR

This workshop is particularly suited to:

• Charity leaders and managers
• Staff or volunteers responsible for grant applications
• Fundraisers looking to improve bid quality and consistency
• Organisations that rely heavily on grant income

No prior professional grant-writing experience is required.

HOW THIS WORKS

This workshop has been pre-recorded.

Once you purchase a ticket, you can access the recording immediately via the Online Event Page. You can also use the “View Links” button on your e-ticket to reach the same page. The workshop remains available to watch until the event’s listed closing date.

Ticket sales close 48 hours before the workshop closes to ensure ticket holders have time to watch.

For questions about this event, please email: events@thirdsectornetwork.co.uk

Call Third Sector Network on: 01509 731 971