AI for Creative Producers: Grant Writing, Funding Applications & Pitching

AI for Creative Producers: Grant Writing, Funding Applications & Pitching Workshop (Online)

🗓 Friday 9th January 2026 — 10:00–11:30am

Hosted as part of Re-Treat From Home by Future Artists — Open to All

This session is also recorded, so can't make the LIVE event, watch on-demand anytime.

About the Session

This 90-minute online workshop gives creative producers, filmmakers, artists, theatre-makers, and cultural workers a hands-on introduction to using AI tools—especially ChatGPT—to improve grant writing, build stronger funding applications, and pitch your projects with clarity and confidence.

If you're developing a new idea, preparing a bid, or refining a pitch, this session will show you how AI can save time, strengthen your narrative voice, and reduce overwhelm across your creative business practice.

This workshop is part of Re-Treat From Home, Future Artists’ annual winter retreat, but this session is open to non-members with single session tickets priced from £10

If you would like to join the full Re-treat from home - check out the programme here...

👉 Re-Treat From Home Tickets
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-creative-producers-retreat-2026-tickets-1963210492431?aff=oddtdtcreator

How the Workshop Will Run

This is a live, interactive, practical workshop where participants will work alongside the workshop leader in real time - the session is also recorded so you can watch on-demand and hone those skills.

You will be encouraged to:
💻 Use the free version of ChatGPT during the session
📝 Try prompts as they are introduced
📁 Bring an existing project idea or draft funding application
🧠 Experiment with how AI responds to your own creative material

The session includes guided exercises, pauses for refinement, and space for questions.
No previous AI experience needed — beginners fully welcome - you will be suprised how advanced and how quickly workin with AI is, when you have a guide and a plan.

What We’ll Cover (1.5 hours)

1. AI as Your Creative Business Assistant

Learn how to brief ChatGPT to act as your:

• Grant-writing assistant
• Research agent for stats, case studies & methods
• Creative pitch editor
• Proposal translator for funder-friendly language
• Mock reviewer offering critical feedback

2. Strengthening Funding Applications with AI

We’ll explore how to use AI to:

• Break down complex funding calls into clear requirements
• Draft responses using structured prompting
• Write impact, evaluation, and audience sections
• Improve logic and clarity in budgets
• Run a mock panel review to stress-test your application

Relevant to Arts Council England, BFI, Innovate UK, trusts & foundations, local councils, and academic/industry grants.

3. Pitching Your Projects with Confidence

AI can help you:

• Develop one-page project summaries
• Write loglines, treatments, and synopses
• Strengthen your narrative and creative intent
• Build pitch deck copy and structures
• Generate multiple pitch versions for partners, investors, or funders
• and WHAT NOT TO DO!

Who Is This For?

Ideal for:
🎨 Creative producers
🎬 Filmmakers
🎭 Theatre & XR makers
📚 Writers
🎧 Musicians & digital artists
💼 Creative entrepreneurs
🧠 Anyone wanting to level up their creative business skills using AI - AI is also a game-changing tool for nerodivergent creatives.

What You’ll Take Away

By the end of the workshop you will:
✨ Know how to brief ChatGPT like a professional assistant

✨ Understand how AI can strengthen bids and pitches
✨ Have practical prompts and templates you can reuse
✨ Leave with stronger ideas and clearer project language
✨ Feel more confident navigating the business side of your practice