Bid-Writing for Charities and Community Groups Course

Bid-Writing for Charities and Community Groups Course

Our Bid Writing Course will give you pragmatic support that will improve your ratio of success in writing grant applications.

By Get Grants

Date and time

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 10:00 - Wed, 1 May 2024 12:00 PDT

Location

Online

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About this event

Get Grants Bid-Writing Course will give you practical support to improve your grant fundraising success and inspire you to become a more confident grant fundraiser. In attending our course, you will access expert insights, crucial information, and friendly advice that will help you increase your organisation’s income through grant funding.

WHO OUR BID-WRITING COURSES ARE FOR?

Whether you are new to grant fundraising, looking to build on your fundraising experience, or you are supporting others to make grant funding applications, Get Grants Bid-Writing Course will help you to grow as an organisation, launch an important project, or bring your dream to life.

Previous attendees include fundraisers from a variety of backgrounds, for example charities, community groups, sports clubs, and schools – all with differing levels of experience. Whether you are looking to hone your existing grant fundraising skills, or you want to write your very first application – this course will be relevant for you.

WHAT CAN I EXPECT?

The Get Grants Bid-Writing Course clarifies the grant funding process, so that you leave the course with a more assured approach to the task of grant fundraising. We use our training course to share our insights and experience from inside the world of grant fundraising and grant giving, setting you on the right path and arming you with the information you need to make the best use of your time and energy spent fundraising.

WHAT TOPICS WE COVER?

On our Bid-Writing Course, you will cover a range of topics to equip you with a solid foundation of grant fundraising best practice. You will:


  • Discover how to find funding opportunities and how to decide which funds are right for you.
  • Learn different tactics you can use to argue Need.
  • Explore Impact and Outcomes.
  • Look at what makes a good budget.
  • Investigate common errors, reasons applications are rejected, and top tips for increasing your success rates.
  • Consider different types of applications, including how to create proposals to Trusts and Foundations.
  • Understand how applications are assessed and start to look at your applications from the perspective of the funder.

Our Bid-Writing Course sessions are open and conversational, with a mix of group work and individual tasks, offering a friendly and relaxed environment with plenty of opportunities to ask questions throughout the day.

COURSE DELIVERY

Currently our Bid-Writing Course is delivered via Zoom, across two lots of 2-hour sessions, leaving some time in between to read further course material and reflect on the information given.

WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO KNOW?

When:

  • Session 1: Wednesday 24th April 2024, 6 pm – 8 pm
  • Session 2: Wednesday 1st May 2024, 6 pm - 8 pm

Where: Our course will be delivered via Zoom - a meeting ID and password will be emailed to you before the event

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Get Grants provides practical support in the form of training, information, and advice that fundraisers with all levels of experience can take away and put into practice.

Our team has over 40 years working in both grant fundraising and grant giving. Uniquely, we share insights into how decisions are made by funders with an understanding of the challenges faced by fundraisers.

Based in the West Midlands, Get Grants provides a range of consultancy services for both grant fundraising and grant giving organisations all over the UK.   

We share our insights and experience from inside the world of grant funding, setting you on the right path and arming you with the information you need to make the best use of your time and energy spent fundraising. Whether you are a charity, community group, sports club, or school, Get Grants can help you increase your grant fundraising success.

Connect with @Get_Grants on Social Media, sign up to our Free Monthly Newsletter, or visit our Funding Finder to discover our free grant fundraising resources full of up-to-date information, advice, and upcoming funding deadlines.

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