Get Grants Online Bid-Writing for Charities & Community Groups 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 income through grant funding.

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.

Part 1 = To be delivered on 10 June 2022 9.30am to 11.30am

Part 2 = To be delivered on 17 June 2022 9.30am to 11.30am

Who our bid-writing courses are for…

This course is aimed at organisations who are interested in growing their grant fundraising confidence and increasing their income through grant funding. 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 to 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.

Please note this accredited training is supported by Shropshire Council and managed by the Shropshire Infrastructure Partnership Voluntary & Community Support Team. To support community groups, voluntarily organisations and volunteers within Shropshire only. The cost of this session has been substantially subsided at £15.00 per delegate.

This training will be delivered via Zoom. Once you have successfully booked onto your courses. You will be emailed a few days before the training date, to give you the meeting ID and password to join the session

All spaces are limited to two per organisation, however we do offer a waiting list facility. So, if you are unable to attend, please could you let us know as soon as possible via email so we can then offer your place to someone else.

Cancellations & Refunds

• Course places can only be cancelled up to 7 days before the event.

• Refunded course fees will include the full ticket price less the EventBrite Booking fee.

• If we have to cancel the event you will be refunded the full ticket price.

If you have any queries please regarding this event please contact the SIP Team by email: sipvcsteam@community-resource.org.uk