COVID-19 may have changed the funding landscape but the need to evidence outcomes and write ‘stand out’ bids remains as crucial as ever and a skill that many of us can learn to do better.

Voluntary Centre Services (VCS) in partnership with Lincolnshire Community & Voluntary Service (LCVS) and Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) have developed a series of Funding Ready workshops to help voluntary sector groups and charities improve their skills and information sources to increase the number of successful applications.

The programme is free for voluntary sector groups and charities working in Lincolnshire who are looking to begin applying for grants or improve their success rate.

It consists of 3 workshops which, during COVID restrictions, will be delivered over 5 half day sessions virtually. Participants for virtual workshops will be limited to 8 to enable full participation and sharing of ideas and experiences.

Groups can attend any of the five sessions depending on what stage they are in their funding process.

The programme starts on Wednesday 4th November 2020, running for 5 sessions until Wednesday 2nd December 2020.

Workshop 2:

Wed. 11th November / Wed. 18th November - Evidencing Need and Identifying Funding Sources

Aims: To be able to prepare a fully costed plan, using evidence from a variety of sources, evidenced, using input from your beneficiaries and the whole team. To have funding sources identified and shortlisted and a ongoing process defined for selecting funds to apply for.

Workshop 2: Evidencing Need and Identifying Funding Sources

The agenda for the first session on will be as follows:

9.30 am Welcome

9.45am - Introductory Session & Recap

10.05am - Project Planning

10.20am - Break

10.30am - Project Planning: Exercise 1 + Feedback

11am - Break

11.10am - Proving the need for your project

12noon - Questions and Networking

12.30pm Finish

A registration link will be sent to you along with full joining instructions 7 days prior to the first session.

For further information, or if you are unable to attend this programme but would be interested in finding out more about dates of future workshops, please contact: caty@voluntarycentreservices.org.uk or jody@voluntarycentreservices.org.uk.