Training: Writing a Successful Funding Application
This bid writing course will guide you through the steps that you need to take to make your funding applications more successful.
Date and time
Location
Online
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About this event
- 3 hours
Overview
This short course provides a beginner’s guide to how to write a successful funding application, using the National Lottery Community Fund’s Awards For All online application form as an example. It is designed for people who haven’t written a funding application before, or want a refresher on the fundamentals of writing a successful application in a competitive funding landscape.
What you’ll get from this course:
- The chance to go through a successful funding application and understand how you can emulate it
- Advice on key elements such as writing project outcomes, evidencing co-production and creating an accurate budget
- Time to start sketching out your own application, ask questions and get expert advice
- The chance to step back and decide what you need to do next to lay the foundations for a strong application for your project
We’ll be covering:
- Why Awards For All, and what do they look for in an application?
- Walking through all the main answers from a successful Awards For All application
- Describing your project activities, outcomes and impact
- Demonstrating consultation & co-design (a key feature that funders look for)
- Writing clearly and concisely when faced with a tight word count
- Developing a budget that funders understand and that reflects the true costs of your project
- Identifying gaps in your application and how to address them
Who should attend
Writing a Successful Funding Application is an introductory course aimed at people who would like to learn some of the core principles for writing successful grant and funding applications.
You may have started a social enterprise and be trying to attract new income, or you may be part of a fundraising or development team within a charity and looking to boost your skills.
This course is open to anyone.
Location
This workshop takes place live online via Zoom.
Joining details will be emailed to you in the run up to the workshop.
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Please note our terms and conditions: we can offer a full refund provided you give us at least 7 days’ notice (within 7 days you can substitute the participant for someone else).
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