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.
Get Grants Bid Writing Training Course is available as both Virtual and In-Person delivery. See more information about our In-Person Bid Writing Training Courses here.
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Who Get Grants Bid-Writing Training Course is 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 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 Training 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.
- Investigate common errors, reasons applications are rejected, and top tips for increasing your success rates.
- Learn how to write funding applications that present your organisation as credible and trustworthy.
- 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
Our Virtual Bid-Writing Course is delivered via Zoom, across two 2-hour sessions, leaving some time in between to read further course material and reflect on the information given.
Get Grants Bid Writing Training Course is available as both Virtual and In-Person delivery. See more information about our In-Person Bid Writing Training Courses here.
Upcoming Dates
October 2025
- When: Wednesday 15th & 22nd October 2025, 10am – 12pm
- Cost: £99
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November 2025
- When: Tuesday 11th & 18th November 2025, 2pm – 4pm
- Cost: £99
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December 2025
- When: Monday 1st & 8th December 2025, 10am – 12pm
- Cost: £99
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January 2026
- When: Wednesday 14th & 21st January 2026, 10am – 12pm
- Cost: £99
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February 2026
- When: Wednesday 18th & 25th February 2026, 6pm – 8pm
- Cost: £99
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About the Trainers
David Page has been a fundraiser for more than two decades and specialises in working with small charities that are disproportionately affected by financial challenges. He has built a wealth of experience on how to survive, flourish and grow when resources seem scarce. David is the Director of Triceratops Training, and has provided training for many organisations including the FSI, DSC and Chartered Institute of Fundraising.
Sam Davis brings first-hand experience from all corners of the sector – as a fundraiser, funder, and charity leader – having delivered frontline activities as well as infrastructure support to other organisations. Alongside delivering Get Grants Bid Writing and Bid Writing for Sports & Physical Activity Training Courses, Sam is currently the Operations Manager at a major regional funder. Her previous roles include CEO, Community Partnerships Manager, and Development Officer within both charitable and statutory organisations.
She’s also a Trustee of a Birmingham-based sports charity and is passionate about building sustainability and resilience in the non-profit sector – because really, it should be a no-brainer to fund these amazing organisations!
Outside of work, Sam’s a passionate netballer and keeps those endorphins flowing by running (very slowly!) in her spare time.
Andrew Ellison has 10+ years’ experience in the voluntary sector, principally working in fundraising, including 3 years as a sole fundraiser for a London-based homeless charity.
He has worked for charities of all sizes supporting a range of causes including mental health, medical research, youth, international development work and sports. Andrew holds a Fundraising Qualification from the Chartered Institute of Fundraising (CiOF). He has previously volunteered at Foundation Against Cancer, St Mungo’s, ScotsCare, Projects Abroad. He is also a career mentor at Heriot-Watt University.
Andrew is a Bid Writer at Get Grants, supporting organisations to develop their grant funding portfolio, as well as leading Get Grants Training development and delivering Fundraising for Beginners Training Course.
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