This is a recording of Get Grants Bid Writing Training Course delivered by Get Grants Founder & Director John Ellery.
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Course Content
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About Get Grants Bid Writing Training Course
Get Grants Bid Writing Training Course will give you practical support to become a more confident grant fundraiser.
Access expert insights, crucial information, and friendly advice that will develop your bid writing skills and help you increase your organisation’s income through grant funding.
Get Grants Bid Writing Training Course clarifies the grant funding process, so that you leave the course with a more assured approach and solid foundation to the task of grant fundraising.
Plus loads of top tips to make the best use of your time and energy and give your funding applications the best chance of success!
We also have a range of 1-hour Bid Writing focused MASTERCLASSES available On Demand, including Core Costs, Case for Support, and Bid Writing Credibility.
Who Get Grants Bid-Writing Training Course is for
This course is designed for people who are new to grant fundraising as well as fundraisers looking to build their bid writing skills. Previous attendees include fundraisers from a variety of organisations, including charities, community groups, CICs, sports clubs, and schools.
If you have any accessibility requirements, please let us know in advance of the session so we can look to best accommodate your needs.
What Topics We Cover
Get Grants Bid Writing Training Course covers a range of topics to give you a solid foundation to grant fundraising. We cover:
- Common reasons applications are rejected, and top tips for maximising your success rates.
- What is involved in the Bid Writing process.
- Key sections of an application form and developing your narrative.
- Finding funding opportunities and deciding which funds are right for your organisation.
- How to evidence and argue the need for your work.
- Demonstrate outcomes and your organisation’s impact.
- Presenting your organisation as credible and trustworthy in applications.
- Understand how applications are assessed and look at your applications from the perspective of the funder.
Why Choose Get Grants
In our Training Courses, we share our decades of experience from inside the world of funding. All our Training Courses are delivered by experts with years of first-hand experience fundraising for not-for-profit organisations.
Since 2012, Get Grants has supported hundreds of organisations to raise over £25 million in grant funding, as well as working closely with funders to design funding programmes and assess applications. We also draw real-world insights from our Get Grants Community of Fundraisers and the thousands of people who take part in our FREE Events every year!
About the Trainer
John Ellery is Founder and Director of Get Grants.
He has a passion for supporting small grassroots community organisations and this is reflected in the range of support and resources we offer at Get Grants.
John is the creator of our most popular Training Course Bid Writing for Charities & Community Groups and delivered Masterclasses on Core Costs and Bid Writing Credibility.
For over a decade prior to establishing Get Grants in 2012, John worked for as a Community Worker, Fundraiser and Grants Maker. John worked for a range of local community organisations and national charities, in particular working in disadvantaged communities and with young people with disabilities.
He also has considerable experience in grant making, including working for a national grant-making charity and on a personal level establishing a small grant-making Trust.
When not fundraising or delivering our training and events, John fills his time with his three young children, making homebrew, and talking about the woes of supporting Crystal Palace.
