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.

This full-day Training Course will be delivered in-person with lunch and refreshments included, taking place in London and Birmingham.

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Our Bid Writing Training Course is also available delivered virtually – see all upcoming virtual training dates here.

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 Are Covered

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

This course will be delivered in-person. Please see individual dates for venue location.

This full-day course will take place from 10am-4pm including a break for lunch. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

If you have any accessibility requirements, please let us know in advance of the session so we can look to best accommodate your needs.

Our Bid Writing Training Course is also available delivered virtually – see all upcoming virtual training dates here.

Upcoming Dates

Birmingham

January 2026

When: Tuesday 27th January 2026, 10am – 4pm
Where: Priory Rooms 40 Bull Street, Birmingham B4 6AF
Cost: £199 (including lunch and refreshments)
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London

February 2026

When: Tuesday 24th February 2026, 10am – 4pm
Where: Voluntary Action Islington 200A Pentonville Rd, London N1 9JP
Cost: £199 (including lunch and refreshments)
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Alternatively, contact us to request a booking form.

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Our Bid Writing Training Course is also available delivered virtually – see all upcoming virtual training dates here.

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.