Get Grants NEW Increasing Bid-Writing Success Rates MASTERCLASS will look at how you can change your approach to increase your fundraising success.
In this challenging climate, demand on funders and fundraisers alike has massively increased. Funders are tightening their grant-making and lots of fundraisers are reporting their overall success rates have dropped.
Led by Get Grants Founder & Director John Ellery, Increasing Bid-Writing Success Rates MASTERCLASS will help you understand your application from the funders’ perspectives, the ‘guidelines under the guidelines’, and what to prioritise to make best use of your time.
We will cover lots of practical bid-writing top-tips and achievable steps you can take to help increase your bid-writing success rate!
Who is it for?
Get Grants Increasing Bid-Writing Success Rates MASTERCLASS has a focus on bid writing and will benefit anyone who works in grant fundraising or with responsibilities for fundraising within their role. This session is appropriate for people of all levels of experience and organisations across the sector.
What to expect?
During the 1-hour session, this MASTERCLASS will look at:
- Why your grant fundraising approach may be driving lower success rates.
- What to prioritise and where to spend your time.
- Understand what funders are doing behind the scenes.
- Understand why your applications might be being rejected.
- Strategically improving your ‘credibility’.
- Whether to use AI in bid-writing.
This 1-hour webinar-style session will be delivered online via Zoom.
All attendees of the live Masterclass will receive a copy of the session recording. We will also make the recording available to purchase on-demand via our website after the session.
Upcoming Dates
- When: Thursday 1st July 2025, 2pm – 3pm.
- Cost: £12
- Book your place today through Eventbrite.
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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.
