Our Bid Writing Course will give you pragmatic support that will improve your ratio of success in writing grant applications.

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.

Our course is equally useful for novices and people with all levels of experience in fundraising. It will help you increase your organisation income through fundraising and materialise those much-needed projects.

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

When: Tuesday 17th November 2026, 10am - 4pm

Where: Priory Rooms 40 Bull Street, Birmingham B4 6AF

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.

Getting There: The nearest station is Snow Hill, just a 2–3 minute walk away, while New Street and Moor Street are both around 7–10 minutes on foot. The Bull Street tram stop sits right outside, and numerous city centre bus routes also serve the area. If arriving by car, follow the M6 to Junction 6, take the A38(M) into the city, and head for Colmore Circus before turning onto Bull Street. Parking is available nearby at NCP Dalton Street (with discounted rates when validated at reception) or at the B4 Car Park on Weaman Street, a short walk away.

If you’d like more information, would like to let us know of any dietary or access requirements you have, or have any questions, you can contact us via our website or send us an email at info@getgrants.org.uk – we’d love to hear from you.

About Get Grants:

Get Grants provides practical support in the form of training, information, and support that fundraisers with all levels of experience can take away and put into practice.

Our events bring fundraisers together to access friendly peer support from our UK-wide Get Grants Community.

Our team has over 50 years of working in both grant fundraising and grant giving. Uniquely, we share insights into how decisions are made by funders with an understanding of the challenges faced by fundraisers.

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