Charity Digital Academy: Writing a Successful Funding Application

This 3 hour course provides a beginner’s guide to how to write a successful funding application, using the National Lottery Community Fund’s Awards For All online application form as an example.

In these 3 hours you’ll get:

• The chance to go through a successful funding application and understand how you can emulate it
• Advice on key elements such as writing project outcomes, evidencing co-production and creating an accurate budget
• Time to start sketching out your own application, ask questions and get expert advice
• The chance to step back and decide what you need to do next to lay the foundations for a strong application for your project

Tickets cost £99 + VAT. To purchase this course, click "add to basket" in the bottom right corner.

This course is suited to.. people who haven’t written a funding application before, or want a refresher on the fundamentals of writing a successful application in a competitive funding landscape.

Session details:

The course will take place on Zoom and will run from 10am to 1pm, including breaks and time for you to begin sketching out ideas for your application.

Part 1 (1 hour 15 minutes)

• Welcome & introduction
• Why Awards For All, and what do they look for in an application?
• Walking through all the main answers from a successful Awards For All application
• Describing your project activities, outcomes and impact
• Demonstrating consultation & co-design (a key feature that funders look for)

Break (10 minutes)

Time to sketch out your own application & ask questions (40 minutes)

Part 2 (55 minutes)

• Writing clearly and concisely when faced with a tight word count
• Developing a budget that funders understand and that reflects the true costs of your project
• Identifying gaps in your application and how to address them

Feedback from a previous participant:

"We received notification from The National Lottery on Friday that we are being granted £10K! This was the first grant of this kind that we have secured. Your well-structured, actionable and practical training workshop ensured I knew how to write the bid, what to include, how to structure it and how to ensure we secured the grant the first time around." Blue, Talk Club

Tickets cost £99 + VAT. To purchase this course, click "add to basket" in the bottom right corner.

Please note: Registration will close at 5pm on the 17th November 2025. Registration will not be available after this time.

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