Volunteer Grants and Funding Bid Writer

What will you be doing?

You will primarily work to: - Research the right kind of funders to apply for grants and funding. - Create tailored applications to submit for funding, supported thoroughly by the team wherever needed - Help us build our funding/grant prospect list. We have access to some grant funding databases, but are ideally looking to create a tailored one for the CIC through this process as well.  - Produce a funding timetable, showing when funds open for application, close for application and decision dates. Schedule in with this when work should start on each application. - Produce a funding budget and forecast, identifying where, when and how much funding is needed, together with the forecast sources of that funding. - Write and submit funding bids. - Report of spend and impact of funding according to the needs of the funder and the trustees.

Volunteers will work from home, with regular support and check-ins with a dedicated lead We offer flexible working hours, working from home, a few hours a week - negotiable for the right candidate

We are looking for a writer who is experienced in researching and writing funding applications, or someone who has generally worked in a similar environment who is happy to work in this area to grow their own skills. Being a good writer is vital and an ability to weave through information and know what's important would be ideal. 

What are we looking for?

We are looking for a volunteer who can:

write successful funding bids research funding opportunities  identify suitable funding targets demonstrate excellent written and financial skills work remotely and as part of a team make plans, forecasts, and budgets, keep them up to date and report on them help develop a fundraising strategy understand the needs of the charity and of the funder and create bids that satisfy both

What difference will you make?

Our small charity aims to make a big difference to local community's mental health and well-being by engaging them in mentoring, creative expression workshops and creative community events. An experienced grant writer will help us increase our income by:

identifying more funding opportunities and applying for them increasing our success rate helping us secure funding that is for a longer term and for a larger amount than now giving us the confidence to aim higher in our funding bids in order to fund our growth and sustainability plans