Preparing successful bids

This might be worth thinking about!

Is your organisation bidding for statutory contracts and grants? How can you make sure that your bid is successful and that you have the necessary skills to make your bid stand out?

Excellent written communication skills are paramount for bidding staff, but how often do your bidding staff work on developing these skills?

If you would like to find out more about how to ensure that your bids are successful, we would be delighted if you or a member of your team would like to join 18 colleagues from across the sector at one of Action Planning's intensive two-day masterclasses on Preparing successful bids for statutory contracts and grants. The next session of the workshop will be held on the 22 & 23 August 2011 in London. This will be followed by a session in Newcastle on the 5 & 6 October 2011.

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This intensive and practical workshop is Britain's leading training course on statutory fundraising for charities and social enterprises. It has already run more than 100 times and been widely adopted as a core training module by the leading service-delivering charities.

The course will help you respond to the increased competition for statutory contracts which has resulted from the cuts and to understand and prepare for the new opportunities created by the Big Society agenda by investing now in the bid-writing capacity of your team.

The workshop is limited to 18 participants and presented by our Statutory Funding Consultant, Derek Smith, formerly Services Director of RNID. It enables participants to achieve high scoring bids by understanding evaluation systems and completing high quality applications. It explains how to cut the time involved in bid writing by preparing information in standard formats and includes resources, including our 'Bid Preparation Tool Kit', for your ongoing use.

The training costs £385 including VAT, lunch both days and all course materials. You can book places and request an invoice by clicking here or by completing the form on the brochure. If you have several people who need these skills, we may be able to run the course for you in-house. Please email me directly if you want to explore this. Here are some comments from recent participants: