Grant Writer for small creative community charity

Help a small charity to improve even more of the community's health and well-being through engaging in creative activities, by improving the quality, quantity, size and success rate of our funding applications.
You will be volunteering closely with the Chair of Trustees, who has been writing funding bids for over 10 years. We are keen to share the responsibility for grant writing and to involve someone with professional experiance with a view to them eventually taking over as a supported lead grant writer. We currently need to raise between £50,000 and £75,000 a year from grants.
Our Charity aims to make a big difference to local community's mental health and well-bring by engaging them in affordable creative activities.
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 then now.
-giving us the confidence to aim higher in our funding bids in order to fund our growth and sustainability plans.

What skills do I need?

We are looking for a volunteer who can:
-write successful funding bids.
-research funding opportunities.
-identify suitable fundraising targets.
-demonstrate excellent written and financial skills.
-work remotely and as part of a team.
-make plans, forecasts, and budgets, keep the 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.

Interests

• Civic Responsibility and Communities
• Disability
• Mental Health

Activities

• Administration and Office
• Fundraising and Finance
• Supporting Charities