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Good Grant Fundraising

Quickly learn about

the trust fundraising

issue you face

Use the menu at the top to quickly learn what you need.

A link to material for experts

This section of the site is for relative beginners. If you are a very experienced trust fundraiser, there is a different set of webpages designed specifically for you, full of new and advanced ideas.

100 WEBPAGES FOR VERY EXPERIENCED TRUST FUNDRAISERS

About the lead author of the site

A bid-writer (raising £15m) and occasional grants assessor since 1990, I have very broad experience. I have also managed, trained and mentored other trust fundraisers to succeed.

MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Good Grant Fundraising. Free ideas about all aspects of the work

Over £15m raised personally

Over 110 projected funded

Approx. 70 Trust fundraisers trained and mentored

25 charities and 6 grant makers worked for

Content of the site

Trusts

Who’s at the trust. How they work. What they fund.

Research

What you need, how to get and understand it, including phone calls.

Proposals

Ideas you need right from Year 1 of your career in proposals

Relationships

Engaging trusts, thanking them and reporting back.

Writing in general

Cross-cutting writing issues, based on a lot of practical experience.

Internal issues

What you need to get you started on strategy, processes, etc

Get started

You navigate the site using the menu at the top of the website and then via the menu within each individual page.