Writing Successful Funding Bids

This thorough training manual is designed to give trainers all the materials they need to deliver a one-day course for those responsible for writing bids, backing applications for services and funding projects for young people. Included in this manual are several activities combining discussion starters, examples of funding applications and scenarios and details about possible funding schemes for working with young people. The training manual is based upon an experimental approach to learning; encouraging participants to explore their own knowledge, beliefs and attitudes towards fundraising. It engages people of all learning styles by balancing visual, auditory and tactile activities and the wide range of methods used, comprising of small and large group discussion, individual reflection reading scenarios and so on.