Name: Writing Successful Funding Applications
Start: 2026-03-26T10:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-26T12:30:00+00:00
Location: Woolwich Centre Library

Identify the essential elements and skills that are necessary to construct and write competitive bids and tenders.
About this Event

Aimed at those who have limited previous experience of bid writing and need to gain skills and knowledge of the bidding process, Gary Parker of CNT Associates will teach you how to make your applications more successful and give tips to those who have written unsuccessful application or who find writing funding applications challenging.

The workshop will cover:

Sources of Funding - being fit for funding
Understanding the ‘language’ of bidding
The do’s and don’ts for applicants!
Why do bids fail
Key bid features – including; social value, outputs, activities, results
Common errors
Bid analysis
Bid writing

Learning Objectives

Focus on key responses required by funders
Translate the language of funding into accessible bid responses
Analyse why your bid fails
Recognise the difference between active and passive responses
Recognise the difference between strong and less effective applications
Systems Design and responses to scoring regimes

There will be time for a Q&A session at the end!

This event is delivered by Start Up Greenwich – a business support service designed to support aspiring entrepreneurs, start-ups and established businesses to build their entrepreneurial skills and confidence, as well as giving them access to business information and resources. We offer our members a variety of expert-led workshops, 1-2-1's with a business manager, access to business resources, opportunities to trade and test business ideas, co-working and office space, networking events and much more.

To sign up as member head here, or you can find us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

CNT Associates is a business and community support company that provide business support, fundraising and training services.

Gary Parker ( BA Hons) is the managing director of CNT Associates and has two decades experience of consultancy, training, and management development services, both in the public and private sector. Gary provides client support with his specialist knowledge in fundraising and management. Gary believes the company's success is because they view themselves as advisers rather than consultants, and have both a social conscience and commitment to deliver high quality services.