The Only Way You Should Ever Begin Your Funding Bid

Grant Funding Bid Writing Bang

Boom! You’ve got to start your bid with a bang.

What’s the most important part of your grant funding bid? What’s the one thing that will shape how your bid’s assessor rates the rest of it?

It’s how you begin it.

Because even in the world of bid writing first impressions matter most. A brilliant first impression casts the rest of your bid in a brilliant light. Whereas a dull opening condemns your reader to a duller experience, no matter how much your bid shines later on.

This massively affects your bid’s chances of being successful. [Continue reading]

Six insider tips for creating digital tools that solve social problems

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Digital apps and services are slowly changing the way we tackle society’s problems. They’re usually created by social startups and small, motivated charities and organisations who want to find a better way to do what they do. But creating … [Continue reading]

6 ways to use digital tech to unleash marginalised young people’s potential

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Imagine you’re a young person of the future. Imagine you’re a young person living right on the fringes of your society. Imagine you’re a young person who’s spent the last 12 years in traditional schooling, has had enough and can’t … [Continue reading]

Four things I learnt about user involvement at Innovation Labs

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Since I started out as a children’s advocate in 2002 I’ve been searching for effective ways of involving children & young people in service development. Not ways where young people are just consulted with, nor where they lead the process and … [Continue reading]

22 Ways to Create Compelling Content (Infographic)

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With thanks to the team at Copyblogger... Like this infographic? Get more content marketing tips from Copyblogger. … [Continue reading]