Come join us at the The Hamptons Leisure Centre, Chelmsford for an interactive session on mastering the art of bid writing. Whether you're a newbie or a seasoned pro, this workshop will equip you with the skills needed to craft winning proposals. Learn insider tips, tricks, and strategies to stand out from the competition. Network with like-minded individuals and boost your chances of securing that next big project. Don't miss out on this valuable opportunity to enhance your bid writing skills!

About the Workshop

Active Essex Foundation has developed a Fundraising and Bid Writing Workshop in response to requests for fundraising support from our locally trusted organisations (LTOs) and wider network.

Fundraising has never been more challenging for community and voluntary organisations across Essex. There is huge demand on grant givers like National Lottery Community Fund and Sport England. There are less grants available from local authorities and NHS. Your fundraising plan needs to think of different ways to bring in income, know where to look for available and relevant grants, and make sure your bids and grant applications stand out.

This three hour in-person workshop is aimed at organisations who are using physical activity and sport to deliver their organisation’s vision and outcomes and want to improve their fundraising and bid writing knowledge and confidence to strengthen income generation.

What the Workshop offers

The Active Essex Fundraising and Bid Writing Workshop benefits all levels of fundraising experience who are looking to improve their fundraising knowledge and skills, whether you are looking to write your first application and don’t know where to begin, or you want to look at other ways of fundraising for your organisation. Through the three-hour workshop attendees will:

1. Understand the different types of fundraising.
2. Understand the current trends in fundraising.
3. Understand the different sources of grants for community sport/physical activity.
4. Understand the best approach to writing a small grant application.
5. Understand the best approach to writing a large grant application.

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Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an internationally recognised training course, designed to teach people how to spot the signs and symptoms of mental ill health and provide help on a first aid basis. This accredited two-day course will allow you to develop practical skills to identify a range of mental health issues and support a young person to get the help they need. Provides an in depth understanding of specific mental health issues and is delivered in four manageable chunks:

• What is mental health?
• Depression and anxiety
• Suicide and psychosis
• Self-harm and eating disorders

It focuses on the issues faced by young people today, such as cyber bullying and substance misuse, and build your knowledge and confidence on how to promote protective factors and offer support.

Completing this course qualifies you as a Youth Mental Health First Aider. In order to complete this course you must attend day 2 on 28th July.

Book your space

Please email [email protected] if you would be interested in attending future sessions.

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a training course that equips individuals with the skills to recognize, understand, and respond to signs of mental health challenges and substance use problems. This two day course is designed to provide initial support to someone experiencing a mental health problem or crisis until professional help is available.

This will be a two part course and you will need to attend the second day on 20th October to complete the course. More information and how to book will be share soon

Please note this course is specifically for working with people that are 16 plus.

If you are working with under 16s, please look out for future Youth Mental Health First Aid courses.