Writing charity bids with AI: a workshop
Learn how AI can strengthen your funding applications, without writing them for you. A practical, charity-specific session on using AI to research, structure and tighten a bid, while the evidence, judgement and voice stay yours.
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Delivered online
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3 hours
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Run by Alex Reid, CPD-certified generative AI trainer, with 16 years' experience in the non-profit sector
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Prompt guide and sample bid walkthrough included
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Suitable for anyone who writes or reviews funding applications, no tech background needed
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No maximum group size
£350
What we cover
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The state of play
Where AI genuinely fits in bid writing today, and the gap between what people assume and what the funders actually do.
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What funders and bid writers say
The honest picture, drawn from published funder guidance and sector research, on how AI-assisted bids are viewed and scored.
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Where AI genuinely helps
Six constructive jobs to hand to AI - research, structuring, drafting from your own data, tightening to a word count, plain English, and a criteria check - and the line you never cross.
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A real bid, start to finish
Working through one full application section by section, with the prompts to match, so participants leave with a method they can reuse immediately.
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The tools, reviewed
A practical comparison of the AI bid-writing platforms and general tools available, so teams know what's worth paying for and what isn't.
Your bid writers know AI could help. They just don't know where the line is.
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Staff are already using AI on applications, inconsistently and without a clear process
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Nobody's sure what to disclose, or whether disclosure will hurt a bid's chances
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Drafts come back generic, and reviewers can tell
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Funders are starting to ask about AI use directly, and teams want an honest answer ready
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Deadlines mean there's no time to work this out from scratch
Most guidance on AI and bid writing is either a blanket ban or a blank cheque. Neither is useful.
This session gives your team a clear, defensible way to use AI on real applications, without
losing the specificity and voice that actually wins funding.
What's included in the session and what value will my organisation get from this training?
What's included?
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2 hour facilitated workshop
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Post-session slide deck shared
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Prompt guide and worked bid example
What's value will my organisation get?
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Your team will leave with a repeatable method for using AI on live applications
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Staff will know exactly what to disclose, and why honesty carries no penalty
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You'll reduce the risk of generic, AI-flavoured drafts reaching a funder
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Everyone gets immediate time savings on research and structuring
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Your organisation gets a shared, defensible position on AI use in bids