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A 30-minute masterclass on shaping your NPO 2028-33 application so it stands out rather than blends in.
Released on Thursday 19 November, followed by answers to the questions you send me when you book.
This is a new form and a new round, so I won’t pretend to know exactly how it will be scored. What I can offer is my view, based on years of writing and reviewing Arts Council England applications, of what makes an application convincing, and what weakens it.
Most applications struggle because they describe the work the way everyone else does. This masterclass is about stepping back and thinking about your organisation differently, so you find the angle that is genuinely yours and build every answer around it.
What we’ll cover: what I see most often in drafts and where applications lose their strength; the excellence question, why proof beats adjectives and how to find proof you didn’t know you had; thinking outside the box to find the case only your organisation can make; the money, making your ask and your figures tell the same story as your words; the two new priorities, and how to show them without bolting them on; and shaping the five years into a plan, not a list of activities.
Your question, answered: when you book, you can send me one question about your own application. Be as specific as you like. I’ll anonymise every question before answering it, so nothing identifies you or your organisation.
Included free: The Five-Year Financial Restatement (normally £125), sent to you as an instant download as soon as you book, so you can start on your figures straight away.
You’ll receive the link to watch on Thursday 19 November, and you can watch it as many times as you like until the portal closes on 15 December. Questions close on Monday 16 November.
Presented by Dahna Borojević, Raise the Arts, with a 68% success rate on Arts Council England applications. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Arts Council England.
A 30-minute masterclass on shaping your NPO 2028-33 application so it stands out rather than blends in.
Released on Thursday 19 November, followed by answers to the questions you send me when you book.
This is a new form and a new round, so I won’t pretend to know exactly how it will be scored. What I can offer is my view, based on years of writing and reviewing Arts Council England applications, of what makes an application convincing, and what weakens it.
Most applications struggle because they describe the work the way everyone else does. This masterclass is about stepping back and thinking about your organisation differently, so you find the angle that is genuinely yours and build every answer around it.
What we’ll cover: what I see most often in drafts and where applications lose their strength; the excellence question, why proof beats adjectives and how to find proof you didn’t know you had; thinking outside the box to find the case only your organisation can make; the money, making your ask and your figures tell the same story as your words; the two new priorities, and how to show them without bolting them on; and shaping the five years into a plan, not a list of activities.
Your question, answered: when you book, you can send me one question about your own application. Be as specific as you like. I’ll anonymise every question before answering it, so nothing identifies you or your organisation.
Included free: The Five-Year Financial Restatement (normally £125), sent to you as an instant download as soon as you book, so you can start on your figures straight away.
You’ll receive the link to watch on Thursday 19 November, and you can watch it as many times as you like until the portal closes on 15 December. Questions close on Monday 16 November.
Presented by Dahna Borojević, Raise the Arts, with a 68% success rate on Arts Council England applications. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Arts Council England.