• Strengthen your team’s ability to write with a common voice and shared standards.

• Understand how to leverage AI tools effectively without losing human insight and originality.

• Build robust team-based writing processes that support quality, speed and cohesion.

• Develop skills in editing, summarising and structuring content for maximum impact.

• Explore how to differentiate your bids in a world where AI is ubiquitous.

• A unified, confident team that writes with one voice and shared purpose.

• Clear understanding of team roles in the writing process, from content leads to editors.

• Practical strategies for using AI as a support tool, not a crutch.

• A culture of peer feedback and continuous improvement.

• Renewed focus on what makes your team’s bids stand out.

Full-day core workshop (in-person or virtual)

Follow-up virtual meetup (2 hours, 3 months later)

• Review commitments and progress

• Share embedded practices and lessons learned

• Identify any new support or development needs

9:30 – 10:00
Welcome, introductions and pre-course review
Trainer welcome, overview of the day and review of pre-course questionnaire. Participants share expectations and team goals.

10:00 – 10:45
Planning for success – tools and techniques to streamline and destress the bid process, through beginning, middle and end
A practical session to create a clear checklist with actionable techniques for bid and grant writing.

10:45 – 11:30
Supporting the writing process – articulating the best from multiple contributors with one voice

How we can use multiple tools to support the way we write, successfully translating passion into interesting prose that meets evaluation criteria.

11:30 – 11:45
Break

11:45 – 12:45
Structuring and storytelling – making your case compelling
How to structure content clearly and persuasively. Using before and after examples, adapting existing text, creating narrative arcs and using AI tools to support - not replace - your thinking.

12:45 – 13:30
Lunch

13:30 – 14:15
Writing to be read – readability, tone
Vocabulary, tone and clarity.

14:15 – 15:00
Explaining to, educating and persuading your reader
Writing credible, evidence-based arguments that answer the question. Embedding evaluation, impact and risk thinking.

15:00 – 15:15
Break

15:15 – 16:00
Ruthless editing and peer review
Editing for word and character count. Peer review techniques. Group writing exercise using real or simulated bid content.

16:00 – 16:30
Commitments and close
Review team goals and learning. Set commitments for embedding. Outline the follow-up virtual meetup in 3 months.