CILIPS > Continuing Professional Development > An introduction to bid writing

Workshop leader

Nat Edwards, Programme Manager, John Murray Archive, NLS.Nat recently led the successful bid to Heritage Lottery Fund for the John Murray Archive resulting in Scotland’s largest ever lottery award. presentation (.pps)

The workshop offered a structured overview, supported by some activities, of the issues that need to be addressed to make effective applications for grant aid

The course was designed for anyone with an idea or project they think would benefit from funding, those with little experience in bid writing and who wish to improve their skills.

Feedback

16 delegates attended this event held at CoSLA on 27 Feb. Of the 16 feedback forms returned 100% rated the programme content as good or very good

Selected comments

• "Excellent, a very effective use of time"
• "Covered a great deal of useful facts and concepts"
• "Was extremely useful and practical, would like to see it run againwould encourage colleagues to attend"