Welcome!
Hi, I'm Jennifer and I'm your go-to grant assessor.​
I assess grant applications in the charity and public sectors and provide high quality resources for both freelance and in house grant assessors in the UK. ​​
I have wide ranging experience in assessing, having evaluated projects from £1,000 up to £13m, covering mental health, community development, the Arts, sustainability, rural business, social enterprise, the military and more.
​I assess grants for funders across the UK including Community Foundations, national and local Trusts and Foundations and local government. I also:
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Lead the Grant Assessor Network - home to assessors across the UK
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Connect UK funders with freelance assessors
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Help grant assessors to develop skills
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Please take a look at my services below and get in touch or connect with me on Linked In, I would love to hear from you.
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My Services
I offer a high quality grant assessment service for UK based grantmakers.
You might be working at peak and need extra resource, or require support with assessments throughout the year.
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​I can increase your capacity, ease pressure and help you meet your programme targets, with empathetic and comprehensive assessments. ​
Find a freelance assessor through our unique Grant Assessor network.
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Grantmakers often need extra assessment support, usually at the point when application volumes are high and teams are already stretched.
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We're here to make it easier.
Share a few details about your assessor role (it takes just a few minutes) and, after a light review, it’s shared with a unique and targeted network of experienced freelance assessors across the UK.
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Resources for UK based grant assessors.
Are you interested in assessing and want to know how to start? Or maybe you've been doing it for a while and want support finding work?
​All my resources are developed from the many years of experience I've had freelance assessing for both charitable and business grants. I can't wait to share these with you so you can benefit too. ​​​​​
Tamas Haydu
Chief Executive
Cornwall Community Foundation
"Jennifer is always very professional and empathetic and a huge help for our team in conducting grants assessments for our programmes.
She is highly reliable and trustworthy and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend her for work in this field."
Sonali Banerjee,
General Manager
Music for All
"We worked with Jennifer on a programme aimed at helping older adults to access music-making opportunities.
Throughout the process, Jennifer was incredibly helpful, and her assessments were both concise and detailed which was much appreciated by our board of trustees and subcommittee.
Her attention to detail and her ability to deliver high-quality work within tight deadlines made her a great asset to our assessment team."
Claire Bowry
Chief Executive
The Eveson Trust
"Jennifer has proved to be an excellent addition to our team's resources.
She quickly understood the way we prepare application reviews for the trustees, and she writes accurate, clear and succinct summaries.
We appreciate her regular communication with us and her flexibility in taking on more work when required.
Jennifer is reliable and very professional in all her dealings with us
and our applicants."
About me
As a Grant Assessor for charity and public sector funded projects, I work across the UK supporting funders to choose where best to focus their funding. I also help other assessors to grow, and raise the profile of our work.
I am reliable, thorough and consistent and also super friendly!
I understand how important it is to assess projects with compassion and care whilst supporting funders to direct grants to projects that meet their goals.
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I've always wanted to work for myself whilst helping good causes and now I get to do it every day. My passion for making a difference started in my early teens when I completed many a sponsored walk to raise money to help whales and dolphins. I then worked abroad on an animal sanctuary in my 20s, came back to the UK and worked as a fundraiser for a national cancer charity.
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