Outsource your Grants Assessment
Consider me as your external grants assessor
Are you...
Needing high quality assessment support to evaluate grant applications?
Receiving high volumes of applications and need help to assess them?
Wanting to delegate the assessment process ensuring it's handled professionally?
Needing help with assessing whilst retaining empathetic and friendly support for applicants?
How I can help...
I offer charitable and business grantmakers a high quality, empathetic and reliable grants assessment service to ease pressure at any time of year, saving you time and resources.
Outsource your assessments to a trusted professional for exceptional results.
Count on my extensive experience in the UK charitable sector and local government to deliver clear and concise assessments, supporting effective decision-making and excellent applicant support .
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Please get in touch to find out more including pricing and availability.
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Guiding Principles
Below is a set of principles I developed to guide my assessing as a result of reading 'Modern Grantmaking' by Gemma Bull and Tom Steinberg. It grew my awareness of the wider context of distributing grants and the need for more equity, less bias and continual learning. The principles below are my committment to doing this and to mitigating the power dynamic that exists between funders and grantees.
Customers
I will consistently treat everyone I work with—including applicants—as valued customers and partners. My assessment services serve and impact both funders and applicants alike.
Values
​​I will assess applications with empathy, humility, and respect. I will recognise that behind every application there are real people working to improve lives and communities.​​
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Privilege
I will regularly check my privilege and grow my awareness of its impact on assessing and bias.
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Bias
As much as possible, I will give more weighting to the potential impact of proposals than how they are presented. I will consider the context and the change applicants seek to create and value lived experience as well as formal skills. ​​​​​​​
Feedback
I will ask the people I work with for regular feedback so that I can improve my skills.
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Respect
I will treat my customers with the upmost respect at all times and continually improve customer service. I will keep to deadlines, be a clear communicator, and if I say I will do something, I will do so in a timely manner. ​​
Communication
When I communicate with applicants I will be clear, friendly and helpful to ease the application process.
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Learning
I will participate in regular training courses and sector events. I will stay up to date with current trends and research, and continually improve my skills.​​
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