Jenn Fuller

As the Grant Assessor Network continues to grow, I wanted to share what led me into freelance grant assessing, why I love it, and talk about some of the progress I've made so far. There has been a lot of change in the charity and public sectors over the last few years, which has impacted people's roles and created several challenges. Funding cuts, pressure to do more with less, closures, redundancies and burnout are just some of the issues individuals are facing, and ones that I have...

Tips for presenting to panels as a freelance grant assessor

Grant assessing is a niche career path often requiring a specific set of skills and experience to succeed. Whilst other grantmaking professions such as fundraisers and bid writers have more established support networks and clearer skills requirements, it's not always so black and white for grant assessors. To help with this, I analysed some job specifications for freelance assessor roles, and along with my own experience, created a list of essential skills it's good to have when working as...