Reusable evidence and narrative
Help grantees organise their account of need, delivery and outcomes, with sources they can check and material they can adapt for different funders.
Grant Resource Studio™
For infrastructure bodies and funders
Support members and grantees through open resources, a free introduction or commissioned funding-knowledge work, including Funder Plus programmes.
For grant-makers
Strengthen grantees’ funding capacity beyond the next application
If you run Funder Plus or an equivalent capacity-building programme, GRS can contribute specialist support for the knowledge behind funding work: an organisation’s evidence, Case for Support and reusable answers.
The starting point is the grantee’s own work and the knowledge it already holds. Organising that material can reduce repeated rebuilding and help the team give AI an agreed, checkable account to work from.
A commissioned project leaves the organisation with an asset it owns, an agreed drafting workflow and practical handover. Most organisations are not expected to need ongoing GRS support afterwards.
Discuss support for your grantees
Capability that stays with the team
Build around the organisation’s tools, reviewers and capacity. The intended outcome is a workflow the team can use and maintain after the support ends.
Further use in funder reporting
The same knowledge can supply the stable account of outcomes and delivery. Current attendance, finance and other period data must be supplied separately and checked.
A practical contribution to your existing support offer
Share the open resources, arrange an introductory session for grantees, or commission defined hands-on work for an organisation or group. Shared sessions can cover the common method; each organisation still works with its own evidence, gaps and approvals.
The Early Years Cocoon case study describes the originating full build and its reported process changes. It is evidence from one implementation, not a forecast of outcomes for a funded programme. See what the core project includes.
For infrastructure and membership bodies
A free introduction for your members
Infrastructure bodies, CVSs, TSIs, thematic networks and volunteer intermediaries can share the open resources and discuss a practical member session. A grant-maker can also host a free introduction for its grantees, subject to availability.
The introduction draws on Early Years Cocoon’s experience of organising funding knowledge. Participants leave with the free Starter Kit to use afterwards. Format and dates are agreed with the host, subject to availability.
A free introduction carries no obligation to commission more work. It does not include individual document reviews or a knowledge-base build for every attendee.
Discuss a member sessionCommissioned workshops and programmes
Hands-on work on participants’ own material, individual support and cohort programmes are separately scoped. Agree the output, participant readiness, amount of individual help and host responsibilities before committing.
A host, grant-maker or participating organisations can fund the programme. A grant-maker may commission a grantee’s build where its programme rules allow it. Each organisation still works with its own evidence and reviewers.
A free introduction can happen first. Any later programme is a separate decision, with availability and terms agreed in writing.
Agree the programme around the organisations taking part
- Intended output: agree whether participants will develop their own knowledge document with guidance or receive a full commissioned build.
- Readiness and participation: identify suitable source material, tools, reviewers and the time each organisation can contribute.
- Delivery and commissioning: agree participant numbers, individual support, timetable, host responsibilities and who pays before work begins. Host coordination may include inviting participants, scheduling sessions and agreeing how source access and participant permissions will be handled; the actual responsibilities are agreed for the programme.
- Ownership and completion: agree the outputs, testing and handover, and what progress information can be shared with the funder. Each grantee owns its organisational content and approves access to it.
