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Our Services

The Bid Edit provides high-value persuasive writing for organisations doing work that matters.
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We help you secure funding, win contracts and communicate your value with clarity and conviction. That might mean shaping a complex tender, building a compelling fundraising case or finding the words that persuade people to trust, support or act.

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This is not writing for writing’s sake. It is strategic communication designed to achieve something.

Because when the work matters, the words need to work too.

1. Fundraising applications and funding content

Support with grant applications, trust and foundation bids, cases for support and donor-facing content. We help organisations explain the need, the work, the impact and the ask in a way that feels grounded, persuasive and funder-ready.

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Includes:

  • Grant applications

  • Trust and foundation proposals

  • Case for support development

  • Project narratives

  • Impact statements

  • Funder reports

  • Donor-facing summaries

  • Reusable fundraising language

2. Fundraising strategy and organisational development

Successful fundraising is rarely about a single application. It is built on strong foundations.

We help organisations develop the strategies, systems and culture that support long-term fundraising success. Whether you're establishing a fundraising function, reviewing your current approach or preparing for growth, we provide practical, strategic advice tailored to your organisation.

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Our support can include:

  • Fundraising strategy development

  • Creating a culture of philanthropy

  • Case for support development

  • Fundraising health checks

  • Pipeline and opportunity assessment

  • Prospect identification and donor journey planning

  • Income diversification

  • Major donor and trust fundraising strategy

  • Campaign planning and readiness

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3. Tender Services

Bid and tender writing

Support with public sector tenders, commissioned services, frameworks, DPS opportunities, partnership bids and social value responses. We can work from scratch, shape existing content or join at review stage to strengthen the final submission.

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Includes:

  • Tender response writing

  • Method statement development

  • Social value responses

  • Partnership and consortium bids

  • Quality question responses

  • Executive summaries

  • Bid libraries and reusable content

  • Final review and polish

Bid review and editing

For organisations that have drafted a response but want a stronger, more objective review before submission. We check whether the answer is clear, compliant, persuasive and aligned to the scoring criteria.

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Includes:

  • Red-flag review

  • Compliance review

  • Scoring criteria check

  • Clarity and structure edit

  • Evidence gap analysis

  • Tone and readability improvement

  • Final polish before submission

Tender readiness and opportunity shaping

Sometimes the biggest value comes before the writing starts. We can help you decide whether to bid, understand the opportunity, shape your offer, identify gaps and prepare the evidence needed for a stronger submission.

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Includes:

  • Bid/no-bid support

  • Tender readiness review

  • Opportunity analysis

  • Service model shaping

  • Evidence mapping

  • Partner contribution planning

  • Social value positioning

  • Content planning

4. Training that builds confidence, without jargon.
 

Some organisations need hands-on support with a live bid. Others want to build the confidence and capability of their own teams.

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The Bid Edit offers practical, plain-English training for teams who need to write stronger bids, tenders, funding applications and social value responses. The training is designed for real people working under real pressure not bid theory for the sake of it.

Training can be delivered as a one-off workshop, a short programme, or tailored support around a live opportunity.

 

Training topics may include:

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  • Bid writing basics

  • How to read a tender properly

  • Understanding scoring criteria

  • Writing stronger quality responses

  • Building better evidence

  • Writing social value responses

  • Grant and fundraising application writing

  • Turning delivery knowledge into funder-ready language

  • Reducing waffle and improving clarity

  • Bid/no-bid decision-making

  • Creating reusable bid content

  • Reviewing and improving draft responses

  • Writing under pressure without losing quality

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