2026 Online Grantwriting Workshop Series with Alysha Herrmann

FAQs

• Who is this for?

  Artists and communities new to grantwriting. The series is designed for you to be actively working towards submitting a real grant, however Alysha will have some hypothetical projects you can use for practice if you don’t have a clear project yet. The workshop is skewed towards creative outcomes or community projects working with artists. Projects could be small professional development opportunities through to large-scale multi-year community projects or capacity building initiatives. The series is not connected to any specific grants/grant rounds but Alysha will talk about some opportunities to look out for.

   

  If you are working on grants in another sector, some of the content may not be relevant to you but you are still welcome to attend.

• Cost?

  Free for anyone in regional SA. $20* for the series for anyone else.

  Alysha is donating her time because she doesn’t want a lack of skills or confidence to stop amazing ideas coming to life. Her priority is regional artists and regional communities who already face additional barriers.

   

  *Any fees from the series will be invested into regional outcomes delivered by Part of Things.

• Where?

  Each session will run for 1.5hours using video-conferecing (Zoom).

  30minutes – Tutorial with Q&A

  30minutes – Boby doubling* to get sh*t done

  30minutes – Check-in and goal setting for the next session

   

  Sessions are live and will not be recorded.

   

  *Body doubling is a productivity technique where another person's presence, either in-person or virtually, helps you stay focused and motivated to complete tasks. What this means is you’ll have 30minutes to work on your actual grant while online with everyone else for accountability and support. Alysha will be working on her own pending grants at the same time too!

• What will the workshops cover?

  Each session is cumulative and designed so that you are actively writing your grant application over the five weeks ready for submission. Each week builds on and extends the previous session with overlapping content. The below dotpoints are indicative as the sessions will be adjusted to the registered cohort.

   

  WEEK ONE – Project Description and Getting Started

   

  ·      Project description draft

  ·      Timeline & budget assumptions

  ·      What you need to know about the application form and guidelines

   

   

  WEEK TWO – Budget and Timeline

   

  ·      Sense check your project and any gaps (and why you should always make contact with the funder)

  ·      Mapping the team (people always cost the most so start there)

  ·      Collaborations and inkind

  ·      Budget and timeline go together – scope creep

  ·      Who could you ask for letters of support (LOS)?

   

   

  WEEK THREE – Support Material and Impact

   

  ·      Support material – what to include and why

  ·      Ask for LOS (if you haven’t already)

  ·      Artistic SupMat

  ·      Other SupMat

  ·      Thinking about impact and how to articulate why

   

   

  WEEK FOUR – Gaps and Guts

   

  ·      Why this, why now, why you?

  ·      You should have dot points in all the key sections now – what’s still missing and how do we fill those gaps?

  ·      Where is the competitive edge and what do you really need to include to get grants over the line?

   

   

  WEEK FIVE – Outside Eyes and What Next

   

  ·      Which things let people down when being assessed

  ·      Documentation and evaluation of your project

  ·      What if I put all that work in and still don’t get the grant?

  ·      Polishing and final checks

  ·      Opportunities for the future