Free Grant Writing Workshop - Blue Mountains City of Arts Trust

Join us for a fun and interactive workshop on mastering the art of grant writing - no experience required!

This free workshop will sharpen your grant writing skills, strategies and planning in preparation for Blue Mountains City Council’s City of the Arts Trust (COTAT) grants 2026. Both new and previous applicants will learn how to effectively find new funding opportunities and write applications specific to their creative practice.

Participants are asked to please bring notebook, pen or laptop for note taking.

About the workshop:

FINDING & WRITING GRANTS

Collaborative learning is a powerful tool for sharpening skills and developing successful fundraising plans and actions. This “Finding & Writing Grants” workshop introduces participants to the six pillars of fundraising and to the “Grants” pillar in particular. We will explore practical tools to build a grants plan, and look at case studies from different industries. A Q&A and breakout sessions will enable all participants to highlight their individual circumstances and to briefly discuss challenges and solutions. The workshop’s aim is to encourage participants to start formulating strategies to build long-term grant funding partnerships for organisational success and is suited for a variety of arts and cultural practitioners, not-for-profit and social enterprise business models.

About Facilitator, Anke Timm:

As a philanthropic Executive, Board Director and Facilitator, Anke has empowered and connected individuals, teams, organisations and causes for collective impact for more than 25 years across projects in Europe and Australia, including the not-for-profit sector, creative industries, venture philanthropy and impact investment.