For community-led work

Grant writing support for community organisations doing the real work.

Turn local knowledge, delivery experience and community voices into clearer projects, evidence, budgets and funding applications.

£1,195 per month · no VAT · rolling monthly

Unlimited suitable requests in one queue. One active request at a time. Personally delivered by Matt Simmonds.

Request a founding place · See exactly how the queue works

The funding work is rarely one neat bid

Community organisations often know the need intimately but struggle to translate it into the structured evidence, outcomes and delivery detail a funder assesses.

One person, one queue and one monthly price

Matt asks focused questions, works only from real information and helps make the logic visible: need, activity, people, access, outcomes, learning and cost.

Requests you can put in the queue

  • Develop a project from community feedback
  • Explain need and local evidence
  • Write an Awards for All or trust application
  • Prepare monitoring and partner documents

You explain what you need in ordinary language. Matt reviews it, sends only the relevant questions and confirms when the request is ready. Your chosen ready priority becomes active; after review and up to two reasonable revision rounds, the next ready request begins.

Who this is for

Community organisations with genuine activity, an accountable lead and a repeat list of grants or supporting tasks.

All applications, budgets, strategy, documents and conversations are confidential. Funding outcomes are never guaranteed and there is no success fee.

£1,195 rolling monthly

  • Pay one month upfront
  • Continue automatically month to month
  • Cancel before the next payment
  • Required onboarding included with no setup fee
  • One 30-minute planning call each month

Apply for one of two founding spaces

Questions about this monthly service

Can volunteers work with Matt?

Yes, provided one authorised contact can coordinate information, consolidate feedback and approve the final work on behalf of the organisation.

What does unlimited mean?

You can add as many suitable fundraising requests as you need to one queue. Matt works on one ready priority at a time. It does not mean unlimited simultaneous work, unlimited hours or a guaranteed number of completed applications.

Who does the work?

Matt Simmonds personally reviews, researches, writes and delivers the work. The founding service is not handed to an anonymous pool of writers.

How does the monthly agreement work?

The service costs £1,195, paid upfront for one month at a time. It renews monthly and you can cancel before the next payment. There is no setup fee and no refund once a paid month has started.