📢 Attention NGO Leaders, Grant Writers & Changemakers!
- Is your non-governmental organization (NGO) experiencing challenges with accessing funding needed for it to implement intervention among its target groups and communities?
- Are your funding proposals always meeting rejection from prospective funders?
- Are you ready to break free from the frustrating challenges in your desire to secure funding, scale your impact, and build sustainable solutions for the communities you serve?
Join our intensive training workshop designed exclusively for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) aiming to level up their proposal writing game and are ready to squeeze water out of a rock!
🎯 Who Should Attend:
- NGO Program Officers and Program Managers
- Development Practitioners
- Fundraising and Grant Managers
- Anyone passionate about development work and project funding
- New and emerging nonprofits looking to win funding
💡 What You’ll Learn:
- Essentials of proposal writing: structure, tone, and clarity
- How to align proposals with donor priorities.
- Developing SMART objectives and measurable indicators.
- Budget planning, budget justification, and logical frameworks (LogFrames).
- Strategies for donor mapping and effective pitching
- Real-life proposal writing simulations and expert feedback
- Proven techniques to boost funding success
🗓️ Training Outline:
Day 1: Foundations and Planning
- Session 1: Introduction to Project Proposal Writing
- Importance for NGOs
- Donor expectations
- Common proposal formats
- Session 2: Problem Identification and Needs Assessment
- How to define problems and justify needs
- Tools: SWOT, PESTLE, Logical Problem Trees
- Session 3: Project Design and Objectives
- Setting SMART goals
- Outcomes, outputs, and indicators
- Theory of Change
- Interactive Activity: Mapping a real-world issue into a problem tree
Day 2: Crafting the Proposal
- Session 4: Developing a Logical Framework (Logframe)
- Inputs, Activities, Outputs, Outcomes
- Assumptions and risk management
- Session 5: Workplans and Timelines
- Gantt charts and activity schedules
- Resource allocation
- Session 6: Budgeting Basics
- Types of budgets
- Budget narrative and justification
- Group Exercise: Drafting a mini logframe and budget
Day 3: Writing and Packaging the Proposal
- Session 7: Writing Effective Proposal Sections
- Executive summary
- Background and rationale
- Implementation plan
- Session 8: Monitoring and Evaluation
- Importance of M&E in proposals
- Selecting KPIs and designing M&E frameworks
- Session 9: Finalizing and Reviewing Proposals
- Editing and proofreading tips
- Common pitfalls to avoid
- Aligning with donor guidelines
Day 4: Digging Deeper (Bonus Modules)
- Peer Review Session: Reviewing each team’s proposal draft
- Session 10: Fundraising and Donor Mapping
- Session 11: Grant Application Portals and Tools
Session 12: Pitching Your Proposal
🗓 Training Highlights:
The workshop will be facilitated by seasoned and experienced local and international facilitators with decades of program management, resource mobilization, grant management, and capacity development in national and international organizations.
- Date: Monday 17 November to Thursday 20 November, 2025
- Venue: UI Hotels and Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, Ibadan.
- Duration: 4 Days
- Registration for Workshop Opens: July 21, 2025
- Registration for Workshop Closes: November 7, 2025
- Pre-Workshop Training on Participatory Assessment for Registered Participants: October 21, 2025
- Participatory Assessment Exercises by Registered Participants: October 30, 2025
- Finalization of workshop logistics, agenda and materials with Registered Participants: November 10, 2025 to November 17, 2025
- Training Formats:
Hybrid (Virtual and In-Person Participation)
🗓️ Participant Registration Fees:
In-Person Participation: ₦350,000 to cover
- Pre-Workshop Training on Participatory Community Assessment.
- Support for Participatory Community Assessment Exercises.
- Accommodation for 5 nights.
- Lunch and Tea Break for 4 Days.
- Participation in Main Workshop.
- Award of Certificate of Achievement.
- Post-Workshop Support and Mentoring
Online Participation: ₦150,000 to cover
- Pre-Workshop Training on Participatory Community Assessment.
- Support for Participatory Community Assessment Exercises.
- Online Participation in Main Workshop.
- Award of Certificate of Achievement.
- Post-Workshop Support and Mentoring
💳 Payment Details:
Account Number: 1 2 2 8 3 3 1 4 5 1
Bank Name: Zenith Bank Plc.
Account Name: PLAN Health Advocacy and Development Foundation Acct 4
NB: Please forward proof of payment to our Finance Department via email: emmanuel@planfoundation.org.ng or wasiu@planfoundation.org.ng
🎁 Bonus:
- Templates, resources, and certification of completion
- Networking opportunities with funders and peers
- Post-Training Follow-Up and Mentoring
🚀 Let’s transform your ideas into fundable solutions! Spaces are limited—register today and take your mission to the next level.
👉 For registration and inquiries, contact:
Racheal
📞 +234-816-421-6682
📧 racheal@planfoundation.org.ng
Abosede
📞 +234-803-352-7668
📧 abosede@planfoundation.org.ng
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