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Grants Course

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LEARN HOW TO RAISE SIX FIGURE GRANT FUNDING FOR YOUR BUSINESS

This self-guided course is a practical guide to securing grant funding for small business owners. 

You’ll learn how to find and target the right grants, understand eligibility, and prepare essential documents.

Our focus then shifts to crafting compelling grant applications, emphasising clear communication of your business’s value and impact, alongside common pitfalls to avoid.

In the final stages, you’ll learn how to tailor applications to different funders and manage the post-application process, including effective use of awarded funds. 

The course includes homework and resources like a master document on grants and a budget template, ensuring you’re well-equipped to develop a strong application and manage funds effectively.

By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to apply to grants as and when they come up. 

INCLUDED IN THIS COURSE

Lifetime access to course materials

20 video modules to complete at your own pace, with resources and homework at the end of each lesson

1:1 Feedback

You’ll submit your finished Master Grant Document for a 30 minute review from our team of Expert Grant Consultants

Access Millions in Grants

Gain access to our curated Funding Database, updated monthly.

IS THIS COURSE FOR ME?

Designed for entrepreneurs and business owners building purpose-driven businesses or projects. It’s ideal for those who need to articulate the broader vision and tangible benefits of their projects compellingly to secure funding. If you’re passionate about making a positive impact and require guidance on how to effectively communicate this in grant applications, this course is tailored for you. It will help you shape your narrative in a way that resonates with grantors and supports your mission-driven venture

Businesses that might not fit into this course are typically those that:

  1. Purely Profit-Driven Ventures: Companies focused solely on financial gain without a broader social, environmental, or community-focused mission.
  2. Large Corporations: This course is tailored for smaller, more agile ventures rather than large, established corporations.
  3. Businesses Without a Clear Social Impact Goal: Enterprises that do not have a clear purpose-driven goal or project aimed at creating positive change.
  4. Traditional Retail or Service Businesses: Unless these businesses have a specific social impact component, they may not find the course as relevant.
  5. Speculative Ventures: Projects or businesses that are more speculative in nature, without a concrete plan or impact-focused mission.

Programme outline

INTRODUCTION TO GRANT FUNDING​

An overview of the grants landscape, types of grants and their role in business growth.

FINDING GRANTS TO APPLY TO

How to find relevant grants and understanding eligibility requirements. 

CRAFTING A WINNING GRANT APPLICATION​

Techniques for effectively communicating your Value Proposition, Business Impact, Mission Statement and Project Budgets. 

TAILORING AND SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION

An overview of the grants landscape, types of grants and their role in business growth.

MODULE ONE: Introduction to Grant Funding

Getting into the meaty

 

You’ll learn how to communicate:

  • Your Value Proposition
  • Business Impact
  • Project Budgets. 

What a question gurl. You can expect it ALL, but if we had to sum it up:

  • You’ll make amazing biz friends and be less lonely
  • You’ll gain opportunities for new gigs, to collab and to network
  • You’ll learn how to grow and manage a modern-day business

Plus you’ll become part of our tight-knit community of babes where we’ll celebrate all your successes and support you through challenges. We got you bb. Come join us.

No way, we have babes all over the world in our club. From Singapore and Indonesia to the UK and the USA. We take timezones into consideration when booking workshops, and encourage members to meet locally IRL too. It’s cute.

YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Jasmine Douglas is the founder of Babes on Waves, a social enterprise and community supporting underrepresented diverse entrepreneurs. Jasmine  raised over £100,000 in grant funding over 3 years  for her startup from 5 different funding sources, including government organisations, corporations and social impact charities. 

She has since supported other diverse founders in raising over six figures of grant funding, and delivered workshops and training for organisations such as XX, YY, ZZ. 

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FAQs

Just join the waitlist sis and when the next intake opens you’ll be sent a link to join.

If you manage to get a spot, you’ll get access to monthly workshops, meet-ups, worksheets, discounts, access to all recordings of past workshops plus entry into our Slack community. That’s where you can network, ask questions, communicate with your accountability partner and make friends!

If you don’t want to wait until the next intake, you can sign up to a Level 1 events-only membership rn.

What a question gurl. You can expect it ALL, but if we had to sum it up:

  • You’ll make amazing biz friends and be less lonely
  • You’ll gain opportunities for new gigs, to collab and to network
  • You’ll learn how to grow and manage a modern-day business

Plus you’ll become part of our tight-knit community of babes where we’ll celebrate all your successes and support you through challenges. We got you bb. Come join us.

Well it’s not a Facebook group lol.

But seriously, we can promise you a level of diversity you won’t find anywhere else, tons of accountability to keep your biz on track and a fun social place with loads of laughs and a really lovely vibe.

No way, we have babes all over the world in our club. From Singapore and Indonesia to the UK and the USA. We take timezones into consideration when booking workshops, and encourage members to meet locally IRL too. It’s cute.

Not all of it! We’re primarily all about that URL life as have members across the world, but always encourage you to meet other local babes. We host some IRL events when we can (think a big xmas blowout and sexy summer BBQs!)

Of course. If you start growing your network and behaving like a founder now, we’re pretty sure it will increases the likelihood of you having a successful business. Why not start with a Level One membership and see how you go. After launch, level up!

The best kind of people. We have founders from tech, beauty, lifestyle, fashion, art and wellness startups. Plus freelancers, like graphic designers and web developers. We also have aspiring entrepreneurs who are either in the ideation phase, or are still working out logistics. All our members are from extremely diverse backgrounds, and obvs the majority of our babes are women of colour.

That depends on your needs. Membership starts from £9.99 per month. Ready to join us babe?

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Member FAQs

You can upgrade or downgrade your membership from your “Account” area at any time. 

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Absolutely! You can pause your membership for up to 3 months so that you don’t have to wait to be accepted into the Club again.  

Email us at info@babesonwaves.club to pause – we just need at least 7 days notice before your next bill is due. 

For every member you refer, you get 1x month of free membership after they’ve stayed for 3 months. 

Email us at info@babesonwaves.club to let us know any babes you’ve referred!

Are you sure you’d rather not pause for up to 3 months (to stay on the directory & not have to reapply to the membership), & that you don’t just need to downgrade to only pay for what you’re using?

If so, you can cancel your membership at any time from your Account area. 

Do NOT just email us to cancel your membership- we can’t refund any fees that you’re charged if you do, as cancelling your membership is your responsibility.