Skills Connect

Join our free, expert-led workshops designed to boost your success in securing grants & public sector contracts. Our Bid to Win series of workshops and one to one support is delivered by Bid Experts and designed to fast-track your understanding of grant and public sector procurement, elevate existing and learn new bidding skills, and shows you the latest tips, tricks and short cuts to achieving bid wins.

*If you are an employed or self-employed West Yorkshire resident aged 19 or over, and have not been on a Skills Connect course before, the training and support is fully funded and at no cost to you.

Skills Connect is brought to you by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) and funded through Gainshare.

The Course

Our Bid to Win course will help to develop further understanding of the bid writing discipline, learn new skills and latest industry tips and tricks, and when combined with developing an effective bidding process enable you to deliver a far greater number of winning bids.

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Session 1. Opportunities & Readiness

In this session, you will learn how to source bidding opportunities and evaluate their suitability, with an overview of the best bidding portals. We will also focus on planning, information gathering, identifying delivery partners, and developing effective profiling and pricing strategies to ensure you are fully prepared to bid.

Business woman working in Stacks of paper files.

Session 1. Opportunities & Readiness

In this session, you will learn how to source bidding opportunities and evaluate their suitability, with an overview of the best bidding portals. We will also focus on planning, information gathering, identifying delivery partners, and developing effective profiling and pricing strategies to ensure you are fully prepared to bid.

Business woman working in Stacks of paper files.

Session 1. Opportunities & Readiness

In this session, you will learn how to source bidding opportunities and evaluate their suitability, with an overview of the best bidding portals. We will also focus on planning, information gathering, identifying delivery partners, and developing effective profiling and pricing strategies to ensure you are fully prepared to bid.

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Session 2. Preparation

This session covers the crucial steps of dissecting buyer requirements, passing supplier selection questionnaires, and preparing delivery plans and supporting documents. Additionally, we will delve into key public sector themes such as Social Value, Equality and Diversity, and Carbon Reduction, ensuring your bids align with these important considerations.

A detailed view of a business meeting with hands pointing and analyzing charts, graphs, and documents.

Session 2. Preparation

This session covers the crucial steps of dissecting buyer requirements, passing supplier selection questionnaires, and preparing delivery plans and supporting documents. Additionally, we will delve into key public sector themes such as Social Value, Equality and Diversity, and Carbon Reduction, ensuring your bids align with these important considerations.

A detailed view of a business meeting with hands pointing and analyzing charts, graphs, and documents.

Session 2. Preparation

This session covers the crucial steps of dissecting buyer requirements, passing supplier selection questionnaires, and preparing delivery plans and supporting documents. Additionally, we will delve into key public sector themes such as Social Value, Equality and Diversity, and Carbon Reduction, ensuring your bids align with these important considerations.

Business woman working with documents analyzing business and planning financial accounting.

Session 3. Writing

Enhance your bid-writing skills by learning how to craft compelling content with the right language, format, and style. This session includes practical examples on answering common questions related to delivery, staffing, management, risk, and quality, helping you develop responses that stand out.

Business woman working with documents analyzing business and planning financial accounting.

Session 3. Writing

Enhance your bid-writing skills by learning how to craft compelling content with the right language, format, and style. This session includes practical examples on answering common questions related to delivery, staffing, management, risk, and quality, helping you develop responses that stand out.

Business woman working with documents analyzing business and planning financial accounting.

Session 3. Writing

Enhance your bid-writing skills by learning how to craft compelling content with the right language, format, and style. This session includes practical examples on answering common questions related to delivery, staffing, management, risk, and quality, helping you develop responses that stand out.

Collaboration, celebrate and business people with success and tablet for trading or planning.

Session 4. Winning

Discover how to elevate your bid scores by gaining easy marks and avoiding common pitfalls. This session also focuses on the review process, teaching you how to proof your bid, effectively trim word counts, and refine your submission to avoid common errors and increase your chances of winning.

Collaboration, celebrate and business people with success and tablet for trading or planning.

Session 4. Winning

Discover how to elevate your bid scores by gaining easy marks and avoiding common pitfalls. This session also focuses on the review process, teaching you how to proof your bid, effectively trim word counts, and refine your submission to avoid common errors and increase your chances of winning.

Collaboration, celebrate and business people with success and tablet for trading or planning.

Session 4. Winning

Discover how to elevate your bid scores by gaining easy marks and avoiding common pitfalls. This session also focuses on the review process, teaching you how to proof your bid, effectively trim word counts, and refine your submission to avoid common errors and increase your chances of winning.

Man, whiteboard or team in business, presentation or feedback as session, planning or teamwork.

Session 5. Review & Submission

Focuses on the review process, how to proof your bid, effectively trim word counts and refine bids, and avoid common submission errors.

Man, whiteboard or team in business, presentation or feedback as session, planning or teamwork.

Session 5. Review & Submission

Focuses on the review process, how to proof your bid, effectively trim word counts and refine bids, and avoid common submission errors.

Man, whiteboard or team in business, presentation or feedback as session, planning or teamwork.

Session 5. Review & Submission

Focuses on the review process, how to proof your bid, effectively trim word counts and refine bids, and avoid common submission errors.

Man, whiteboard or team in business, presentation or feedback as session, planning or teamwork.

Session 6. Social Value

Understand its objectives, how to meaningfully respond to them and other public sector themes, avoiding common pitfalls and adopting an overall strategy.

Man, whiteboard or team in business, presentation or feedback as session, planning or teamwork.

Session 6. Social Value

Understand its objectives, how to meaningfully respond to them and other public sector themes, avoiding common pitfalls and adopting an overall strategy.

Man, whiteboard or team in business, presentation or feedback as session, planning or teamwork.

Session 6. Social Value

Understand its objectives, how to meaningfully respond to them and other public sector themes, avoiding common pitfalls and adopting an overall strategy.

Female Student Working One To One With Tutor

One-to-One Sessions

Throughout the course you have up to 8 hours of one-to-one support with a Bid Expert to help you convert the knowledge and skills learnt into your personal situation and relevant to your individual needs. These sessions will be arranged with your Bid Expert at the start of the course with dates and times to suit your needs and flexible around work commitments, including evenings if required.

Female Student Working One To One With Tutor

One-to-One Sessions

Throughout the course you have up to 8 hours of one-to-one support with a Bid Expert to help you convert the knowledge and skills learnt into your personal situation and relevant to your individual needs. These sessions will be arranged with your Bid Expert at the start of the course with dates and times to suit your needs and flexible around work commitments, including evenings if required.

Female Student Working One To One With Tutor

One-to-One Sessions

Throughout the course you have up to 8 hours of one-to-one support with a Bid Expert to help you convert the knowledge and skills learnt into your personal situation and relevant to your individual needs. These sessions will be arranged with your Bid Expert at the start of the course with dates and times to suit your needs and flexible around work commitments, including evenings if required.

Why Learn From Bidright?

Bid to Win is designed to fast-track your bidding skills and show you a proven formula to achieving bid wins, based on our unparalleled 13 years’ experience of submitting over 1000 bids with a 75%-90% success rate.

13+

Years' Experience

13+

Years' Experience

13+

Years' Experience

Over 1000

Bids

Over 1000

Bids

Over 1000

Bids

75-90%

Success Rate

75-90%

Success Rate

75-90%

Success Rate

£200M +

Won For Clients

£200M +

Won For Clients

£200M +

Won For Clients

Proven Success

Bidright UK is one of the UKs leading bid writing consultancies securing in excess of £200 million of public sectors grants and contracts for clients across a range of sectors including education and training, voluntary and community, professional services such as recruitment, and health and social care, to name a few.

Proven Success

Bidright UK is one of the UKs leading bid writing consultancies securing in excess of £200 million of public sectors grants and contracts for clients across a range of sectors including education and training, voluntary and community, professional services such as recruitment, and health and social care, to name a few.

Proven Success

Bidright UK is one of the UKs leading bid writing consultancies securing in excess of £200 million of public sectors grants and contracts for clients across a range of sectors including education and training, voluntary and community, professional services such as recruitment, and health and social care, to name a few.

Something For Everyone

Whether you're an individual aiming to enhance your bid-writing skills or an employer looking to upskill your team, our Bid to Win programme has you covered.

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For Individuals

Are you looking to become an expert bid writer and significantly increase your success rate with winning bids? Our Bid to Win programme is designed to enhance your bid writing skills, support your professional development, and advance your CPD. Our Bid Experts tailor the content to your specific needs, ensuring maximum flexibility and responsiveness.

Female writer and author trying to get inspired.

For Individuals

Are you looking to become an expert bid writer and significantly increase your success rate with winning bids? Our Bid to Win programme is designed to enhance your bid writing skills, support your professional development, and advance your CPD. Our Bid Experts tailor the content to your specific needs, ensuring maximum flexibility and responsiveness.

For Individuals

Are you looking to become an expert bid writer and significantly increase your success rate with winning bids? Our Bid to Win programme is designed to enhance your bid writing skills, support your professional development, and advance your CPD. Our Bid Experts tailor the content to your specific needs, ensuring maximum flexibility and responsiveness.

Team of professionals discussing over new business project.

For Employers

Are you looking to upskill your staff and secure more funding for your organisation? Our Bid to Win programme is designed to help you win funding. Over the course of 4 weeks, a representative from your organisation will participate in a series of: Workshops, One-to-One Sessions, and Masterclasses. All sessions are delivered by industry-leading Bid Experts, ensuring your team gains the skills and knowledge needed to succeed.

Team of professionals discussing over new business project.

For Employers

Are you looking to upskill your staff and secure more funding for your organisation? Our Bid to Win programme is designed to help you win funding. Over the course of 4 weeks, a representative from your organisation will participate in a series of: Workshops, One-to-One Sessions, and Masterclasses. All sessions are delivered by industry-leading Bid Experts, ensuring your team gains the skills and knowledge needed to succeed.

Team of professionals discussing over new business project.

For Employers

Are you looking to upskill your staff and secure more funding for your organisation? Our Bid to Win programme is designed to help you win funding. Over the course of 4 weeks, a representative from your organisation will participate in a series of: Workshops, One-to-One Sessions, and Masterclasses. All sessions are delivered by industry-leading Bid Experts, ensuring your team gains the skills and knowledge needed to succeed.