“We’ve been working with Wil for the last five months developing a number of bids, he visited the centre, explained the process to us and helped us developed some exciting bids. Wil is really keen to build our own bid writing capacity too so he explains how it all works so we become more proficient as bid writers.”

“Wil feels part of our team, he understands all aspects of our charity and brings an in depth knowledge of the funding sector that goes beyond writing a bid, he strengthens our marketing, media and helps our staff to realise we all contribute to our fundraising strategy. He really wants to see you succeed and grow as a charity. Within the first four months of working with us, he has secured £60k for the charity and we have several other bids submitted. Wil seems to be able to speak the language of bid writing and he gets results that have benefited us in so many ways.”

“I found Wil to be a valuable member of the Big Lottery Fund’s North West regional office and a hard working individual. He is highly organised, has great communications skills and I have always been impressed with the way he approaches work. Wil’s understanding of the voluntary sector is strong and I’d have no hesitation in recommending him.”

“Wil provided a fantastic service and due to his knowledge and experience of the sector we were successful with our bid proposal, it was a significant piece of work done within an extremely tight timeframe and we were thrilled with the outcome.”

“Wil is a superb bid-writer and advisor. His knowledge of what makes a good project and his experience of how to craft an application is complemented by his speed to understand your project. He expertly guided us through the processes and we we’re thrilled with the finished application and the learning we made on the way.”

“In partnership with RL Cares, State of Mind Sport recently prepared a submission to the ‘Big Lottery’. We engaged Wil Woan to support the process. This proved to be a providential decision. Wil Woan’s guidance and support proved to be outstanding and enabled us to submit a detailed, nuanced and ambitious proposal. We were all impressed with the quality of Wil’s writing skills and his talent in succinctly capturing the ideas and messages we wanted to convey. At the start of the process he showed a genuine desire to understand our aspirations, models of working and needs. He was consistently good humoured, responsive and agreeable to work with and all members of the steering group positively commented on Wil’s remarkable skills, warm and engaging personality and how he had considerably strengthened and enhanced our bid. If we were to undertake a similar initiative in the future, our first call would be to engage Wil Woan.”

“We engaged Wil Woan as we identified that we needed to have a fundraising strategy to outline our strategic ambitions over the next twelve months. Wil came to us based on a recommendation from one of our supporters and on meeting Wil we realised that he had a wealth of experience. Wil was able to understand our situation and needs very quickly and devised a fundraising scoping document. Within three months we secured nearly £10k and we are waiting on a number of other funding decisions. Wil crafted the bids very professionally but also helped us understand the mechanics of bid writing. Wil has been able to translate the ‘Fundraising Landscape’ to us very clearly and we are much more co-ordinated in our funding approaches across our whole team. I would recommend Wil to other groups as he is approachable, likeable and delivers good results.”