Grants Writer - Volunteer

Fundraising & Grant Writer (Remote or Hybrid) – Volunteer

At the SNF, help us secure the funding that powers our mentoring and training programmes. You’ll research grants and write clear, persuasive applications that directly shape SNF’s growth and impact.

What difference will you make? Securing sustainable funding is the difference between The Safety Net Foundation remaining a well‑intentioned idea and becoming a charity that genuinely shifts life chances for people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. A Grants Writer directly strengthens that foundation. Without well‑researched, well‑written, and competitive bids, we simply cannot run mentoring programmes, provide training, or build partnerships that help people break into the health and safety profession.

Your work will unlock the resources we need to deliver our mission matching mentees with experienced professionals, offering skills development, and creating pathways into meaningful employment. Each successful application you produce turns into real‑world impact — funding for workshops, outreach, safeguarding, digital tools, and volunteer support.

This role also brings discipline and structure to a young organisation. By building a pipeline of funders, creating core bid text, and managing deadlines, you’ll help SNF operate like a professional, credible charity. Funders look for clarity, evidence, governance, and value for money — your writing is what communicates all of that. In practice, your contribution will enable us to scale reaching more mentees, supporting more volunteer mentors, and partnering with more employers who want to diversify and strengthen the profession.

There’s a multiplier effect too. A single successful grant doesn’t just fund activity — it builds our track record, making future applications more competitive. Over time, your work helps move SNF from relying on small pots of money to securing multi‑year awards that give the charity stability and room to grow.

Put simply your writing helps people access opportunities they’ve historically been shut out of. You’ll be playing a direct role in improving confidence, skills, employability, and long‑term career prospects for individuals who would otherwise be overlooked. And every programme or session funded through your efforts strengthens fairness, representation, and professional standards across the wider health and safety community.

Your contribution will matter from day one — and the impact will be felt for years.

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for someone who can write with clarity, purpose and impact. Strong written communication is the single most important skill for this role — the ability to cut through noise, present a compelling case, and meet funders’ expectations without drifting into jargon or filler.

You should be comfortable researching funding opportunities, assessing eligibility, and spotting which grants are actually worth pursuing. Good judgement matters here. We need someone who can quickly recognise what a funder wants, what evidence they expect, and whether our work aligns with their priorities.

Attention to detail is essential. Funders expect accuracy in budgets, outputs, and narrative statements, and mistakes can cost an application. Strong organisation skills also matter keeping track of deadlines, gathering information from Directors and volunteers, and maintaining a library of core content will all be part of the job.

Experience in grant writing or fundraising. If you have experience writing reports, proposals, academic work, or anything that requires structured, persuasive writing, that’s more than enough to get started. The ability to take scattered information and shape it into a coherent, evidence‑based argument is what counts.

You should be someone who asks direct questions, challenges assumptions, and isn’t afraid to say when something doesn’t stack up. Funders notice when bids lack clarity or realism, and we rely on you to help keep our applications honest and grounded.

You’ll also need to be comfortable working independently. This is a flexible role, but you’ll often be drafting content without someone looking over your shoulder. Being able to manage your own workload, follow up on missing information, and keep things moving is important.

Collaboration still matters. You’ll be working with Directors, volunteers, and programme leads to gather the right evidence, outcomes, and organisational detail. If you’re a good communicator who can take input from others and tighten it into a strong narrative, you’ll do well.

Most importantly, we want someone who understands the value of what we’re trying to achieve. Our work supports people who often face barriers to entering the health and safety profession. If you care about fairness, opportunity and improving life chances, you’ll fit right in — and your writing will make a real difference.

What will you be doing?

• Researching appropriate charitable trusts, foundations, corporate giving schemes, and public grant programmes.
• Assessing eligibility and advising on which opportunities are worth pursuing — and which are a waste of time.
• Drafting high‑quality grant applications, from small community awards to major funding bids.
• Gathering input from Directors and volunteers to build strong, evidence‑based cases for support.
• Creating a library of core text (mission statements, impact summaries, budget templates, etc.) to streamline future applications.
• Tracking application deadlines, outcomes, and reporting requirements.
• Supporting the development of monitoring and evaluation content that backs up our funding asks.
• Confident, concise writing skills. You know how to cut the fluff and get to the point.
• Understanding of what funders want to see need, impact, delivery plan, governance, and value for money.
• Ability to distil scattered information into a coherent narrative.
• Realism — you can spot when a bid is worth the effort and when it’s a long shot.
• Good organisation. We’ll rely on you to keep deadlines and documentation tight.
• Ideally, some experience with grants or funding bids (charity, non‑profit, academic, corporate — all fine). If not, strong writing and research ability is enough.

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