Expert support Readiness Sprint

Ninety days to funder-ready.

A 90-day programme for a cohort of 10 to 20 organisations. Each week you meet live, work through the tools with a coach beside you, and finish at Funder Day, where you present your readiness passport to invited funders.

Cohort: 10 to 20 organisations
Length: 90 days, with a live session each week
Next cohort starts: Shared when you enquire
Applications close: Shared when you enquire
Funder Day: Shared when you enquire
Fee: Shared when you enquire

What you get

A live session every week

Short, practical sessions online with the whole cohort. Each one ends with one thing to finish before the next.

A coach for your organisation

One named coach from TD & Partners who reviews your work, answers questions between sessions and keeps you on track.

The full NGO Centre toolkit

The health check, the Organisation X-ray, all the document builders, the budget and logframe tools, and the readiness passport. All free, saved in your browser.

A cohort of peers

Ten to twenty organisations working on the same things at the same time. You learn as much from each other as from the sessions.

A passport you can share

By the end, your readiness passport shows what you have in place, and you choose who sees it.

Funder Day

You present your organisation and your passport to funders invited for the cohort. It is a chance to be seen, not a promise of funding.

How the 90 days run

The same shape for every cohort, adjusted to what the organisations in it need most.

1
Weeks 1 and 2: see clearly
Every organisation takes the Organisation X-ray and the health check, and agrees its own 90-day plan with its coach.
2
Weeks 3 to 5: governance and money
Board, financial controls, budgets and the documents a funder checks first.
3
Weeks 6 to 8: people, safeguarding and results
Policies, safeguarding, data protection, and a logframe with indicators you can report on.
4
Weeks 9 to 11: funding documents
A concept note, a grant budget and a funding mix you can explain.
5
Week 12: passport review
Your coach reviews your readiness passport with you and you rehearse your Funder Day presentation.
6
Week 13: Funder Day
You present to the invited funders and leave with a plan for the next six months.

Who it is for

Non-profit organisations working in Africa that can put in about half a day a week for 90 days, with a leader who can attend the sessions.

For funders

Funders who want to meet well prepared organisations can ask to attend a Funder Day, or sponsor places for organisations they support. Share a call for proposals.

Ask about the next cohort

Tell us about your organisation. We will reply with the dates, the fee and how to apply.