Pro6 minute read· Updated 5 November 2026
Running delivery, bids and fundraising at the same time
Set a weekly time budget, a bid calendar fed by saved searches and a reusable content library so delivery, bids and fundraising all move each week.
Small climate organisations and consultancies live with the same squeeze: the people who deliver the work are the people who write the bids and talk to funders. When delivery is busy, the pipeline dries up; when you chase funding, delivery slips and your next proposal has weaker results to show. This guide sets up a system that keeps all three moving: a weekly time budget, a bid calendar fed by saved searches and calendar sync, a reusable content library, a habit of capturing recent results and a clear rule for what to hand off.
Inside this playbook
- What you need
- 1. Set a weekly time budget
- 2. Build a bid calendar from saved searches
- 3. Build a reusable content library
- 4. Capture recent results every month
- 5. Run a 30-minute weekly pipeline review
- 6. Decide what to hand off
- Checklist
- Further reading
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