Amplify Your Charity's Impact With AI Assistants

Streamline grant writing, simplify impact reporting, and focus on driving change with a custom AI Agent for your charity

Empowering Charities with Intelligent Support

Your dedicated AI agent is designed to supercharge your charity’s fundraising, strategy, and organisational impact. From crafting funding bids to developing strategic plans, your AI agent will lighten your workload and help your organisation thrive.

Your Own AI Agent

Trained on your Charity's documents, your AI agent will be ready to answer questions from any member of your team, and even help leadership with strategy and growth planning

Win More Grants

Give your AI Agent the funding criteria and application process for any funding source you are looking to secure, from Government, Lottery, Trusts & Foundations (anything with a structured process)

Report Your Impact

By uploading success metrics and outcomes of your existing funding programmes and activities, you can create social return on investment reports to promote stewardship with your funders

"Charities are finding the [AI] writing tools helpful for fundraising materials, bid writing"
Charity Commission

About Richard Patey

I’m an experienced bid writer and funding strategist who was leveraging AI technologies before ChatGPT even launched. My expertise lies in helping charities and community groups secure funding, develop sustainable strategies, and harness AI-powered efficiencies to maximise their impact.At Voluntary Norfolk, I supported hundreds of charities and voluntary organisations to start up, grow, and secure funding. I provided expert guidance on legal structures and funding streams, organised funding and development events, and delivered workshops on income generation. My work connected local organisations with national funders and agencies, giving them direct access to essential resources. I also sat on an ESF grant funding panel, offering valuable insight into how funders assess applications.At Meridian East, a supported employment charity, I played a key role in securing and managing government and community-funded welfare-to-work programmes. My work involved researching funding opportunities, analysing government policies, bid writing, contract negotiations, and service delivery planning. I successfully secured over £500,000 in funding, ensuring the charity could expand its services while staying aligned with its strategic goals.Now, through whynot.bot, I’m bringing my expertise in AI-driven solutions, bid writing, and strategic funding to charities and community groups—helping them work smarter, secure funding faster, and scale their impact more effectively.

Richard has played a key role in shaping Young Somerset’s strategic content through Why Not Bot, enhancing our digital engagement and outreach. His expertise in AI-driven communication has strengthened our ability to efficiently use AI safely in our business processes.

Nik Harwood, Chief Executive at Young Somerset

Our Package

CUSTOM AI AGENT

  • Support setting up your own OpenAI Team account (so your data is not shared)

  • Your own custom AI Agent trained on your charity's documents

  • Virtual training of staff

  • Custom AI policy for staff

This is a one-off price. Unlike other providers, there is no ongoing subscription (or 3rd party risk) as you own the AI accounts - you are fully in control.

Let's Talk AI & Bid-Writing

Submit the form below with details about your charity and your funding needs and we'll schedule a video call where I will talk you through the process and share a live example.

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