Experts in the design, delivery and evaluation of funding and grants
Rocket Science has been a trusted partner of several government agencies, charitable trusts and endowed funders for over 20 years, providing a unique blend of design, delivery, evaluation and capacity building expertise to ensure they maximise the impact of their funding.
Our experienced team of grantmaking, strategy and impact experts have worked across the grants and funding ecosystem bringing frontline skills and sector knowledge alongside innovative, relational and inclusive approaches to the design and delivery of funding.
With these skills we help funders turn their ideas into great grant investments with even greater social and lasting impact than they had thought possible.
We can support you with the design and development of your funding and investment strategies, help with the process of applying and assessment of applications and support your grantees to mobilise delivery, manage their payments and monitor their delivery.
We use equity-led, trauma-informed and participatory approaches and our work is underpinned by our commitment as a flexible funder.
As well as helping you design your theory of change and impact roadmap, we also bring our evaluation and learning expertise to develop frameworks and approaches to help you and your grantees learn from and understand how your investment has made a difference.
And with capacity building support we can help your grantees build their skills and expertise as they navigate the application process, deliver their services and plan for the future, to enable them and the communities they support to thrive.
Building capacity and adding value
Our commitment to you is making sure that your investment impact extends far beyond the grant award itself to have long lasting benefits for the communities you choose to support.
We can work with you to develop skills through peer research, communities of learning and training that enhance the skills of your existing team.
We also provide interim support to help you manage short term capacity needs or to cover staff absence.
Whether you need highly targeted support or a key partner for every stage of your funding cycle, our team will offer a bespoke solution that will get your investment to the people and places quickly and effectively.
Free service costing tool
We have found that many charities do not cost their services in a way that enables full cost recovery when they are bidding for funding or contracts. We developed this free tool to support organisations applying for grants, contracts or other funding to better understand their costs of delivery.
We hope you find it helpful and check back for updates each financial year!
What our clients say about our Funding Advisory and Management Service
Rocket Science have been instrumental in helping us create positive, lasting change for our residents and communities. Their management of our Place Makers Fund has engaged more grassroots organisations than ever and allowed us to be flexible with our offer during the pandemic
Fund Manager, L&Q
Thank you for all of your support in the Newcastle Fund’s journey so far. You have made our process simpler, clearer, and more effective, and we appreciate the enthusiasm and professional approach of the Rocket Science team
Newcastle Fund Manager, Newcastle City Council
Thank you to you and your team for the support you have given us throughout 2020. To say it has been a challenging year would be a huge understatement but despite all the challenges, we are still standing and this gives us hope as we go into 2021.
GLA Young Londoners Fund Grant Recipient
Rocket Science have worked with the VRU on its flagship after school provision programme “Stronger Futures”. Our partnership, since 2021 has been instrumental in funding and supporting 18 grassroots organisation to work alongside and support over 5,000 vulnerable young Londoners. I’m pleased to be working with Rocket Science for the next iteration of the Stronger Futures programme over the coming years.
Director of the Violence Reduction Unit (VRU)
Get in touch
For more information on our work or how we can help with your next project, get in touch info@rocketsciencelab.co.uk.
