I have been asked to write this blog post because I have recently
been successful in obtaining a grant to employ a Personal Assistant from
Access to Work (AtW). It is a tedious process but if you follow the
correct steps, it’s simple.
The first thing I could have done better is having a business plan
before I submitted the application form. After submitting the form I had
a call from someone at AtW to make a phone appointment to go through my
application, the guy only gave me four days to complete my business
plan. Having never written a business plan before I found a template
online and spent three days completing it. When I went through my
application with the guy on the phone, I said my business plan was a
draft and needed more work on it. The guy said that he would take my
application step by step but a few days later I received a letter from
him informing me that my application for a grant had been rejected
because my business plan was not viable.
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