Case Study: The Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired reduces grant admin time with Blue Wren's Grant Application Management Software

The Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired cuts grant admin time by 65% with Blue Wren

The Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired, a UK-based charity, faced a significant administrative burden from its highly manual, paper-based grant application process. With only one paid administrator, the manual handling of up to 60 applications per month was time-consuming. The Trust partnered with Blue Wren, which used its Flight platform to develop a configurable Grant Application Management System to digitize the process and streamline reviews.

Blue Wren's solution digitized the entire application lifecycle, from online submission with save-and-return functionality to trustee voting and automated communications. This resulted in a 65% reduction in grant administration time and a 100% reduction in manual paper handling, allowing the charity to efficiently manage 720 applications per year and refocus its efforts on its core mission.

The Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired