The Grants Hub

After working in local government, international development and business, Jessie Ballantyne (Founder) saw the need for an easy-to-use grants search website that would help people find 'all that money' out there. Her aim was to turn the elusive idea of grants into something that became real for organisations. In 2012, Jessie brought a Web Designer and Web Developer on board who started building The Grants Hub. Many, many hours were spent surveying people to find out what their grants needs were, brainstorming ideas, drawing up sketches on rolls of paper, pouring over designs and entering hundreds and hundreds of grants into the Grants Directory. After months of sheer hard work, determination, ridiculously late nights and ample supplies of coffee, The Grants Hub was launched in June 2013. Jessie was 39 weeks pregnant at the time with her second child. And that's only the start of the story...