Charity Consulting
Creative Social Impact Solutions Consultancy
Our innovative Project Management methods create meaningful results
Clarity, focus and a drive to keep thriving looks different for everyone. We are committed to supporting, developing, and growing local communities to be innovative and lead the way when it comes to supporting their communities.
Creating social impact is vital to small and grass-roots charities thriving.
With over a decade of dedicated project management expertise, together we’ll turn your vision into impact.
Key projects, including setting up a Multi-Agency Steering Group, local Hospice Care pilot program that achieved number one for social impact in the UK and the successful pivot of a small local London museum to a fully online volunteer program during the pandemic were achieved through innovative approaches.
Give us your mission – we’ll give you the map.
Our unique approach to consulting helps innovate creative solutions that bring results through:
- Working with fundraising and commissioner-led projects
- Social and Business Model Planning
- Bespoke Strategic Planning Sessions
- Project Management
- Training and Development
- Volunteer Management
- Capacity Building
- Wellbeing Support
Empowering Change with Expert Advice: Where Passion Meets Purpose.
These inspiring case studies bring to life what social impact means to the different organisations we’ve worked with and what we can do for you.
Case Study 1 – Volunteer Growth Despite a Global Pandemic
A Heritage site won NLHF funding. March 2020, saw the service pivot from in-person Front of House volunteering to remote Digital Support provision.
Within six weeks the entire project shifted on-line including:
- New volunteer roles were designed and delivered
- Recruitment, training and development specialised for digital support volunteers
- Managing and motivating a remote volunteer group
- Helping improve digital access for both volunteers and the community
Benefits accruing:
- Over 30 diverse volunteers delivering online activities
- Improved community relationships whilst increasing engagement levels
- Diverse range of skills supporting project outputs into 2021/2022
Case Study 2 – Specialist Care in the Community Pilot Project Reaches No.1
A north London Hospice won Macmillan funding to pilot a new model of specialist community care for End-of-Life patients. This had not existed as an offering before.
Volunteering arm reached number 1 in the UK for:
- most social impact in the community
- most volunteer hours
- most supportive volunteers
Creative solutions involved:
- Recruiting for Specialist Community Volunteers
- Specialist training and support groups
- Managing volunteers in the community
- Balancing staff buy-in and support
Since 2016, further projects developed from the pilot and continue to support the local community with specialist support today.
Case study 3 – Employability Volunteers
An enterprise organisation secured funding to run employability programme.
As a small organisation, insufficient staff were on-hand to support the project.
Creative solutions included:
- Recruitment, management and development of volunteer support team
- Workshop development for both volunteers and service-users
- Liaising with Local Employers, Schools and Job Centres
Benefits include:
- Successful subsequent bids won
- Volunteer support improved key output attainment
- Upskilling the local community
Over 18-months, 90+ local residents supported into full and part-time employment.
Case Study 4 – Centralising Services
A local London Community Centre has a thriving volunteer cohort.
Over time different projects caused disparate management of volunteers across teams.
Creative solutions include:
- Efficient processes and time-saving maximises resources
- Creating central recruitment, communications and reporting functions
- Creating rewarding cross-volunteering opportunities
- Ensuring consistent recognition and rewarding volunteers continues
Benefits include:
- Freeing up essential resources and increasing successful bids
- Funders and Boards getting relevant up-to-date data
- Increasing volunteer engagement, retention and outputs
Board reports currently showing quarterly increases in key outputs.
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What our wonderful clients and colleagues say:
Cheryl-Lya at Souls Compass has been working with us for over a year and through her guidance, spirit, passion and expertise Croydon Community against Trafficking has gone from strength to strength. Cheryl-Lya has the ability to be strategic, tactical and operational – for a small organisation like us this has been a breath of fresh air as we redetermine our own strategy and way forward. I’d recommend Cheryl-Lya to anyone. D. Parker – Chair of Trustees
“I work with Cheryl-lya on the Newington Green Meeting House heritage project. She has done a great job recruiting and managing talented volunteers who have brought lots to the table. Her dedication to the volunteer programme has been a real boon for the team.” Nick Toner Marketing Manager
“Cheryl-Lya has built a volunteering programme from scratch and worked us up to full capacity of having 30 active volunteers within a year. From immaculate record-keeping to the flexibility she has shown on working on a new project, with a fully remote team that all work different part-time hours and have many different experiences and skill-sets, she has been a positive and supportive member of the team who has helped us achieve more than what was expected or asked for by our external funders.” — Amy Todd – Heritage Project Programme Manager
“Cheryl-lya is a very pro-active and caring colleague. She is always keen to push that little bit harder to find the right solution for the job at hand. Her enthusiasm for her work bears many fruits and ideas are constantly forming during our meetings bringing great positive energy to the team.” — Steven Morrison Events Coordinator