Charity Consulting

Creative Social Impact Solutions Consultancy

Our innovative Project Management methods create meaningful results

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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.

Ready to elevate your project to a state of thrival?

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