Experience

The Community Foundation for Staffordshire

• United Kingdom
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Apr 2023 - Present

• • Aug 2019 - Apr 2023

  We are an organisation that awards grants to people and organisations in Staffordshire and provide community engagement services to benefit the public, private and third sectors.We build permanent endowment funds, taking donations and pooling them to create a pot of money that can make financial awards. We also deliver grant funding to Staffordshire based organisations on behalf of local, national and regional funders and work with Local Authorities across the county to maximise their community influence.We also help local businesses to deliver their Social Responsibility policy - maximising their impact whilst minimising their workload and costs. Show less



Common Purpose

• United Kingdom
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 100 - 200 Employee

• • Jul 2018 - Aug 2019

• • Apr 2018 - Jul 2018



Take action & grow

• Take Action & Grow -energising and supporting change for individuals, teams and groups.

  • Aug 2010 - Feb 2017

  I support businesses from initial concept through to sustaining and scaling. I support individuals and companies to identify and nurture a promising idea and provide the passion and drive to build momentum, engaging supporters and funders to help get it off the ground. Dealing with other consultants to ensure that monitoring of projects is on track for success. I support multiple ventures at one time I am experienced in sales, management, training. I have a large network that has been developed through working with key players across sectors over many years Show less



Lichfield Arts

• United Kingdom
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lichfield Arts Trustee

  • Mar 2011 - Oct 2015

  Committee member: This role requires a great deal of resourcefulness; including fundraising to operations manager for the various events. LA is a well established group that runs several festivals throughout the year; these include Jazz, Beer and Blues, plus several concerts throughout the year and open air Shakespeare productions. The Volunteer role is varied and works to the strength of the individual. I am involved in fundraising, sourcing and engaging acts, meeting and greeting customers, stage management, organising other volunteers (project management), cleaning up at the end of performances and organising social events. Show less



Healthwatch England

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Development for the Central Region

  • Oct 2013 - Mar 2014

  I am involved in a variety of duties, depending on the needs of the business. I have been supporting regional Healthwatch by gathering intelligence that develops services to the public, collating intelligence that makes a case so that appropriate action can be taken, and working on campaigns to enable the development of Healthwatch as a consumer champion in health and social care. Additionally I have supported team members to manage events, and assisted in recruitment for vacant positions within the organisation. Show less



CSV

• Australia
• Mining
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Apr 2013 - Jun 2013

  Scoping a project and preparing detailed proposals and work plans in consultation with a funding steering committee.This involved mapping services of related organisations in both public and not-for-profit sectors. This multi-location project also involved producing resources and training materials as well as defining business process and outcomes.

• • Aug 2011 - Mar 2013

  The project provided support to parents who benefited from some time to reflect on their current situation, to discuss their options and to plan positively for the future. By working together in a supportive partnership families felt they could be themselves and empowered to work towards fulfilling their potential.My role was to work in partnership with local authorities and other agencies to access and manage funds and to identify families in need of support. I engaged and trained people to work with the families for a set period and manage and foster the various relationships. Show less



Transformational Business Network

• United Kingdom
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business development- Using wealth and skills to alleviate poverty

  • Sep 2010 - Jul 2011

  Co-ordinating the activities of TBN groups internationally. Increasing awareness, building membership and support. Relationship management of business professionals and corporate organisations that are using an enterprise approach towards alleviating worldwide poverty, to aid sustainable SME’s to work in developing countries to create jobs, empower the poor and transform communities. Developing online resources for use in replication and lessons learned Co-ordinating the activities of TBN groups internationally. Increasing awareness, building membership and support. Relationship management of business professionals and corporate organisations that are using an enterprise approach towards alleviating worldwide poverty, to aid sustainable SME’s to work in developing countries to create jobs, empower the poor and transform communities. Developing online resources for use in replication and lessons learned

• Programme Director (Cov & Warks and Bham)

  • Jan 2008 - Sep 2010

  Responsible for developing a branch of CP to be a thriving and sustainable concern. My areas of experience covered building inter-business cross sector networks across the W.Mids region; planning and delivering a challenging, balanced and relevant curriculum; financial management; managing, motivating and developing staff to enable them to operate with great success Managing budgets, marketing and promotion of courses to a range of senior cross sector decision makers, recruiting appropriate candidates as participants and negotiating costs, continuing client management, developing curriculum, facilitating and delivering courses, additionally managing staff to deliver and co-ordinate quality courses. Show less



Coventry & Warks Learning Consortium

• CEO

  • May 2005 - Dec 2007

  Working in partnership with the voluntary and community sector in the region, using a training needs analysis approach in raising the skill levels of individuals and organisations that are involved in service delivery and community development. Promoting vocational qualifications and developing effective training strategies for organisations. Budget management Funding applications, Managing contracts, Brokering accreditation to community sector, Developing training packages to meet needs of Community & voluntary sector. Show less



Community Service Volunteers (CSV)

• Business development manager

  • Jan 2000 - Sep 2005

  Community Service Volunteers is a charitable organisation that recruits, places and supports volunteers, I was initially a Project Manager with responsibility for developing the post, as it was a new role. It was varied and challenging one that demanded the development of processes and practices that ensured the growth and success of the project. This role was mainly about engaging people in society that would not normally be likely to engage in volunteering. This included serving prisoners, people from disadvantaged environments and included those with physical and mental disabilities. I proved that these people we not necessarily hard to engage and that all that was required was for a suitable opportunities to be offered. Through negotiations with many stakeholders a number of diverse volunteer opportunities were, and continue to be available. Then in a promoted position as national Business Manager I continued to develop opportunities that enabled individuals that wouldn’t usually be involved in mainstream activities to achieve nationally recognised accreditation for volunteering commitment and personal development thus enabling a foothold on the ladder to experience and competence for a future in employment. My role was to support regional staff to deliver this initiative, report on performance of the national project, and develop further opportunities for participants and business partners. It was while working with CSV that I achieved Project Management accreditation. Show less