Experience

Community Enterprise Engine

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Bid Writer/ Community Development Adviser

  • Oct 2014 - Present

  I provide bid writing, business planning and mentoring services community and voluntary organisation’s, assisting them with governance, marketing and communication monitoring and evaluation, quality assurance, financial sustainability, and their future strategic plans. I have assisted organisation’s to successfully access covid-19 support funding from mainstream funders like the National Lottery Community Fund, and Community Foundation, supported with CIO registration, crowdfunding campaigns, business / fundraising strategy planning. Currently just written successful bid to the UK Community Renewal Fund for a £350k women into employment/self-employment project. Show less



Intelligent Health UK

• United Kingdom
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Community Engagement Co-ordinator

  • Feb 2019 - Jul 2019

  I delivered an innovative, community health project ‘Leicester Beat the Street’. I was responsible for the project launch, engaging the community and schools to take part, providing instructions on how to participate, designing incentives and booster events to sustain and increase participation. Additionally, I worked with local stakeholders, to capitalise on the physical activity efforts the project had managed to achieve, ensuring there were interesting local activities participants of the game could be signposted or referred to, enabling sustainment of their physical activity levels. Show less



Freelance

• Egypt
• Human Resources
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing and Communications Consultant

  • Jan 2018 - Feb 2019

  I provided marketing and promotion services for businesses. This involved the design launch and maintenance of the business trading website, the marketing and promotion of the business through social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, design of corporate logos, marketing material and business stationery including business cards, flyers, and presentation templates I provided marketing and promotion services for businesses. This involved the design launch and maintenance of the business trading website, the marketing and promotion of the business through social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, design of corporate logos, marketing material and business stationery including business cards, flyers, and presentation templates



The Race Equality Centre

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Race Equality Officer

  • Jan 2015 - Dec 2017

  I was responsible for project managing and delivering a Comic Relief funded project, to enable racial minority communities and racial minority led community organisations in Leicester to have a voice with policy and decision makers in Leicester and to influence policy and practice to eradicate race inequalities. This involved coordinating meetings and focus groups with key policy and decision makers from the public sector, coordinating and drafting responses to public consultations and identifying race inequalities in policy and practice. My role also involved providing timely information through a news e-bulletin, managing, and writing content for the website, project monitoring, writing funders reports and authoring funding bids. Show less



One East Midlands

• United Kingdom
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• ERDF/EMFAN Project Officer

  • Oct 2012 - Oct 2014

  I was responsible for managing two projects that involved upskilling funding advisers and voluntary organisations across the East Midlands, to increase their knowledge and skills on fundraising, including how to access European Regional Development Funding, social investment, and loans. I designed, co-ordinated and delivered bespoke workshops and events targeted at communities and community organisations. I engaged with and worked alongside key stakeholders across the East Midlands to create opportunities for partnerships between voluntary organisations and the local community. I was accountable for the performance management of the projects and completed expenditure and output / outcome reports for funders. Show less



Voluntary Action LeicesterShire (VAL)

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Group Support Team Leader

  • Feb 2011 - Oct 2012

  I managed the main support and advice service for the voluntary and community sector across Leicestershire. My key responsibilities included: developing and communicating strategic plans, managing, and supporting a staff team of six to deliver and supervising the running of the VAL helpline. I was responsible for producing performance and data reports to ensure outputs and outcomes set by funders were reported against. I oversaw the growth and development of services, by implementing new services, developing existing services and identifying and obtaining financial resources for the team and the wider organisation. Show less

• Group Support Officer

  • Dec 2005 - Feb 2011

  I provided advice, support, and training to voluntary and community organisations on topics such as; fundraising, business planning, financial management, charity law, governance and commissioning and procurement.