Experience

Guideposts Trust UK

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

• Community Services Manager (mental health and learning disability)

  • Jul 2018 - Present

  • Managing annual budget of £800,000 • Responsible for remodeling, managing mental health centres of 200 clients with complex illness • Managing mental health, Learning disabilities and Wellbeing projects • Promoting Guideposts throughout Herts at events and meetings • Developing and maintaining relationships with Commissioners • Staff management • Part of Guideposts senior management team • Project management – budgets, staff, performance management • Attending networking events • Fundraising – trust and community • Organisational change and re-modelling services based on strengths-based and recovery approach Show less



Age UK Hertfordshire

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Community Information Advisor

  • Jul 2015 - Jul 2018

  • Attending networking events • Supporting carers with information and advice • Signposting in the community • Advising with benefits and other community information • Volunteer management • Providing talks at various community events • Attending networking events • Supporting carers with information and advice • Signposting in the community • Advising with benefits and other community information • Volunteer management • Providing talks at various community events



LDN London

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Drop-in centre co-ordinator

  • Nov 2014 - Jul 2015

  • Provide information and advice for people with learning disabilities • Create relationships with external agencies to deliver projects • Advertise drop-in with external community agencies • Develop learning based projects for people with learning disabilities • Project management • Administration • Provide information and advice for people with learning disabilities • Create relationships with external agencies to deliver projects • Advertise drop-in with external community agencies • Develop learning based projects for people with learning disabilities • Project management • Administration



Leonard Cheshire

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Can Do Project Co-ordinator

  • Apr 2014 - Nov 2014

  • Recruiting Volunteers with learning disabilities to work on community focused projects • Liaise with leaders for community groups to deliver community projects • Support people with learning disabilities to complete skills development folders • Create relationships with external agencies to promote Can Do project • Write reports, monitor evaluate project • Recruiting Volunteers with learning disabilities to work on community focused projects • Liaise with leaders for community groups to deliver community projects • Support people with learning disabilities to complete skills development folders • Create relationships with external agencies to promote Can Do project • Write reports, monitor evaluate project



Greater London Volunteering

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Trustee

  • Jan 2014 - Apr 2014

  Greater London Volunteering (GLV) is the umbrella organisation representing London's network of 32 Volunteer Centres (VCs). The Experts in Volunteering programme is a Big Lottery funded project of GLV, working with VCs and volunteer involving organisations to improve and increase volunteering opportunities for Londoners by improving volunteer management. Greater London Volunteering (GLV) is the umbrella organisation representing London's network of 32 Volunteer Centres (VCs). The Experts in Volunteering programme is a Big Lottery funded project of GLV, working with VCs and volunteer involving organisations to improve and increase volunteering opportunities for Londoners by improving volunteer management.



Voluntary Action Harrow Co-operative

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

• Volunteer Impact Evaluation Project Manager

  • Sep 2013 - Mar 2014

  • Working with voluntary and community groups, supporting them to measure the impact of their volunteer programme through various research methods• Organising and Facilitating focus groups for volunteers, service users relating to the impact of volunteer involvement • Managed data collected from volunteers, staff and service users and produced in concise written report for groups

• Non Executive Director and Fundraiser

  • Jun 2013 - Mar 2014

  • Assisted in developing business plans, financial procedures, all policies and procedures, including volunteering• Part of HR and finance sub-groups, including developing management and training procedures creating and monitoring income and expenditure budgets for projects and organisation• Responsible for securing 25k funding from varied funders for volunteer led projects, including Local council, Awards for All, City Bridge, and Team London• Created one year fundraising strategy • Recruited and managed fundraising volunteer to achieve targets• Supporting and providing over 100 voluntary and community groups with varied information and advice Show less

• Development Officer

  • Jul 2012 - Aug 2013

  • Delivered one-to-one and group capacity building advice, including trustee development, recruitment, fundraising, constitution development and volunteer management to Harrow’s voluntary and community sector, • Facilitated and assisted various trustee networking events, relating to issues around trustee development• Managing fundraising and administrative volunteers• Provided critiquing service on funding applications for groups involved in project



Age UK Hillingdon

• Volunteer Co-ordinator

  • Jun 2012 - Jun 2013

  • Recruited, interviewed, inducted and placed volunteers • Provided expert volunteer management advice to for service co-ordinators for over 300 volunteers • Managing Head Office volunteers • Recruited, interviewed, inducted and placed volunteers • Provided expert volunteer management advice to for service co-ordinators for over 300 volunteers • Managing Head Office volunteers



Hillingdon Mind

• Out and About Club assistant

  • Sep 2012 - Mar 2013

  Assisting and leading groups of people with mental issues and volunteers to various trips within South of England Assisting and leading groups of people with mental issues and volunteers to various trips within South of England



Leonard Cheshire

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Volunteer Co-ordinator

  • Aug 2011 - Aug 2012

  Developed volunteering programme at Leonard Cheshire's Media Centre by recruiting, inducting, and supporting a range of volunteers (including those with learning disabilities). Developed volunteering programme at Leonard Cheshire's Media Centre by recruiting, inducting, and supporting a range of volunteers (including those with learning disabilities).



Volunteer Centre Harrow

• Access to Volunteering Co-ordinator

  • Aug 2010 - Jul 2011

  Engaged with under-represented volunteers (including those with learning difficulties, physical disabilities and mental health issues) to develop more volunteering opportunties. Engaged with under-represented volunteers (including those with learning difficulties, physical disabilities and mental health issues) to develop more volunteering opportunties.