Chris Firth Email & Phone Number

Leicester, United Kingdom

ILM trained social enterprise adviser providing advice, training and support for Social Enterprises and the community sector. My specialist knowledge areas are: organisational, project and enterprise development, business planning, funding and finances, research and learning and sustainability. I am especially interested in helping social enterprises or.

Theddingworth, Market Harborough

Hothorpe Hall is a conference and events centre specialising in offering facilities to the not for profit sector. I work here 4 days a week as Finance director, responsible for overseeing the finances of an organisation with a Turnover of £2.5M and employing 85 staff. I am currently working on analysing profitability of our different markets, making and.

Central Warwickshire

I was a member of the Local Action Group. We were responsible for assessing project applications, and steering the £1.3 M programme. The main aim of the programme is to foster greater community cohesion in the rural areas, this is done through three funding themes: growing, arts and projects which link farmers with their local communities.

Ryton Gardens, Coventry

I provided and co-ordinated support for community groups applying to and once funded by the BIG Lottery Local Food grant programme. This was done through providing advice and training to groups and helping them to share good practice. In this role I managed the work of 30 sub contracted advisers over three English regions. I have successfully planned and.

Ryton, Coventry

I managed and worked on DEFRA/EU and RELU research projects in the economics & marketing aspects of organic horticulture. This involved tendering for contracts, managing the contracts and steering groups, dissemination of the research at conferences and through papers. I undertook research into the economics of production (veg and fruit), conversion and.

West Haddon, Northants

Lectured part time at an agricultural college and a tutor for the Horticultual Correspendence Course where I developed a course in agriculture and rural Development. Assessor and evaluator for grants programmes and projects. Managed small sheep and beef farm (120 ac), developing on-farm retailing

Farafenni, Gambia

Assessing development needs, obtaining grant funding, facilitating project development, developing and providing training and evaluation, reporting to donors.

Melton Mowbray

I lectured agricultural policy, economics and financial management (accounts, budgeting etc) to variety of agriculture, horticultural and business courses. Course tutor for BTEC national Diploma, a new course we developed at the college. Responsible for supervising students on placements.

Certificate, Social Enterprise Support

Level 5 Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) course design to prepare Social Enterprise Advisers. Completed in Jan 2014

Msc, European Rural Development

Activities and Societies: Completed modules in Rural Mosaic, Rural Policy, Economic Development, Planning and Project managment, Research.

Bsc, Agricultural Economics

Activities and Societies: Completed modules in micro and macro economics, international trade, agricultural systems, statistics, business.