Christopher Evans Email & Phone Number

Bromley, England, United Kingdom

Service Development - Two successive years of income growth as CEO - Author of successful tender for the provision of infrastructure support services to voluntary and community organisations and social enterprises (5 year contract)- Author of successful application to the Direct Line Group to manage a local COVID19 grants programmes. - Author of application to The National Lottery Community Fund to manage local COVID recovery grant programme £255,000 with development programme. £45,000- Locally Trusted Organisation (LTO) for the Mottingham Big Local - Co-produced plan with residents to invest £600,000 into the area 2021-23; 2024-2025. - LTO for Dartford Big Local (2021-23) - Secured investment in new Director role from the SE London CCG who are investing £360,000 to develop the role of VSCE in the South London and develop our voice on the Integrated Care PartnershipGrant Distribution - Managed Direct Line COVID Response Fund £170,000. Programme oversubscribed by 100%- Managed Clarion Housing COVID Response Fund £15,000- Administrator/platform for the Bromley Innovation Fund- External Delegate for The National Lottery COVID Recovery Fund. In partnership with Blueprint for All, Lewisham, CLB is lead and accountable body for the £235,000 grants programme. Received bids in excess of £1million. Board Membership- Director Bromley Well (CIC)- Bromley Health and Well Being Board- Bromley Adult Safeguarding Board - Bromley Equality Partnership Board - Bromley Adult Learning Board- Bromley Economic Partnership Board - Bromley Borough Partnership BoardTraining and Development - Co-production Grassroots Up! Collaboration in our Capital’s Communities (April 2023)- Carbon Literacy Training (July 2022)- Active Bystander - Protection Approaches (April 2023)- Getting on Board - How to diversity your charity's Board? Transform Plus programme with Sophia Moreau (June 2023)Skills: NAVCA - Local Infrastructure Quality Assessor Feb 2024)

Basildon, Billericay And Wickford

Service Development • Coordinator of The FUN WALK Trust charity walk which raises £100k annually in partnership with local business. Social Prescribing: Commissioner - Basildon & Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group. (2015-18) • Delivery of the award winning Basildon Emergency Night Shelter provision (2017-9)• Trusted Local Organisations for the Big Local Heart of Pitsea (2012-19) Member of the ECC VCS Leadership Programme Steering Group• Author/Lead of business and operational plans at the CVS inc. plan for 2016-19• PQASSO accreditation with full compliance in all areas including governance (2016) • Delivered Basildon Winter Warmth Programme ECC Funding (2013-19)• Talent Match Secretariat for the South East Talent Match programme (2012-13)• Delivered volunteer development programmes inc. Supporting People 2011-12; Pathway to Employment 2012-13Grant Distribution/Evaluation • Partnership Development Funding for the ESF/Big Lottery Building Better Opportunities programme investing £16m across the SELEP area • Member of the Essex Community Foundation Thriving Third Sector Fund & Strengthening Community Panels (2014-2019)• Voluntary & Community Sector rep. on the South East Local Enterprise Partnership European Structural and Investment Committee. • Appraiser of the Community Led Local Development Strategies for the above committee.• Sub-Regional administrator for the ECC Independence, Choice and Control Small Grants Fund 2015/16• Led the Commissioning of service provision for the Talent Match Response fund 2015 allocating £390,000 • Led the Commissioning of the Talent Match lead providers £5,500,000. (2013)• Managed two Community First Panels investing £166,000 into two deprived wards in the borough. Board Membership• Former Joint Chair of Essex Association of Councils for Voluntary Services • Former Chair of the Civil and Military Partnership in Basildon • Member of the Basildon Health and Well Being Board

Service Development• In Partnership with Edward Duthie Solicitors, led a successful bid to establish London’s only Community Legal Advice Centre. Secured £3m+ contract. • Secured £1,317,000 new funding inc:• Legal Service Commission contract to delivery Welfare Benefits Advice.• Successful bids to the Big Lottery fund to establish a borough Money Advice Project and a Volunteer Development Project• Secured funding from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission to establish an Employment Discrimination project.• Author/Lead of Business and Operational Plans at the CAB

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Industrial Relations And Personnel Management, Distinction

Government And Law

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