Supporting charities with their income generation, strategic planning, and impact / evaluation. Doing this with passion and enthusiasm; using excellent leadership and coaching skills.

Supporting, coaching and challenging 15 charities in the London & Surrey region to develop their aspirations; consolidate their sustainability; and encourage mutual support through networking; using a combination of expertise, experience and empathy.

Encouraging career coach focusing on mid-life changes / LR unemployed (action learning process)Strong fundraiser working across London concentrating on partnership contracts / bids / fundsCapable programme manager (large & small scale projects across voluntary and statutory sectors)Trainer supporting charities & social enterprises to manage income generation, strategy and soft skills

Supporting law centres across the UK with their fundraising and business planning. Law Centres defend the legal rights of people who cannot afford a lawyer. They are specialists working in their local communities to uphold justice and advance equality.See more at www.lawcentres.org.uk

Assess 70 individuals for Paul Hamlyn Fdn & School for Social Entrepreneurs: Offer supportive insightful assessements which act as a two way coaching conversation in which both parties learn from each other; and potential early life enterprises understand the challenges ahead in their development process. Facilitate action learning sets for social entrepreneurs (starting up and scaling up)Run 200+ sets, supporting wide range of people, situations and group issues, delivered as a set of 6 sessions x 7 people.

Drive the £2.5 million Play Pathfinder Programme to ensure outcomes delivered to budget, tight time frame and government requirements. Ensured programme well organised and managed. Defined and delivered requirements for 33 capital projects and various revenue streams

Development and consolidation of partnerships across local and sub-regional boundaries to increase income brought into borough (£4 million in 2008, including Play Pathfinder Programme) Training and supporting partners to prepare and submit funding bids to meet Local Area Agreement targets

Improving the type and quality of capacity building services offered to the voluntary sector in Croydon through networking and effective partnership working and supporting strategic approaches to capacity building.Improving the skills-base and knowledge of Croydon’s voluntary sector, focusing on Black & Minority Ethnic or Refugee Persons by organising, delivering and supporting training (short or long term) and supporting organisational development / good practice on a range of policy issues.Enabling the voluntary sector to be better organised, informed and aware of mainstream services – empowering them to influence mainstream policy makers through information, events for community benefit, promoting communities’ involvement in networks and government strategies