Ellie Socha Email & Phone Number

Bristol, Gb

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Lead a UK-wide team to deliver volunteering programmes which harness the skills of BITC's 200+ business network, to support the needs of local communities. Utilize my skills, knowledge and team to help our business members to deliver impact-led, bespoke programmes. Worked in partnership with the likes of Axa, City and Guilds and Simplyhealth to improve health and employment outcomes for beneficiary groups across the UK.Programmes I oversee include:1. Job coaching for people facing barriers to employment: www.bitc.org.uk/jobcoaching/2. Befriending service for unpaid carers & business-led network focused on supporting carers in the workplace: www.bitc.org.uk/lets-care-together/3. Youth mental health training: www.bitc.org.uk/youth-mental-health-first-aid-champion-training-2/

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

The West of England Apprenticeship Hub offers an apprenticeship service and levy transfer service to help small businesses with workforce planning, advice, and funding support.I oversaw the set up, design and delivery of both of these services and associated team. I managed the organisation's wider involvement in the Workforce for the Future project, including collaborating with other local delivery partners, and managing all aspects of contract delivery with the combined authority.

London, United Kingdom

GlobalGiving is a crowdfunding platform connecting nonprofits, donors, and companies in nearly every country in the world.Responsible for leading the UK's Business Development team. I worked closely with the team in the UK & US to identify, manage and deliver charitable giving programmes with companies across the UK & Europe. Through my journey at GlobalGiving I helped a range of businesses strengthen their responsible business and employee engagement strategies, from FTSE 100 companies to SMEs.

London, England, United Kingdom

The Mentoring programme pairs business mentors with students in schools to help young people be career ready.Managed the charity’s two career mentoring programmes including delivery across four cities and managing a team of fifteen. Responsible for PR and campaigns, strategy, partnerships with schools and businesses, and funder relationships.

London, United Kingdom

Developed and managed a new team to launch and deliver the charity's flagship Mentoring Programme across three new cities. Role included business development, marketing, facilitating training for business volunteers (KPMG, Sky) and students, and co-designing HSBC's work experience programme.

London, United Kingdom

Led on a number of projects, partnerships and campaigns which aimed to reduce bullying in schools and educate young people around online safety. These included:• Collaborating with a consortium of 4 NGOs across Europe to develop and deliver a new anti-bullying programme (ENABLE) to 127 schools, across 5 countries, in two years.• Working with Facebook’s Public Policy team to deliver a series of online safety projects in schools.• Coordinating the charity’s national Back2School, #MyTrueSelfie and #KindnessDay campaigns, working in partnership with key stakeholders such as Penguin Random House, Facebook, ASOS, celebrities and MPs.

London, United Kingdom

- Responsible for managing the impact and reporting of the charity's flagship anti-bullying programme to the Department for Education. - Coordinated the production of school impact videos for the charity's annual showcase at Facebook.- Grew and strengthened the charity's network of schools through targeted communications and opportunities.

Bath

Malawi And Bristol

London, United Kingdom