Helen Garforth Email & Phone Number

Office In Reading, Working Nationally

Helen founded Just Ideas Sustainable Solutions Ltd. in 2005, and is currently Director along with Richard Usher. Just Ideas supports charities, public sector organisations and businesses working towards positive social or organisational change and environmental justice. We do this by providing a range of tailored services particularly facilitation, evaluation and research and writing:We often work in partnership with national or local organisations who share our values, such as IVAR and CDF.

London, United Kingdom

A range of research and facilitation projects, specialising in cross-sector partnership development and assessment of impact of community based organisations. Currently leading the facilitation team of the Healthy Partnerships Programme, a NHS Commissioning Board-supported programme of Social Enterprise UK, NAVCA and IVAR encouraging effective partnership working between the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBBs) in commissioning and delivery of health and social care in 12 learning sites actoss England.

Reading, United Kingdom

Employee engagement particularly around sustainability and creative problem solving - codesign of solutions for a better working environment.

Director of this national and international development education charity. Strategic management, staff management, community engagement, research and writing resource materials, managing projects funded by Department for International Development and European Union.

Developed and nurtured partnerships with in-country coordinators and groups of artisans (blacksmiths, carpenters, tailors, mechanics etc) in a range of countries in Africa, assessing their applications for support to build sustainable enterprises. This enabled TfSR to send kits of appropriate high quality refurbished tools to support them.

Ba, Social Anthropology

While studying Archaeology and Anthropology (specialising in Social Anthropology) I completed a research dissertation researching.

Ma, Anthropology Of Development

Social Anthropology of Development