Michael Rich Email & Phone Number

Barnet

Chiswick

Barnet, London

Head of Healthwatch at Community Barnet, an independent organisation that gives the people of Barnet a voice to improve and shape services and help them get the best out of health and social care services. Oversight of 3 Healthwatch's in Brent, Barnet and Newham as well as the NHS Complaints Advocacy Service in Newham.

Farnham

Full service management, marketing and fundraising agency specialising in health and the voluntary sector. Current clients include OMID Foundationsm and Construction Youth Trust.

London, United Kingdom

Director (Part-Time) of Pharmacy Research UK the lead charity in the UK promoting research into pharmacy practice.

Guildford, United Kingdom

Basingstoke

I was a Specialist Trustee at the Fire Fighters Charity dealing with fundraising and income generation.

Farnham

• Recently completed role as Chief Executive Officer of the Scleroderma Society. At the Scleroderma Society was responsible for general management, financial management, strategic direction, fundraising, development.
• Created 5 year business activity plan to achieve growth to £250,000 charity by 2017Put into place first fundraising and development plan to create a sustainable organisation
• Rebranded both the organisation and its website and publications to ensure greater awareness amongst beneficiaries, the public and clinicians
• Devised and launched “Get Your Gloves On! 2013”, a public awareness campaign that was taken up by voluntary organisations in Greece, Croatia, Australia and Canada.
• Established professional online presence for the charity including the use of social media to interact with beneficiaries and supporters
• Represented the organisation at national and international forums such as the European Parliament, FESCA (Federation of European Scleroderma Associations and the British Society of Rheumatology.

Project managing a revamp of the organisations website, new media and fundraising strategy. Put into place new administrative systems.

Experts in HealthcareEngaged as CEO to develop a new start-up internet company specialising in the development of retail websites promoting a range of health related products - beginning with blood pressure monitors through Experts in Blood Pressure.. The company is now in the process of launching a sales site for blood pressure monitors with plans in.

Blood Pressure AssociationAt the Blood Pressure Association I was responsible for a national charity with an annual turnover of £500,000 and twelve members of staff. In the time I was Chief Executive at the BPA, the organisation has won the Charity Award for Health Charity of the Year, set up a new commissioned service for Primary Care Trusts and a new.

Action on Pre-eclampsiaDuring my 6 years at Action on Pre-eclampsia, I was responsible for the running of a small charity with an annual turnover of £250,000 and four members of staff. I was responsible for a complete re-branding of the organisation including the development and integration of the new brand and a range of information and membership.

Parents for ChildrenResponsible for the development of new business opportunities with both the corporate sector as sponsors and local authority adoption and fostering services.

Kids' Clubs Network (now 4children)Responsible for a team of 8 and all public affairs activity in the national child care charity including PR, lobbying, fundraising and marketing. I also headed up projects which were sponsored by Nestle and was the lead liaison with them and their PR companies.

A partner in my own communications agency working for clients including SCOPE, Greenpeace, the Labour Party and Refuge.

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

Advanced Certificate, Voluntary Sector Management

Voluntary Sector Management

Ba (Hons), Politics

Politics

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