Connecting with audiences: Public Speaking

As an accomplished public speaker, our founder - Sally-Anne Greenfield - has addressed audiences of up to 600 people and has been complimented on her ability to speak with passion and humour about a range of issues. Our consultancy offers a range of services: speech-writing; training small groups in effective presentation skills; and delivering presentations to internal and/or external audiences.

Connecting with communities: Philanthropy Advice

If you think a philanthropist is someone with millions of pounds to invest in a high profile project, then think again. The word philan-thropy comes from the Greek language and means “love of mankind”. We believe a philanthropist is someone who wants to invest their time, talent and/or resources into making a difference. But having that intent is not enough if you are not sure where to direct your support. This is where our philanthropy services come into play – working alongside individuals and families to help you think through the range of options you might want to consider when deciding where to invest your time and energy.

Connecting with communities: Corporate community engagement

We don’t use the phrase “Corporate Social Responsibility” or CSR because it’s so much more than a social responsibility, it’s just the way that good businesses should operate. We like to understand more about you as a business – your culture and values, your aims and objectives. We then review your current community involvement and make recommendations of how you could further increase your impact and engagement.  That might involve: reviewing your volunteering programme or setting one up from scratch; finding suitable causes to raise funds for or agreeing what kind of pro bono support you could offer.  It's all about finding activities that engage your staff and help them share their talents as well as their time, whilst also reflecting your corporate values, aims and objectives. 

Connecting with grant-makers: strategic advice

Our founder has over 30 years’ experience in the grant-making arena – both as a grants applicant and advisor, and as the former CEO of a grant-making charity which she grew from £200k annual grant-making to £5.1m. We support grant-makers at any stage of their journey – from setting up a new scheme to advising on one that has been running for over a century.  you may need support in: reviewing your current processes and policies or looking to move into a new area of grant-making; reviewing the impact your grants are having or how you can work with grants recipients to measure and monitor this more easily; working with other grant-makers to tackle a specific area of interest or just exploring potential new areas of interest.

Connecting communities

We also provide consultancy services for community groups, social enterprises and charities primarily around strategy, governance and funding.  This might include: someone to lead an Away Day or Services Review; help with re-thinking your strategy and objectives; support in recruiting and inducting new trustees or improving your internal governance; or seeing how to increase your income generation.