The services I offer fall into these categories:

1. Business strategy 

• Working with boards and staff to develop your vision and business or strategic plan.
• Supporting with fundraising, developing the strategy, relationship building with funders and writing bids.
• Supporting with other aspects of operations, including financial management.  

2. Advocacy strategy

• Working with you and your board/staff to develop your advocacy, influencing or stakeholder engagement strategy, for national, regional, or local government audiences.
• Identifying your aims and objectives, key audiences, evidence-based ‘asks’, key messages, and tactics and activities. 

I have been writing robust advocacy strategies for the past 11 years and have supported national, regional and local charities and not-for-profit organisations to put in place advocacy strategies to underpin their lobbying work with national, regional or local government. 

3.  Advocacy delivery

• Delivering your advocacy work with central, regional or local government.
• Building relationships with and influencing decision makers to secure the changes to policy and practice you need.
• Working with you to build your own internal capacity and skills to deliver advocacy.

Your advocacy work would be in safe hands – I’m renowned for my exceptional advocacy and influencing abilities, as demonstrated by the testimonials here and on LinkedIn, have excellent political intelligence and strong existing contacts at various levels of government. 

4. Policy and research 

• Conducting qualitative and quantitative research in housing, regeneration and communities.
• Conducting evaluations of programmes or projects, determining the impact of interventions.
• Developing evidence-based policy recommendations.
• Preparing responses to government or local authority consultations or inquiries.