Chris Shaw has 40 years’ experience in community development, economic regeneration, heritage and environmental projects. He has worked in the private, public and voluntary sectors having held senior roles in local authorities, national charities and higher education institutions. He has also been instrumental in developing several grassroots consortia, bringing together practitioners from the voluntary sector to tackle local problems. Chris is also a skilled and successful fundraiser and consults about ESG and CSR strategy with private companies. For the record he’s also a bit of a Leicester City fan and the father of a nine year old son.
Lisa Capell has a 25 year record of success in the private, voluntary and higher education sectors. Lisa is a people person who thrives on building partnerships and making them work effectively. She is a passionate advocate for equality, fairness and in particular, women’s rights, tackling homelessness and helping young people. She is a Trustee of a leading Leicestershire charity and as a marketer and fundraiser, she also has the knack of creating compelling narratives to tell stories that win hearts, minds and money. She is also a Mum and a major film buff.
Eleanor has 25 years’ experience in the charity sector working across all areas from volunteering to Vice Chair. Bringing an innate understanding of the voluntary and community sector she works to grow, adapt, and enhance charities quickly grasping their areas for development and implementing change. Eleanor works as a consultant to the sector and is passionate in supporting charities to develop realistic growth targets through effective strategic business development and income diversification. Eleanor is also a mum of two boys and loves sunny beach escapes!
We work to a set of values that describe who we are and how we operate:
We offer a range of development services to help build partnerships that can tackle locally identified problems (social, economic, environmental). We can support lead organisations to develop their plans and activities or we can manage projects on your behalf.
We also create and run our own projects. If we have a great idea and we know that by bringing that idea to life we will create a positive outcome, we will find a way to make it happen.
bringing new ideas to life through facilitated planning
developing your idea: from thumbnail sketch to grand plan using business development techniques; with an emphasis on community consultation and co-design
help with getting the funds you need to put your plans into action
helping you to monitor and evaluate what you do; is your project a success? How can you improve it? We can help you find out.
Or we can manage a project on your behalf. We’ll do the leg work to help you get up and running ASAP by providing management, financial planning or administrative support so you can concentrate on delivering your service or activities.
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