
Independent Social Enterprise (and others) Consulting, Advisor and Trainer
Oldham, United Kingdom

Independent Social Enterprise (and others) Consulting, Advisor and Trainer
Oldham, United Kingdom
After reading business in Cambridge, I worked with one of the top 100 PR consultancies in the UK before taking on various management roles within a wide variety of social enterprises, community organisations and more ‘traditional’ enterprise support bodies.
These experiences enabled me to ‘turn around’ an ailing specialist social enterprise support agency into a nationally recognised body and gained me recognition as an authority on social enterprises from local, regional and national organisations including the DTI and Bank of England.
I have used this position, along with my knowledge of the changing environment and policy context in which social enterprises operate, to deliver support to local groups and national projects to high acclaim. This appreciation has been not only from the direct individuals and communities my work has impacted upon, but others, including support agencies and international governments. It has also led to my being invited to be an occasional writer for national and regional publications.
business start-up;
social enterprise;
charities;
social accounting/impact evaluation;
corporate social responsibility;
training programmes
(Management Consulting industry)
January 2005 — Present (4 years 11 months)
lots of helpful support to grass roots organisations, while also involved in national projects and garnering international recognition for knowledge, insight and impact
(Management Consulting industry)
2009 — 2009 (less than a year)
(Management Consulting industry)
2006 — 2009 (3 years )
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
2002 — 2004 (2 years )
responsible for ensuring the success of this local co-op and social enterprise support and development body; managing its social enterprise exclusive loan fund, staging co-op and social enterprise trade fairs, informing national policy and generally turning it from an ailing 'was been' into a nationally recognised exemplar during my 'tour of duty'
(Management Consulting industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year )
1993 — 1998
new economics foundation
co-operatives UK
National Association of Voluntary Organisatoins
Institute of Business Consulting
Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship