Why Us
Our Philosophy

We believe every charity plays a vital role in its community - and it deserves the clarity, focus and support to fulfil its purpose.

 

We exist to bridge that gap. We work alongside charity leaders to help them make sense of complexity, focus on what truly matters and turn intention into action.

 

 

Jess Scott
Director

Jess is the Head of Volunteering at Bowel Cancer UK and has worked in charities both large and small over the past 10 years. 

 

She has a PhD in Molecular Cell Biology bringing a methodical approach to quickly understand real-world problems and potential solutions. 

 

She has successfully implemented new volunteer management processes and systems including: integrating VMSs, creating roles and introducing new policies. Jess is experienced writing and developing volunteer strategies, supporting volunteer managers, training staff in volunteer management, and developing new roles ranging from regular volunteering to micro-volunteering. 

 

She is passionate about the role volunteers have within the charity sector and enjoys seeing their direct impact on services.

 

Specialist Interest

 

- Maximising volunteer impact and demonstrating their contribution to services

 

- Development of volunteer strategies, plans, and policies

 

- Collaboration with teams  to create and evolve new volunteer roles, from regular to micro-volunteering 

 

 

Nick Scott
Director
 

 

Nick has over a decade of commercial experience in the Medical Device Sector and has served as a Trustee for KidsAid for nearly three years. 

 

He holds an MBA, combining commercial insights with hands-on experience to help charities turn ambition into action. 

 

Nick has developed and driven strategies that have directly impacted patient outcomes and organisational effectiveness. He has overseen the launch of new services and products as well as led organisational change to efficiently achieve revenue targets. He utilises and embeds systems to support tracking and understanding existing income streams to identify opportunities for diversification and growth. 

 

He is passionate about sharing this expertise to support charities deliver meaningful impact for the communities they serve.

 

Specialist Interests:

 

- Macro-environment assessment and insight generation

 

- Audience segmentation, positioning and targeting

 

- Strategy development and delivery

 

- Brand clarity and development

 

Partnership

We don't drop in and disappear. 

 

We build long-term, trusted relationships that allow us to understand your organisation fully - Your people, culture, pressures and constraints. This allows us to provide meaningful support when you need it

Focus

In an increasingly noisy and ambiguous environment, clarity is a competitive advantage

 

We help leaders cut through competing priorities, align their teams and focus effort where it will have the greatest impact

Tailored Support

No two charities are the same.

 

We recognise the unique nature of each charity. Our work is bespoke and shaped around your context, capacity and ambitions - not off-the-shelf frameworks or recycled solutions

 

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