Charity Consultancy

12 weeks to Courageous Leadership

Working in the Third Sector, you will know that making a positive difference doesn’t come without its challenges. If you’re a senior manager of a charity or social enterprise then our team of experts can help.

At Heart-Centred Leaders, our consultancy support is a flexible response to your changing needs. Our main areas of focus are around fundraising; wellbeing, culture and leadership. But you can tell us your priorities or we can help you identify what they are. And then we create a plan with you to most effectively support you.

We have a knack of helping you see undiscovered strengths and opportunities and to achieve your goals in a way which feels more manageable and fulfilling. You don’t need to figure it all out alone! We are here to help you.

What we will help you with?

Often, during the years that I was CEO of Youth Concern, I would think “if only I was able to run this issue past someone who understands the challenge and may be able to bring a different light to the problem…” or “perhaps I can find someone who can help me achieve this more easily than the way I am currently approaching it”.

You see, as leaders, you just can’t be an expert at everything and sometimes in a small or medium organisation you may not be able to tap into the experience you need. This is where we can help you. In hindsight, especially during my formative years as CEO, it often took me a very long time to find the solution to my problem or to find a way of executing a task more effectively. Because a lot of the time I was trying to figure it out by myself!

I’ll draw upon over three decades of charity expertise and tailor the consultancy support package to meet your unique challenges and opportunities.

I’ll work creatively and collaboratively with you, to find the best solutions for your organisation.

I can work with any member of staff or a combination of team members, depending on what’s needed. Usually, it’s the CEO, Head of Operations, HR or Fundraising Managers who are our main point of contact. However, I often involve other team members as appropriate. I can also call upon associates with particular areas of expertise when needed.

Feel overwhelmed with the 101 urgent objectives facing you
Have a team of staff to manage
Feel alone with the weight of massive responsibility to live up to
Often take a long time to find the most effective solution to a problem
Desire to lead with a higher vision in mind
Feel as though there are areas of your practice which you’d like to explore and develop with an experienced charity leader
Want to Improve team morale & cohesion leading to better retention, attendance, performance, reputation
Want to focus on the team’s improved wellbeing
Need to increase and diversify funding streams

You will be working on challenges

What My Clients Say

"Fran is an excellent strategic thinker, very proficient and articulate visionary and with her absolute passion for leadership and acute understanding of the charity sector, she has been instrumental in helping me identify some of my short comings and finding effective solutions to address them. She is wonderfully patient and a very encouraging leader. At times when I have felt stuck, Fran has provided thoughtful questioning, allowing me to look at situations differently, concentrate my focus and energy on things within my immediate circle of influence and helped me to set challenges, to bring out the best in my overall practices of developing and growing best practice in a small grassroots organisation. "

Tracey FordConsultancy Client, Chief Executive JAGS Foundation CIC