Trainers

Alison has worked for many years helping small organisations to find their feet and is determined to help the social enterprise and community business sector to succeed and become financially sustainable.  Alison is a project manager and trainer with more than 10 years’ experience specifically in establishing, developing and managing social enterprises, predominantly in and… Read More »Alison Belshaw

Jen is a charity specialist Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA) and Managing Director of Gerrard Financial Ltd. With a wealth of trustee experience at both a local and national level, Jen is a regular speaker on charity finance and governance matters. A member of ICAEW’s charity & voluntary sector group, Jen regularly contributes to Sector publications… Read More »Jen Gerrard

[Support & Development Officer at Voscur] Jenny supports Bristol organisations with their income generation and development by providing one-to-one help, training and events on fundraising strategy, skills and information. She’s also a professional fundraiser, consultant and trainer, working with a wide variety of clients to secure investment and increase their capacity to generate sustainable income streams. In a… Read More »Jenny Wildblood

Lori has been working as an independent consultant since 1996. Her practice builds on considerable experience of work in the social purpose sector and with housing, community, health and social care and heritage organisations. Clients include multi-agency partnerships, local authorities, national, regional and local charities and social enterprises. She has a track record in stakeholder… Read More »Lori Streich

Lucy Hawthorne is a facilitator, coach and a campaigner at heart, with fifteen years’ experience of working with charities and NGOs in campaigning and community development across a wide range of issues.  As a campaigner, she brings varied experiences of influencing local and government policy, helping build collaboration between organisations and developing the skills of… Read More »Lucy Hawthorne

Manu was a school teacher for almost a decade, and his work with both NYCE and the Global Goals Centre is an attempt to improve and expand the educational outcomes for all young people. Manu has worked with over 30 organisations on a consultancy and trainer basis. These have ranged from small community groups to… Read More »Manu Maunganidze

Maria is a qualified trainer and facilitator with extensive experience of community and organisational development, gained during 25 years working in and with the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector. She has worked for local and national charities and as a freelance consultant.  Maria uses participative and practical methods, designed to get people working together,… Read More »Maria Franchi

Mark is a community development specialist with a 20-year career in community regeneration and project management. In that time he has founded and led a number of community regeneration organisations. He is a founder and Managing Director of Lemon Gazelle CIC which supports the development of Charity and not-for-profit companies, locally, nationally, and internationally through… Read More »Mark Goodman

Megan is a consultant, facilitator, coach and project manager. She focuses on supporting charities, SMEs and communities to develop the skills, systems and knowledge to help them meet new challenges. Using a solution focused and consensus building approach, she believes her style helps to bring people together to work and deliver the task in hand.… Read More »Megan Evans

Melanie has many years of experience working in the Voluntary and Community Sector; with children, young people and adults at risk; including roles at CEO/Director level and Chair. As an experienced trustee, Melanie has worked at a strategic level across many third sector organisations and care groups and has built a reputation as an active… Read More »Melanie Monaghan