Consultancy and Fundraising
NOW TAKING CONSULTANCY CLIENTS FROM APRIL 2024 -
NOW TAKING CONSULTANCY CLIENTS FROM APRIL 2024 -
My consultancy and fundraising services see me enhance organisations and individuals through my vast experience and knowledge of the arts sector.
I am incredibly passionate about people and culture and developing these within organisations to bring them to the next level. I also want to use my role across the sector to inspire change through key leadership.
My in-depth understanding of Arts Council England’s investment principles, especially Dynamism, gives me a critical edge when fundraising and in leadership roles as my 80% success record with ACE is a testament to.
2023 client testimonial
Dr Claire French, theatre maker and researcher
“Amy is well-conversant with the arts and culture terrain that she speaks from – which pretty much encapsulates most of England northward of London. As a sharp and bold presenter, she skilfully shifts from one topic to another, intuiting the vein of the conversation as she draws from policy-based, business and funding experience. She is a warm and eloquent purveyor of knowledge. In group consultancies, she has a terrific ability to guide all the personal transformations that come from a one-on-one discussion. I simply couldn’t have been more impressed with Amy and the future of the region keyed into her expertise.”
My Skills & Experience
A professional and sought after strategic leader in the arts sector - but not your usual ‘consultant’
Leading the inception and start-up of Propel Dance - the UK’s first all wheelchair professional dance company: leadership in action
Over 80% success rate with Arts Council England fundraising
Over £1.3 million fundraised for & with clients since May 2020
Strategic eye and a big picture perspective
Board Visioning & Away Day facilitation
Recruitment all the way up to CEO level
Senior Leadership Team Strategic planning & advisory
Guest speaker & lecturer
Charity governance
Experienced in business planning and management, including supporting NPO applications, team training, community engagement strategies and facilitating forward thinking - workshops, 1 to 1 or groups
Critical understanding of the Arts Council’s (England and Wales) investment principles
Specialist in organisational development approaches
Creative and a problem solver
Experience from multiple parts of the sector, including learning and participation, community engagement and arts in education much of which is at senior management level
What people say about me
Feedback and Testimonials
“Knowledge, advice, ability to action things.”
"Excellent conversations around complex issues"
“Understanding my needs, connecting with my project/purpose and working around it. Helping me with the decision-making process and supporting the development of the project."
"Empathy and great personal encouragement at times of difficulty and advisory service when needed."
“Knowledge, advice, ability to action things.” "Excellent conversations around complex issues" “Understanding my needs, connecting with my project/purpose and working around it. Helping me with the decision-making process and supporting the development of the project." "Empathy and great personal encouragement at times of difficulty and advisory service when needed."
“Excellent quality of work and understanding of funding requirements and needs, very useful suggestions on content and approach needed. Efficient and effective. Required less conversations and back and forth with me than expected”.
"Super knowledgeable, ambitious, clever. Feel like Amy is like-minded and ultra supportive, she clearly knows what she’s doing inside-out which is paramount when doing an ACE application. I also feel like she’s on ‘my team’ by being personable and encouraging.”
“Excellent quality of work and understanding of funding requirements and needs, very useful suggestions on content and approach needed. Efficient and effective. Required less conversations and back and forth with me than expected”. "Super knowledgeable, ambitious, clever. Feel like Amy is like-minded and ultra supportive, she clearly knows what she’s doing inside-out which is paramount when doing an ACE application. I also feel like she’s on ‘my team’ by being personable and encouraging.”
“If you have an amazing idea, (even if it's not yet fully formulated) Amy is an amazing person to have on board. She's got a huge amount of knowledge and experience, not just in fundraising but also in large scale events, project management and consultation. Amy is a fantastic mentor and friend and will tell you how it is but also encourage you as she wants to pull the best out of you and your project. She is bubbly, she'll crack you up laughing and is most importantly, passionate about her work.”
“Radiates with positive energy, she inspires confidence and shares valuable skills for growth, easy to work with.”
“If you have an amazing idea, (even if it's not yet fully formulated) Amy is an amazing person to have on board. She's got a huge amount of knowledge and experience, not just in fundraising but also in large scale events, project management and consultation. Amy is a fantastic mentor and friend and will tell you how it is but also encourage you as she wants to pull the best out of you and your project. She is bubbly, she'll crack you up laughing and is most importantly, passionate about her work.” “Radiates with positive energy, she inspires confidence and shares valuable skills for growth, easy to work with.”
“Understanding my needs, connecting with my project/purpose and working around it. Helping me with the decision-making process and supporting the development of the project. Also, your empathy and great personal encouragement at times of difficulty and advisory service when needed.”
“Understanding my needs, connecting with my project/purpose and working around it. Helping me with the decision-making process and supporting the development of the project. Also, your empathy and great personal encouragement at times of difficulty and advisory service when needed.”
How it works
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We’ll have a meeting to discuss your ideas. I’ll work with you to help you define your goals and outline our next steps to bring your vision to life.
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As I said, every project is unique so what we do here varies hugely. But with your goals defined and a mutual understanding of my role, we start making steps towards your goals.
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All the best things take time to create, and I’m here to work with you for as long as you’d like. Whether it’s one show a couple of months from now, or defining and seeing through your 5 year strategy, I’m on board. During this time we’ll be problem solving, making connections and making it happen.
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I think it’s always important to reflect in order to improve, so at the end of each project I like for us to take time to reflect on our process, identify next steps or how to further the project and collaborating on what the next goals look like.
If you would like to discuss Consultancy and/or Fundraising opportunities, please get in touch or book a call using the calendar below.