About me

DMT Academy Lecture: Managing Change in Charities

Organisational Change

As an organisational consultant, I take a deeper dive into what makes organisations tick. Charity change management and nonprofit transformation are key specialisms, and I’ve helped funders and grantmakers, and frontline charities, to:

  • Unpick how power and authority really operate in their organisation

  • Identify hidden dynamics that might be blocking progress

  • Navigate the emotional side of transitions and change

  • Strengthen relationships across teams and departments

  • Tackle tough conversations in a constructive way

  • Explore your organisation’s role in the bigger picture

Why this helps

Strategies don’t just happen, and they have to be about more than just projct management and big dreams. How are you going to get your people there? I can help you:

  • Understand resistance to change

  • Build healthier, more sustainable cultures

  • Develop stronger partnerships

  • Make change processes more effective

I bring a down-to-earth style, sharp insights, and a sense of humour to the table—because organisational change is serious work, but it doesn’t have to be grim.

You find out more about some of my apporoaches to dealing with people and organisational concerns in the below lecture for the DMT Academy.

As a UK charity and non-profit sector consultant, I bring comprehensive expertise across the charity and grantmaking sectors, from frontline social care to executive leadership.

I know how organisations actually function—not just how they’re supposed to.

Working with local and national organisations from £100,000 to £80m turnover, I've managed services, developed winning strategies, raised significant funds, transformed organisations, and delivered outstanding research.

I work on all sides of the charity sector’s divides - funder and funded, grantmaker and grant seeker, commissioner and commissioned, trustee and executive, frontline worker and senior leader. I’m also a former professional academic, and a professional, highly qualified researcher.

Strategic and Management Consultancy

I take a creative approach to strategy development, a human-centred, lived-experience approach to research, and clear, compelling communications and income development approach that foregrounds storytelling. Whether it’s about grantmaking strategy, finance and fundraising, income development, or organisational change, I can help you untangle challenges, find practical solutions and stay sane along the way. Like the organisations I work with, people are at the centre of everything I do.

Research and Evaluation

I’m a highly qualified professional social researcher and evaluator, with experience in academic as well as professional envrionments. Unlike most, I’ve worked on the front-lines in communities. This gives me a deeper understanding of lived experiences than many of the more standard think-tanki and policy sector researchers you can find. I specialise in complex and sometimes more social justice-driven topics.