Working with United St Saviour’s charity to develop their Eveming Standard Grand-Prix-winning Appleby Blue project, developing their vision for community engagement, and an operating model for the ‘Appleby Kitchen’ community spaces. Also evaluating and proposing a new operating model for care of elderly residents across their housing. Further work on organisational development and scale-up.

Working with the Made in Bermondsey partnership to develop a ‘people-powered regeneration’ strategy to sit alongside the landmark £2m development of the Blue Market. From in-depth sensitive research on culture and identity, to market research, and creation of an actionable strategy to preserve, change, and revive local community.

Modern grantmakers need to be flexible, evidence-driven, and focused on impact, with robust processes. They also need to be truly understanding of the organisations they fund - and to bring a humility to their work, with an aliveness to the power imbalances inherent in philanthropy. Working confidentially with a place-based grantmaker, I’ve undertaken a programme of strategic review and development, and modernisation. Beginning with extensive needs assessment research and stakeholder consultation, I went on to deliver a review of impact, before undertaking a review of grant-making practice and governance. This led to substantial changes, including a merger of operations with another grantmaker to increase efficiency and reach. The trust has now relaunched as a modern 21st century grant-making charity, with a range of new programmes, and much better use of its spending, to drive greater impact.