Testimonials

"We engaged Pete to help us with a potential merger.  He worked with us and the other organisation, bringing his expertise, diligence, diplomacy and meticulous attention to detail to many thorny issues.  When the merger could not proceed, he supported us to close the charity, managed our small staff team through this difficult time and ensured the closure was carried out in an orderly manner.  With immense wisdom and care, he encouraged us to celebrate what we had achieved.  His timely prompts and reassuring calm attitude were of enormous value - we can't thank him enough."

"Pete worked with Home-Start UK to strengthen relationships with a group of Home-Starts. Pete carefully listened to concerns from individuals, constructed a pragmatic process to bring people together, and sensitively facilitated a session to move forward - building trust but providing constructive challenge too where needed.  I was grateful for Pete’s input and supportive approach."

"We’re incredibly grateful for your facilitation of our recent board away day. Your guidance and support throughout were truly exceptional. You helped us navigate some complex and challenging topics with clarity and purpose, and your approach enabled us, as a board, to align more closely with our shared vision. Thank you for your insight, professionalism, and all the assistance you provided—it made a significant difference."

"I’ve enjoyed working alongside Pete on several charity projects, including on strategic/governance reviews and mergers. In all these pieces of work I have been highly impressed with Pete’s professionalism, diligence, commitment and communication skills, and his deep knowledge and experience of the charity world shines through. It is always a pleasure to work with him and I recognise Pete as a real ‘go-to’ expert in his field."

"Pete worked with our charity facilitating a Trustees and Senior Leaders Away Day. Pete's calm, experienced manner made for a highly productive and useful day. He took his time to draw out the context and the landscape we were operating in revealing some useful insights before moving on to enable us to scenario plan and project forward. I thoroughly enjoyed working with Pete and can highly recommend him."

“From the very start of his full review of our strategy and objectives, Pete was highly professional, tenacious and diligent. His depth of analysis and research ensured that the strategy review was conducted rigorously and professionally. Using his vast breadth of experience, Pete led the project in a timely manner and presented viable options to develop the charity.  He went above and beyond in his time, effort and dedication to the project, he was also an absolute delight to work with throughout.”

"Working with Pete has been an extremely valuable process for our organisation. Pete gives clear and inciteful guidance and is extremely knowledgeable about the charitable sector and the different pressures we face.

He communicated extremely well throughout the whole of the process and we would highly recommend him a skilled facilitator for bringing different interest groups together to address a common goal."

"Peter assisted the board of 6 people from various backgrounds with different levels of understanding in developing our strategy. Due to Covid our meetings were via Zoom, which was not ideal, but within a short space of time we completed this work in a timely fashion and now have a shared understanding, which will no doubt support our charity now and in the future.

Thank you Peter you have been a great help and brilliant communicator/teacher."

“Pete supported us to identify our priorities in choosing a merger partner, led an options appraisal of potential partners and supported the selection process.  Pete continued to support and mentor me throughout the merger process, and provided consistent, calm support throughout despite the challenges we faced.  He delivered work on time and to a high standard, and flexed with us as needed.  Pete was a pleasure to work with and I would highly recommend him.” 

“We engaged Pete to help us support a local community to consider options for the provision of new community facilities.  Not only did Pete provide much needed additional capacity and experience to help us take our project forward, he also quickly and adeptly developed positive working relationships between the various stakeholders.  His expertise and mix of skills in managing the project and his empathy for the objectives of the different groups helped us secure positive outcomes which might not otherwise have been possible.”