Vanessa Swann
Organisational Strategy & Development Consultant / Executive Mentor
I am an experienced former CEO of a major arts / social enterprise charity, Cockpit Arts, and have a proven track record of successfully starting up, growing and expanding Arts, Charities & Social Enterprise organisations, including turnaround and enterprise development. I have been consulting for several years specialising in Organisational Development and Change Management including governance, strategic business planning, income generation, stakeholder engagement and communications. I am a qualified Social Enterprise adviser with coaching, mentoring and facilitator experience; an experienced Trustee in the visual arts and music sector and a Consultant Grant Assessor. As well as undertaking organisational briefs, I provide personal mentoring and coaching to CEOs and managers.
Examples of recent assignments for clients including Arts Council Wales, Nesta innovation foundation, CAF Global Alliance, SE Assist Brighton, School for Social Entrepreneurs and The Fore:
- Change management for a community arts organisation involving a new communication and political influencing strategy
- Strategic support involving an organisational restructure and repositioning of a regional arts centre with business planning ad HR advice
- 360-degree organisational review of a local authority-owned performing arts centre to achieve cost savings and improve operational effectiveness.
- Strategic support to align services offered by a regional crafts centre with local authority tourism strategies.
- Facilitation for a national social sector organisation helping managers working remotely to decide on new ways of working together to better support organisational goals.
- Research and brokering of introductions between UK and Russian organisations involved in social change and civil society development.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Strategic planning
Business planning
Social enterprise development
Fundraising and earned income/sustainable funding
Change management
Charity management and governance
Leadership development
Stakeholder engagement
Partnership working
Negotiation
Property development
Premises management
Nigel Siederer
Operates as Good Foundations Consultancy
- Governance / constitutions / Charity and Company registration
- Assessing grant applications
- Post award assistance and evaluation
- Grant-making principles/practice
- Training trustees
- Sector strategy
- Designing and taking off results of surveys
- Working with networks and infrastructure
- Writing / editing
Recent clients include:
Amanah Awqaf Charitable Trust (helping constitute and register new charitable company)
Association of Charitable Foundations (confidential member salary survey)
Burdett Trust for Nursing (assessing grant applications and monitoring outcomes)
Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust (assessing grant applications and post-award assistance)
East-West Management Institute (contributing to international philanthropy project)
Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (governance advice)
Post Adoption Centre UK (helping to prepare a contract tender and training staff in the skills needed)
Romney Tweed (helping to constitute and register new community interest company)
Wild Team Conservation (helping constitute and register new charitable company)