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Personal Statement
I
am
an
experienced
leader
and
social
entrepreneur
who
is
considered
a
crea;ve
thinker
and
innovator:
passionate
about
service
design,
business
modelling
and
social
change.
Winning
Na;onal
Awards
and
elected
a
Fellow
of
the
Royal
Society
for
Arts,
my
passion
is
enabling
people
and
organisa;ons
to
nd
solu;ons,
and
developing
services
that
support
vulnerable
members
of
our
communi;es
in
securing
more
fullling
lifestyles.
Currently
working
part
;me
as
Implementa;on
Director
for
OurCamden,
an
innova;ve
membership
service
in
Camden.
Key
Achievements
Successfully
designing
&
tendering
for
a
new
social
business
for
Camden,
designed
to
reduce
social
isola;on,
increase
local
spend
and
improve
health
&
wellbeing.
Key
Skills
Inspiring
&
Mo;va;ng
Leadership
Successful
Social
Entrepreneur
Powerful
Presenta;ons
Innova;ve
Service
Design
&
Development
Sound
Budget
Se[ng
Flexible
approach
to
Problem
Solving
Posi;ve
&
Inclusive
approach
to
Change
Management
Sound
Business
Planning
Award
winning
People
Management
First-class
Interpersonal
&
Communica;on
Skills
Outstanding
Training
&
Group
Facilita;on
Excellent
ICT
skills
Clean
and
clear
websites
using
Wordpress
Work
Experience
Director,
Aspiren
Ltd
&
Urban
Catalysts
CIC
I
was
the
Director
with
the
responsibility
for
Sta
Development.
We
grew
our
own
managers
and
senior
managers
for
which
programme
I
led
on
Leadership
and
Management
training
and
was
the
mentor
for
all
new
managers
Other
courses
I
provided
for
Building
Blocks
were:
Working
with
Grief
&
Loss
Brief
Therapy,
Service
User
Involvement
Mental
Health
Awareness
Asset
Based
Community
Development,
Supervision
&
Appraisal
Working
with
Self
Harm
Basic
NLP
Managing
Volunteers
Dealing
with
dicult
situa;ons
Professional
Boundaries
No[ngham Social Enterprise Hub (now First Tuesday) October 2010- Present
Originally
funded
by
No[ngham
City
Council
(now
funded
by
Aspiren)
,
we
provide
business
support
to
No[ngham's
Social
Enterprises
(
and
businesses
that
want
to
make
a
dierence)
encouraging
start
up
and
growth.
I
provide
face
to
face
business
support,
networking
events
and
regular
workshops.
Recent
workshops
include:
Business
Model
Canvas
Master
class
Using
Mailchimp
Using
Social
Media
Applying
for
investment
Being
Entrepreneurial
without
losing
your
soul
Impact
Measurement
Business
Planning
Business Coaching
2004-Present
In
addiAon
to
the
above
sessions
I
have
had
a
number
of
Coaching
Clients
I
have
seen
over
the
last
8
years.
These
have
included
a
number
of
entrepreneurs
in
Start
up
phase
,
Statutory
Managers
wanAng
Non
line
Management
supervision
and
CEOs
seeking
external
coaching.
Graduate
Enterprise
School
October
2012-
March
2013
Funded
by
JobCentre
Plus
we
developed
a
face
to
face
business
support
programme
for
unemployed
graduates
who
wanted
to
set
up
their
own
business.
Out
of
the
12
a_endees
6
started
up
their
own
business
and
4
found
employment.
We
devised
the
course
to
include
Business
Modelling,
Business
Finance,
Personal
Skills,
Marke;ng,
Service
Design
and
the
Nuts
and
Bolts
of
se[ng
up
your
Business.
I
also
provided
one
to
one
coaching.