Really Responsible offers cash and project management staff to smaller charities
Howard Lake | 11 February 2011 | News
Management training and consultancy company Really Responsible is offering to help up to 50 small and medium sized charities each year with cash and skilled personnel to complete a specific project. There is no cost to the selected charities, says the company.
The initiative is open to not-for-profit organisations with an annual turnover of less than £3 million and applications from charities are now invited.
The Really Responsible team will match skilled and experienced project managers to charities and they will work with them part-time, committing up to four days a month to their chosen project. Participating charities will also each receive £1,000 in cash, and the seconded staff will receive support from the Really Responsible training team for the duration of the project.
Really Responsible say that the funding for this programme will be provided by corporate investors who put staff onto a six month leadership programme.
Helen Morris-Brown, founder of Really Responsible Training® said: “When I was the Development Director for a small charity we were fortunate enough to take part in a secondment scheme. We worked with the (then) marketing director from American Express who provided us with the skills and contacts to undertake a rebranding exercise. It was a huge success and we would never have had the money or expertise to complete the exercise in-house. My aim is for other charities to benefit in the same way.”
Nigel Greenwood, Former Marketing Director, American Express said: “I have been seconded to charities in the past and have first-hand experience of similar initiatives. While I was able to share my skills and support projects that I feel passionate about, I did not receive formal training as part of the process. Helen and her team have come up with something where both the charity and the volunteer grow”.
The next application deadline for charities is 31 March 2011.
www.reallyresponsible.com
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.