The services offered by HCS are tailored to meet the individual needs of each client. There is therefore no 'standard' service but the following are examples of the types of services available in the charity consultancy area.

Please see the In-House and External Training pages for more information on training courses.

Do contact Ruth to discuss your requirements in more detail. An initial consultation is free of charge.

Charity Consultancy

Planning - Preparation of business and strategic plans

Governance - Assistance with governance issues eg setting up a board of trustees performance review system

Policies - Devising a set of policies and procedures for a small charity

Evaluation - Evaluating grant-funded projects which may include desk research, telephone and face-to-face interviews, facilitating focus groups and writing the final report

Fundraising - Preparation of fundraising strategies and reviews

Funding Applications - Guidance on writing funding applications to statutory, trust and corporate bodies

Advice on Standards - Member of the working party which produced a pocket version of the Fundraising National Occupational Standards (NOS)

Publications - Writing the governance chapter of 'The Really Useful Stuff Handbook' providing practical advice to local voluntary and community groups, as well as co-authoring 'The Grant Funding Handbook', a step by step guide to applying for funding

Marketing - Critically analysing draft publicity leaflets and giving constructive feedback

Research - researching and writing end of project reports for community development schemes

Training and Facilitation

In-house/bespoke training courses tailored to clients' requirements

Facilitation for staff/trustee 'away days' or review meetings

External training courses on governance, fundraising and charity management topics