our expertise

We provide tailored and personalised consulting services in the following ways:

• Strategic and impact planning: advising on realistic plans aligning with clients’ visions and missions.

• Needs assessments and organisational gap analysis: reviews of organisational challenges and opportunities. Our gap analysis identifies areas of improvement in internal processes, systems, and structures.

• Fundraising approaches: effective fundraising strategies that align with missions, values, and goals. Our support includes advising on donor profiles, grant application processes, and impact storytelling.

Our training and workshop programs are designed to equip individuals and organisations with the knowledge, skills, and tools they need to tackle global challenges effectively.

Introducing the SDGs (0.5 days): provides a broad understanding of the SDGs and their importance in addressing global challenges.

Project Design Fundamentals (4-5 days): learn how to design impactful projects. Participants learn how to conduct a community survey, create a theory of change, and develop a results framework.

Grant Writing 101 (1 day): learn how to write compelling proposals that align with funders' priorities.

Funding for Impact-Focused Projects (1 day): learn how to source diverse funding opportunities and attract funding from grant-making institutions, blended finance, and impact investment.

Thematic Workshops (1-2 days): in-depth explorations to specific themes or goals, with analysis of challenges, opportunities and emergent trends.

Customised training and workshops: co-designed tailored training programs, may include, but not limited to, project ideation; results frameworks, survey and assessment design and organisational impact identification and SDG alignment.

We support the development of impactful projects from ideation to implementation.

• Project and program concept development: developing project concepts and programmes that align with their goals, with help from experts in theories of change, results frameworks, and evaluation systems.

• Designing evaluation systems: robust evaluation systems that enable organisations to measure the impact of their projects and programmes, with technical assistance in developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks and tools.

We provide operational support to help clients deploy their projects and implement programs effectively.

• Project deployment advice: technical assistance and advice on deploying projects, including project management methodologies, risk management strategies, and project planning tools.

• Support on project start-up: guidance on local recruitment, setting up overseas projects and logistics.

• Team mobilisations and logistics: assistance with mobilising teams overseas and managing logistics associated with deployment, including transportation, travel arrangements, housing, and security protocols.

We help clients identify and secure funding opportunities that align with their mission and goals while advising on the funding landscape, global donor priorities, and engagement mechanisms.

• Technical and financial grant application development: grant applications and proposals that align with funders' priorities.

• Prospecting for funding opportunities and pipeline tool development: grant prospecting and developing pipeline tools to track opportunities.

Our research services are designed to help clients gain valuable insights into global challenges and opportunities, enabling them to make informed decisions and develop impactful projects.

• Bespoke research papers: high-quality research papers that provide actionable insights.

• Knowledge briefs: overviews on key technical areas.

• Market and value chain analysis: understanding key opportunities and challenges in specific sectors and industries.

Our assessment services help clients to better understand beneficiary needs and the impact of their projects and programs,

• Feasibility, community, and stakeholder assessments design: technical assistance and guidance on designing high-quality assessments that provide actionable insights.

• Impact assessments: assessments that measure the impact of ' projects and programs and identify areas for improvement.

• Performance evaluations: frameworks and methodologies to produce high-quality project evaluations.

• Monitoring and evaluation frameworks/tools: monitoring and evaluation frameworks and tools to measure project progress and capture key lessons.

This service supports individuals and groups who are looking to start a non-profit or social enterprise. We offer packages to help get your organisation up and running, including support on:

• Establishing your vision and mission statements, organisational identity and action plan.

• External facing communications documentation such as capability statements and pitch decks.

• Identifying target donor and beneficiary profiles.

• Specialised technical research and community assessments.

• Branding support.

• Fundraising strategies.

• Communication strategies.

• Website design and development with tailored copy.