Action Planning is a community of consultants serving the charity & NOT-FOR-PROFIT sector.
Fundraising & strategy support from Charity Consultant experts
Action Planning gives you access to a community of charity consultants with a wide range of specialist not-for-profit expertise such as strategists, advisors, fundraisers, bid-writers, planners, marketers, researchers, recruiters, mentors, coaches, trainers, facilitators to name a few. What unites us is all working together to help organisations like yours achieve your mission.
We have the experience and in-depth knowledge of your sector, and a range of disciplines to offer thoughtful insight and analysis from an independent perspective. We can work with you to help identify the problem, and assign one of our specialists to help you find the right solution with insight, imagination and integrity.

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Take a break – and make a big leap forward
Whether you have had your summer break, are looking forward to one or, for some reason this year, haven’t set aside time to stop, I strongly advocate that you find a reason – an excuse or opportunity – to get away from your desk, alone or with others.

Passing on the essence: research findings on succession in small charities
Succession planning in the non-profit sector remains critically underdeveloped. Fewer than one third of organisations have a documented succession plan, with poor leadership transitions often linked to organisational decline.

Top tips for charity partnerships and mergers – 10 key takeaways
We know that Jesus said people would know that we’re followers “if we love one another”, but what does it look like, as Christian charities and churches, to go beyond communication, cooperation, coordination to collaboration and even to merger?
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