Help and Advice for Charities

With more than three decades’ experience in the charity sector and an unparalleled network of expert consultants to draw on, we are able to provide valuable, cost-effective support across all facets of running not-for-profit organisations including:
• Charity governance
• Strategy development
• Fundraising consultancy
• Marketing consultancy
• Measuring outcomes and impact
• Charity recruitment

From governance and strategy to recruitment, mentoring, implementation and measuring outcomes, we understand the needs and nuances that lie behind successful operations, and work as trusted confidantes in an encouraging and motivational spirit of pragmatism, reassurance and respect.

How can we help you?

Action Planning Charity Consultants

Leadership Synergy   

Strengthen the crucial relationship between CEO and Chair

Governance Review   

Achieve alignment in your leadership

Strategic Planning and Business Planning   

Plot your course

Trustee Training   

Develop your knowledge and skills

Awayday Facilitation And Follow-Up   

Let's all pull together

Monitoring & Evaluation   

Show the difference you're making

Risk Management   

Expect the unexpected

Fundraising Strategy & Review   

Have confidence in your fundraising plans

Capital Appeals & Fundraising Campaigns   

Approach big challenges methodically

Major Donor Fundraising   

Build supportive relationships

Bid Writing Service   

Increase the chances of success

Individual Giving   

Don't be afraid to ask

Marketing Strategy   

Reach your potential support

Market Research And Analysis   

Who do you think you are talking to?

Brand Development   

Present your personality

Digital Communications   

Gain access to a wider market

Communication Strategy & Implementation   

Make your communications compelling

Creative Design Services   

Do you struggle to get noticed by the right people?

Senior Recruitment   

Find the right person for that hard-to-fill senior post

Interim Management   

Short term solutions

Coaching and Mentoring   

You're good, but could you be better?

Team Profiling Tool   

Help your team play to their strengths

HR Support Service   

Flexible help for any challenging people problems

Training and Development   

Give your staff the skills they need to do their jobs effectively

  • Working with Action Planning was an enriching experience for me and the team. We gained valuable knowledge and insights and underwent some extremely useful self-examination, which delivered a strengthened position for my service and our future plans.

    NORMA SPARK, BUSINESS LEAD, EVERY CHILD PROGRAMME, LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM

  • I was absolutely happy with the service we received from Action Planning. The way David handled the workshop was very good. He threw in a few hand grenades and made us think hard about what we needed to do.

    DAVID WISDISH, TRUSTEE, HIGHWAY TRUST

  • Our relationship with Action Planning goes back many years and during my time here we have worked together on a number of projects. Outsourcing and having Hayley assigned to our benchmarking exercise again this year has saved a lot of time. Knowing she will conduct the exercise in a professional and timely manner, offers great peace of mind.

    PORTIA BORRETT, HEAD OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND OFFICE MANAGER, AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED

  • David Saint has been around a long time and knows the industry very well. I like his thoroughness – he goes deeper than others to get to the root of a problem – and I knew that the Americans would trust him.

    JENS LEWELING, MANAGEMENT – MEDIA AND NONPROFIT, JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES, GERMANY

  • I was really happy across the board with the service we received from Action Planning. It’s not often that we get together and think about things in that structured way. The whole process has been a really positive one and David’s report is already impacting on what we’re doing.

    DEBBIE HUGHES, CEO, LIVING WITHOUT ABUSE

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  • “We had been considering who should do our rebranding and were very impressed with Action Planning. We loved the quality of their work. They have the breadth of experience to do the whole job, from A to Z.”

    JOLITA PATON, EUROPEAN DIRECTOR, MIDDLE EAST MEDIA

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