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Rick Gwilt

Rocksalt Consulting Ltd


38 Mount Street
Glossop
Derbyshire, SK13 8DT

 

Telephone:

01457 858390

Mobile:

07970 177539

Textphone:

 

Email a message to this consultant:

rgwilt@onetel.net

Website:

 

Regions

East Midlands, North West, West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber

 

Expertise

  • Change management
  • Governance
  • Organisational development
  • Procurement / tendering
  • Strategic / business planning
 

Qualifications &
Experience

  • Full-time Third Sector management consultant since 1997.
  • Worked professionally in the Third Sector since 1982.
  • Advanced Prof. Dip.: Consulting in the Community, Leeds MU 1997.
  • Professional Certificate in Management, Open University, 1995.
  • Manager of mental health and disability agencies 1989-97.
  • Currently Treasurer, Volunteer Centre Glossop.
  • Previous experience of working in French with francophone groups; German and Spanish also spoken.
 

Recent Work

  • Commissioning resource pack and policy templates for Manchester Alliance for Community Care 2009.
  • Change management and partnership development support for advice agencies in Manchester 2009/10.
  • Change management and tendering support for carers' agencies in Manchester 2009/10.
  • Governance training and guidance for community transport operators in Greater Manchester 2008-10.
  • Modernisation Fund adviser 2009: 5 agencies advised in Lancs, Ches, Gtr Manchester & Derbyshire.
  • Board development and tendering support for a local Women's Aid organisation 2010.
  • Facilitation of Strategic Review Days for front-line & infrastructure agencies, social enterprises.
 

Fees

£301 - £400 per day

Voluntary sector rate £350 per day (no VAT chargeable). Reduction for longer contracts or regular customers.

Additional Information

As a manager in the voluntary sector, I found I had to learn most things the hard way – by learning from my mistakes. The desire to profit from this painful learning and share it with others led me to go free-lance as a consultant and trainer in 1997. Since then I have helped over 80 different voluntary agencies to manage change and improve their sustainability, by strengthening their management and governance, developing forward plans and securing new funding. The shift in focus of my funding support work - from grant applications to tendering - closely reflects the evolution of the sector. As well as being an ex-manager, I am currently the Treasurer of my local Volunteer Centre, so I find I can "wear different hats", supporting either the Board or the Manager to suit the needs of the situation.

 
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