Services
Advisory and implementation for mission-driven organisations
We work across the whole institution: its strategy, governance, money, people, operations, data and, in our flagship practice, the systems that move food to people who need it.
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How We Work
We stay through implementation
Every engagement follows the same four steps: discovery and assessment, strategy and systems design, implementation support, and monitoring, optimisation and growth. Advice that is never put into practice changes nothing.
Our services sit within three pillars
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Pillar One
Institutional Growth & Capacity Development
Strategy, fundraising, operations, people and training, for organisations that have outgrown the way they were first set up.
Service 01
Organisational Strategy & Institutional Development
Mission, vision, strategy and organisational design that the board and staff can both act on.
- Strategic plans and theories of change
- Organisational assessments
- Growth and transformation planning
Service 03
Fundraising & Resource Mobilisation
Fundraising strategy, grant applications, donor engagement and corporate partnerships.
- Fundraising strategy
- Case for support
- Grant applications
Service 05
Nonprofit Operations & Performance Improvement
Workflow design, standard operating procedures and performance systems for day-to-day delivery.
- Process mapping and workflow redesign
- Standard operating procedures
- Performance management frameworks
Service 10
Human Resources & Volunteer Systems
HR policies, staff structures and volunteer programmes that recruit, retain and protect people.
- HR policies and staff handbooks
- Volunteer recruitment, onboarding and retention
- Safeguarding policies
Service 13
Training, Coaching & Capacity Building
Workshops, coaching and learning programmes that leave teams able to do the work themselves.
- Leadership and management training
- Board training
- One-to-one executive coaching
Service 08
Communications, Branding & Public Positioning
Positioning, storytelling and communications that build credibility with funders, partners and the public.
- Positioning and messaging
- Impact storytelling and reporting
- Media and stakeholder engagement
FlagshipOur deepest practice, built on a decade of running hunger relief in Nigeria
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Pillar Two · Flagship
Food Banking & Hunger Relief Systems Advisory
Advisory and implementation support for organisations that move food to people who need it: food banks, humanitarian agencies, school feeding programmes, agricultural initiatives and the companies and funders behind them.
- Food bank registration and set-up
- Hunger relief system development
- Warehouse design and optimisation
- Community feeding systems
- School feeding advisory
- Food rescue systems and humanitarian logistics
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Pillar Three
Governance, Strategy & Sustainable Impact
Governance, finance and compliance, measurement, legal and CSR: the structures that keep an organisation accountable and fundable.
Service 04
Governance, Board & Leadership Advisory
Board development, governance frameworks, executive advisory and leadership coaching.
- Governance assessments
- Board development
- Governing documents and policies
Service 07
Finance, Risk & Compliance Advisory
Financial controls, budgeting, risk registers and regulatory compliance for mission-driven organisations.
- Financial policies and internal controls
- Audit readiness
- Risk registers and risk management frameworks
Service 06
Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning
Impact measurement systems, reporting frameworks and evaluations that funders and boards can trust.
- Results frameworks and indicators
- Programme evaluations
- Donor reporting frameworks
Service 12
Legal & Regulatory Advisory
Registration, governing documents and regulatory compliance for nonprofits operating in Nigeria.
- Registration and incorporation guidance
- Constitutions and governing documents
- Regulatory compliance reviews
Service 11
Corporate Social Responsibility & Shared Value
CSR strategy, partner selection and programme design that deliver results for communities and companies.
- CSR strategy and policy
- Partner due diligence and selection
- Employee volunteering programmes
Service 09
Technology & Digital Transformation
CRM, volunteer management and data systems chosen and set up for how nonprofits actually work.
- CRM and donor management
- Volunteer management platforms
- Data and dashboards
Client Engagement Process
Four steps, from diagnosis to durable systems
Step 1
Discovery & Assessment
We map what exists: structures, capacity, constraints and the gap between intent and delivery.
Step 2
Strategy & Systems Design
We design the systems, governance and operating model the mission requires.
Step 3
Implementation Support
We stay through the build. Advice without execution is a report nobody reads.
Step 4
Monitoring, Optimisation & Growth
We measure, refine and hand over systems your team can run without us.
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