Cranfield Trust

WE are delighted to say our first FREE webinars of the new year are available to BOOK NOW 🤩 Check out what we have coming up and secure your place today 👉 https://ow.ly/6ArY50UQawB

🌟In Chinese culture, snakes are valued for their intuition, elegance and strategic thinking - traits associated with adaptability and patience - qualities needed to overcome challenges 🐍🍀 💖 We're committed to making a difference by continuing to provide charities with the support they need to complement their own expertise to overcome the many and varied challenges they face💪 #LunarNewYear

Celebrating our 35th anniversary in 2023-24, the Trust has provided more support than ever before 😲 Our management consultancy offers charities free, tailored support to address critical organisational development and challenges 💪 Cranfield Trust On Call supports charity leaders with critical and challenging issues that do not require a full consultancy project 📞 We started 126 new mentoring assignments with Chief Executives, emerging leaders and Board Chairs who benefitted from one to one guidance and learning from volunteer mentors in the year. Many charity leaders tell us that mentoring has been transformative for them 💗 We held 12 Peer to Peer exchanges with 65 participants - 100% would recommend to others 🤩 In total, we had 3,895 registrations for the 19 live webinars we held in the year 💻 It was quite a year 🙌 Our panel event last week, in the presence of our Patron, HRH, The Princess Royal, left us feeling invigorated and inspired and we are more committed than ever to being here for charities in the future, to work with them and provide the skills and support they need to complement their own expertise🫶 Read more about our impact, and how our support could complement your charity's skills to develop 👉 https://ow.ly/p7Gz50UK6QM #FeelGoodFriday

Journey to Excellence© (J2E) is our unique, tailor-made assessment framework designed to evaluate the progress of the charities we support ☺️ In the 2023-24 year, we completed 153 J2Es 😁 The framework measures progress in four essential management areas: ✅ leadership and strategic direction ✅ financial management and sustainability ✅ people management and performance ✅ impact and helps to identify strengths and areas for development 💪 Overall, our clients improved their performance by an average of 17% as a result of the support they received through our consultancy services (up from 15% last year) 🚀 We also introduced our recognition badge for those charities that have completed their J2E© consultancy project 🎖️ Read our Journey to Excellence case study about our project with charity Building Circles and discover if your charity could benefit from its own Journey 🛣️ https://ow.ly/yEWs50UK6Hh

We provide our range of pro bono services to welfare charities and other non-profit organisations across the sector 💗 We started 527 new consultancy and mentoring assignments in the year 2023-24 🤩 The sectors we worked with the most are: ⭐️ Economic, Social and Community Development ⭐️ Refugees and Migrants ⭐️Rape, Sexual and Domestic Abuse ⭐️ Learning Disability ⭐️ Mental Health and Crisis Intervention ⭐️ Physical Disability ⭐️ Housing and Homelessness ⭐️ Older People Community organisations deliver a range of essential services to some of the most vulnerable people in our local communities. We know they are working under considerable pressure, facing increasing demand as the cost of living crisis intensifies, and fundraising becomes ever more challenging. We will continue to work to provide them with the support they need to complement their own expertise 🤝 Find out more about the charities we supported in 2023-24, and if we could support your charity too 👉 https://ow.ly/Q0Sg50UK6CB

2023-24 was a record-breaking year for the Trust, with delivery of services far exceeding expected activity levels 🚀 Our charity clients are all based in the UK - 5 % of them deliver their services internationally in one or more countries 🇬🇧 During the year, we started: ➡️ 401 consultancy projects ➡️ 126 mentoring assignments In total, we had 919 active consultancy projects and mentoring assignments during the year 😲 If you are a social welfare charity in the UK and could use our support, get in touch 👉 https://ow.ly/gOPP50UK6zr

We're not feeling #BlueMonday here 🙌 Instead, we are celebrating our impact during the last financial year 🤩 We worked with hundreds of charities and not-for-profit organisations on business plans, with our mentors, through our peer support groups and by engaging through our FREE webinars 💪 In challenging times, frontline welfare charities have needed support, and our volunteers and team have responded to their needs 🦸🏻♀️ We are here for essential, frontline charities – and have been for 35 years - thanks to the support of funders, donors and volunteers who all give to us so generously🫶 We are committed to being here for more charities in the future; to work with them and provide the skills and support they need to complement their own expertise 😃 You can read all about our impact in 2023-24 in our report 👉https://ow.ly/Nhtn50UGJHo

It's good to know our #Volunteers love their work with us as much as we love having them 🤩 #FeelGoodFriday

On 14 January, we were privileged to be guests of Cranfield Trust at their 35th anniversary event and honoured to be introduced to their patron, HRH The Princess Royal.   We were one of 10 small charities selected to attend the event to showcase our work and to acknowledge achieving Cranfield Trust's Journey to Excellence Recognition Badge, awarded for our progress in turning round a struggling charity, establishing a clear and sound business plan, and helping more beneficiaries.   Small charities are the backbone of our society, delivering trusted and essential services relied upon by millions of people every day of the year. Yet now, more than ever, with mounting pressure and demands, their services and survival are under threat.   Sean Robinson, Rehabit CEO, said: “It’s brutal out there at moment, with many grant organisations closing down and even more charities seeking funds from a diminishing pot. Working with Cranfield Trust helped us to plan more clearly and make the best out of the resources we have – and make more confident decisions.”   Dave Smith, chair of trustees, said: “It was very rewarding to be acknowledged for the work we do helping vulnerable people struggling with drugs and alcohol. We will do our best to remain resilient and are committed to making sure Rehabit can continue to help people for many years to come.”   For more information on Rehabit, please see: www.rehabit.uk

This evening has left us feeling inspired and invigorated 🤩 It was wonderful to be in the room with our patron, HRH, The Princess Royal, and many incredible charities and organisations, and hear from our expert panel members on such important topics 👏 We have asked all our guests to share their thoughts and feedback on the discussions, which will help further inform our post-event report with key discussion points and recommended actions to support the sector 💪 Our thanks to everyone who attended and took part tonight and special thanks to The Mercers' Company for generously hosting the event for us ☺️