Consultancy and Fundraising

My consultancy and fundraising services see me enhance organisations and individuals through my vast experience and knowledge of the arts sector. 

I am incredibly passionate about people and culture and developing these within organisations to bring them to the next level. I also want to use my role across the sector to inspire change through key leadership. 

My in-depth understanding of Arts Council England’s investment principles, especially Dynamism, gives me a critical edge when fundraising and in leadership roles as my 80% success record, having raised over £2.2 million with ACE is a testament to.

2023 client testimonial

Dr Claire French, theatre maker and researcher

“Amy is well-conversant with the arts and culture terrain that she speaks from – which pretty much encapsulates most of England northward of London. As a sharp and bold presenter, she skilfully shifts from one topic to another, intuiting the vein of the conversation as she draws from policy-based, business and funding experience. She is a warm and eloquent purveyor of knowledge. In group consultancies, she has a terrific ability to guide all the personal transformations that come from a one-on-one discussion. I simply couldn’t have been more impressed with Amy and the future of the region keyed into her expertise.”

My Skills & Experience

  • A professional and sought after strategic leader in the arts sector - but not your usual ‘consultant’

  • Over 80% success rate with fundraising 

  • Over £2.2 million fundraised for & with clients since May 2020 

  • Board Visioning & Away Day facilitation

  • Recruitment up to CEO level

  • Senior Leadership Team Strategic planning & advisory  

  • Charity governance

  • Experienced in business planning and management, including supporting NPO applications, team training, community engagement strategies and facilitating forward thinking - workshops, 1 to 1 or groups 

  • Critical understanding of the Arts Council’s (England and Wales) investment principles

  • Specialist in organisational development approaches 

  • Experience from multiple parts of the sector, including learning and participation, community engagement and arts in education

  • Previously Senior Producer of 3 outdoor festivals with Arches Worcester Festivals

  • Previously Senior Producer for LYNNEBEC’s newly co-created Athletes Welcome Ceremonies, an outdoor show called ‘A Thousand Welcomes’ for Birmingham 2022

  • Supported 115 Artists supported to develop their practice, create new companies or present new work since 2020  

  • Supported over 20 R&D projects since October 2020 - including the start-up process

  • One of 3 co-founders of Propel Dance, the UK’s first professional wheelchair dance company who are a newly incorporated CIC

  • Track record of project/programme experience and delivery at all scales 

  • Award-winning for “Shaping Young Lives” in 2016 (UKActive Flame Award)

  • An ex-artist and all-round creative problem solver, I fundamentally understand the artistic process, creative people, and their needs

What people say about me

Feedback and Testimonials

“Knowledge, advice, ability to action things.”

"Excellent conversations around complex issues"

“Understanding my needs, connecting with my project/purpose and working around it. Helping me with the decision-making process and supporting the development of the project."

"Empathy and great personal encouragement at times of difficulty and advisory service when needed."

“Knowledge, advice, ability to action things.” "Excellent conversations around complex issues" “Understanding my needs, connecting with my project/purpose and working around it. Helping me with the decision-making process and supporting the development of the project." "Empathy and great personal encouragement at times of difficulty and advisory service when needed."

“Excellent quality of work and understanding of funding requirements and needs, very useful suggestions on content and approach needed. Efficient and effective. Required less conversations and back and forth with me than expected”.

"Super knowledgeable, ambitious, clever. Feel like Amy is like-minded and ultra supportive, she clearly knows what she’s doing inside-out which is paramount when doing an ACE application. I also feel like she’s on ‘my team’ by being personable and encouraging.”

“Excellent quality of work and understanding of funding requirements and needs, very useful suggestions on content and approach needed. Efficient and effective. Required less conversations and back and forth with me than expected”. "Super knowledgeable, ambitious, clever. Feel like Amy is like-minded and ultra supportive, she clearly knows what she’s doing inside-out which is paramount when doing an ACE application. I also feel like she’s on ‘my team’ by being personable and encouraging.”

“If you have an amazing idea, (even if it's not yet fully formulated) Amy is an amazing person to have on board. She's got a huge amount of knowledge and experience, not just in fundraising but also in large scale events, project management and consultation. Amy is a fantastic mentor and friend and will tell you how it is but also encourage you as she wants to pull the best out of you and your project. She is bubbly, she'll crack you up laughing and is most importantly, passionate about her work.”

“Radiates with positive energy, she inspires confidence and shares valuable skills for growth, easy to work with.”

“If you have an amazing idea, (even if it's not yet fully formulated) Amy is an amazing person to have on board. She's got a huge amount of knowledge and experience, not just in fundraising but also in large scale events, project management and consultation. Amy is a fantastic mentor and friend and will tell you how it is but also encourage you as she wants to pull the best out of you and your project. She is bubbly, she'll crack you up laughing and is most importantly, passionate about her work.” “Radiates with positive energy, she inspires confidence and shares valuable skills for growth, easy to work with.”

“Understanding my needs, connecting with my project/purpose and working around it. Helping me with the decision-making process and supporting the development of the project. Also, your empathy and great personal encouragement at times of difficulty and advisory service when needed.”

“Understanding my needs, connecting with my project/purpose and working around it. Helping me with the decision-making process and supporting the development of the project. Also, your empathy and great personal encouragement at times of difficulty and advisory service when needed.”

How it works

  • We’ll have a meeting to discuss your ideas. I’ll work with you to help you define your goals and outline our next steps to bring your vision to life. 

  • As I said, every project is unique so what we do here varies hugely. But with your goals defined and a mutual understanding of my role, we start making steps towards your goals. 

  • All the best things take time to create, and I’m here to work with you for as long as you’d like. Whether it’s one show a couple of months from now, or defining and seeing through your 5 year strategy, I’m on board. During this time we’ll be problem solving, making connections and making it happen. 

  • I think it’s always important to reflect in order to improve, so at the end of each project I like for us to take time to reflect on our process, identify next steps or how to further the project and collaborating on what the next goals look like. 

If you would like to discuss Consultancy and/or Fundraising opportunities, please get in touch or book a call using the calendar below.