Social Value
mentoring
Meaningful work to make a difference
Back in 2008 I saw a gap in services for coaching to bridge the divide between therapy, counselling and wellbeing. Illuminate Charity CIO was created by myself and Sam Greenley, we and a dynamic team of coaches and trainers have supported thousands of people to move forward, regain their confidence, resilience and work life balance.
We expanded our network and redesigned our offering to help and support the Cambridgeshire business community. Trading this way diversified our income and helped us to meet the demand on our services.
After fifteen years we decided to close the charity, it had fulfilled its mission, the landscape we started in has changed considerably and importantly the leadership team wanted to change direction. I wanted the freedom to take the very best from Illuminate and share it with individuals and organisations.
You can download our Lessons from 15 Years of Working with people and Businesses Supporting Positive Mental Health report here.
Mentoring and Coaching
Running a non-profit isn't easy but you believe in the mission and making a difference - ❤️
You've got the basics but you know it's not enough. You're working too hard (volunteering hours to get the work done), juggling, reactive decision making when you should be delegating more but to who and how.
You need to manage better and grow the team, it's time to go from operational to more strategic whilst working less hours - but how?
I get it, I know what it's like and the good news is ...
I mentor managers and leaders who are ready to get out of the reactive and tiring day to day to develop their leadership and management skills to reduce the worry and anxiety around running a non-profit wether it be a charity, CIO, CiC, social enterprise or a company limited by guarantee. I offer one-on-one bespoke support to work through your leadership, people management, and strategic challenges.
You're not alone, let's talk and see if we are a good match and if I can really help. There is huge potential to maximise the positive impact of the work you do and we can enhance and strengthen your services, to increase impact and make the difference.
Just three sessions and even in that short time Maria was so helpful. I got clear on my focus and goals on social media. I have the start of a communications plan and know what needs to happen next for my business. I'm so much clearer on where I need to focus my efforts and save time. Thank you Maria!
Schia Mitchell Sinclair, Medical Herbalist and Craniosacral Therapist
Maria helped us design and implement our Practitioners Network, we have found her very supportive and professional. She has improved our team work and helped me to manage better getting the best out of extra responsibilities and now a much valued network. I cannot stress enough how supportive she has been not only supplying training but with our one to one meetings, it's been an excellent experience and I highly recommend it to managers struggling everywhere.
S.L Cambridge
Emma Joy-Staines Director & Co Founder Steel Bones
Just wanted to say a HUGE THANK YOU to Maria the session was absolutely superb and I very much look forward to referring people to you for coaching. The workshop had a really fab energy to it, which was fully accepting and non-judgemental.