CEO Bandwidth - find your Chief Extra Officer
What is it?
CEO Bandwidth is for small charity CEOs with stubbornly large to-do lists.
We have a team of senior people with vast experience of small charities to whom you can confidently delegate ceo-level tasks.
These include: complex procurement, policy reviews, research, board papers, risk reviews or whatever else is snarling up your in-tray.
Get started
Contact our Blumers via their profiles below to arrange a chat. You can book a handful of hours to do a specific short task, agree a number of days each month - or a bit of both.
If you have any questions then please email contact@blume.life or book a short call with Alexander
James has over 22 years experience in fundraising, strategic and operational management and leadership roles for environmental, educational and community causes. He is proud to have helped to build successful charities and social enterprises, large and small, that deliver real impact. Skilled in research, planning and writing bids, reports, presentations and marketing materials. he can help you shape your strategy, develop a plan and find and engage the funders and partners you need to make it happen. Read more
You can book James for
Fundraising
CEO Support
Operations
Business Professionals
Marketing and Comms
CEO Bandwidth
Calm, empathetic, energetic, and astute, Alex has worked with over 30 grantmakers and charities on Blume and elsewhere to develop winning strategies, facilitate energetic workshops, and develop income generation approaches that help organisations turn the corner financially - or manage crisis. Alex is also a professional researcher and impact evaluator. Working with grantmakers as well as grantees, he brings a wide range of insights from across the sector, combining these with empathy passion, and pragmatism. You can find his 'Barely Civil Society' blog about the VCS on Substack. Read more
You can book Alex for
CEO Support
Fundraising
Business Professionals
Marketing and Comms
CEO Bandwidth
Leah has over two decades experience as a senior manager and fundraiser in the voluntary sector, working in and with organisations to help them become more effective through a combination of support services covering governance, strategy, income generation and implementation. Her consulting work specialises in income generation and strategic planning and she has worked with a range of local and national charities and social enterprises providing advice, training and support to develop sustainable models and practices which create resilient organisations. Read more
Nicola has 20+ years experience in leadership, in large and small charities. Nicola has served as a CEO and Director leading service delivery, income generation (including fundraising, commissioning, and social enterprise), and public engagement. She has led multiple change programmes including strategic transformation and restructure, and a closure. Nicola has substantial experience in organisational design, staff development, governance, HR, strategy, finance, and social enterprise, and is a qualified and experienced trainer and facilitator. Read more
Need an objective, compassionate and experienced CEO and trustee to help with your strategic review, a governance quandary, or a crisis? Samantha is the person you are looking for. She has been a CEO and senior leader for over 12 years, mostly in housing and health, and trustee in a range of charities, including chairing a housing provider. She knows what it is like to have too much to do and too little time. If you need a sounding board, another pair of eyes, an extra pair of hands, or an external perspective, just ask; she would be delighted to asisst. Read more
Ed is a professional facilitator that works with people to build deep mutual understanding, and rekindle their energy and drive. He has over 15 years experience in training, facilitating and coaching cultural evolution in the public, social enterprise, coop and private sector organisations helping leaders at all levels operate in a better more connected way to emerging situations and the world around us. Ed is a fully qualified coach, chartered fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and a Barrett Values Centre practitioner. Ed lives on a boat with his rescue dog Eddy. His courage to com Read more
Passionate leader with deep practical and global experience. Dynamic communicator & Motivator. Ethical and analytical problem solver. Change maker. Culture builder. Visionary with a sense of urgency. Advocate. Discerning listener. Coach. Enthusiastic and self motivated. Talented artist. Teacher. A highly motivated and extremely successful leader with an enviable track record of delivering exceptional results, spanning three decades. An ambitious achiever, whose strong leadership has enabled consistent delivery of excellence with dramatic outcomes. Significant experience cross culturally.. Read more
Clare has years of experience shaping and leading change for charities, the private and the public sector. She works alongside you to plan for and implement change.
Clare brings a magic blend of consultancy, coaching, training, faciitiating and mentoring, meaning she will mix and match her experience to meet your needs.
Services:
- Strategic Reviews, Strategy and Business Plans, Governance reviews
- Away day and Workshop Design and Facilitation
- Training and Faciliitation in Change Leadership skills, Team and Organisation Culture Read more
Tim has experience working both as a consultant to charities, but also as a charity CEO himself. His expertise lies in organisational transformation, developing systems and structures to enable strategic goals. His skills and experience are very wide-ranging and he is no stranger to working across multiple areas to get results. His tenure as CEO of Greyhound Rescue Wales saw him grow the charity's income by over 25% and transform it from a volunteer-run, inward-focused animal rescue to a fully-professionalised charity that became the authority on greyhound welfare in Wales. Read more
As a former charity CEO with over 20 years of experience, Leah specialises in supporting charity leaders like you. Her expertise includes neurodiversity, team dynamics and culture and leadership support. She can help with strategy development and review, research, facilitation, training, team building, event planning and more. Read more
Nick has served as chief executive of London Youth and The National Childbirth Trust, as UK Director at Save the Children and as chair of The Parent Infant Foundation. He has also served on the boards of many charitable and public institutions (from grassroots organisations run on a shoe strong to multi-million investment funds) and been a policy adviser with HM Treasury, Clarence House and Number 10. Read more