Power Up - Strenghtening London's disability sector

s ’ n o d n o L g n i n e h t g n Stre r o t c e s y disabilit

A bit about us:

A bit about our customers: • 200 London disability sector organisations • Over 80 Deaf and disabled peoples organisations • 280,000 Deaf and disabled Londoners across all 33 boroughs

Bit about our sector: •

Is isolated and marginalised

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Needs business skills & knowledge

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Needs organisational and HR skills

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Needs tailored fundraising training and support to secure sustainable funding

A Perfect storm - Our sector is struggling with raising demand from Deaf and disabled people at the same time as resources shrink

Aims of Power Up: • • • • •

Build business and organisational skills and knowledge Build reach, profile and influence Build funding expertise Build partnerships and peer support Build sector specific resources

Key areas of support: • • • • • • • • • • •

demonstrating the added-value of user led organisations fundraising training & advice surgeries meet the funder events leadership & management training social media & website training CEO network DDPO Legal network Pan-London accessible transport forum Strategic events Policy information E-resources

In year 1: • • • •

194 organisations accessed our e-information resources, 84 organisations attended our training and events Delivered 30 training sessions on fundraising, effective management, social media Delivered 23 networking meetings, forums and strategic events

Impact……

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For 93%, the project had made a positive difference.

For 78 %, the e-information resources had helped their organisation keep up to date with disability related news & policy affecting their organisation.

• 96% of participants satisfied, including 62% ‘very satisfied’ with service / support they received.

Feedback….added-value work “I believe the support to help evidence the addedvalue of DDPOs helped us get funding” Lyla Adwan-Kamara, Manager, Merton CIL

Feedback….training “Training courses have been very relevant and of excellent quality.

Learning has been immediately applicable and has helped us increase our focus and effectiveness” Isabelle Clement, Director, Wheels for Wellbeing

“Our Social Media following has massively increased as a result of the training” Taricica Brownlie, Fundraising Officer, Carers Lewisham

Feedback….training “Leadership training was really good & improved my skills”.

Des Blake, ActivePlus Newham

Feedback….networks “ The CEO network is really helpful, in terms of providing a platform for sharing of ideas and experience that just wouldn't happen otherwise.”

Mike Smith, CEO, REAL

Feedback….networks “I am better informed, connected up to other DDPOs and have rising confidence in subject areas.

I have been very impressed with the seminars I have attended as well as the network meetings” Kamran Mallick, CEO, Action on Disability

“The pan London mobility forum has been very valuable. Having TfL/LU involved with speakers was good. TfA is instrumental ..They provide tools and expertise, but also motivation, which is very important”.

Jeffrey Harvey, Brent Transport Group

A case study….Merton Centre for Independent Living • • • •

A new DDPO set up in 2012 with one member of staff (CEO) CEO has accessed training on fundraising and social media Regularly attends CEO network Accessed added-value training & toolkit

18 months on…

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Income double 4 paid staff 20 volunteers Established profile and relationships in borough

Impact of the project in words of Lyla Adwan-Kamara: Manager, Merton Centre for Independent Living

“Added-value training & toolkit has made such a big impact on our fundraising and helped build our reputation .. We now monetise as many of our outcomes as possible and this has without doubt helped us secure funding. We would not have been capturing this info and demonstrating our impact without this training and toolkit . Its now a key part of what we do�

Impact of the project “Support, advice and networking opportunities have been really crucial: sharing experiences and learning/ making links with other CEO’s , getting bespoke free training & support that addresses our needs as been so important”

“Emotionally not sure I could have kept going as CEO without the support from PU”

Example of workshops: Harnessing the Power of the Media (Watch the video at the bottom of this web page.)

Feedback, a few months on…

“After the workshop, Ruils has issued a press release that was published as a half page article in the local press. Following some comments by a local councillor we also had a letter published which refuted the claim he made.”

Richard Kember, Chair, Ruils

Feedback, a few months on…

“After the video workshop, we are now in the process of planning and pre-production of our short video to get our organisation's message out to a wider audience! We at Active Plus would like to take this opportunity to thank Power Up for its wonderful informative training.”

Des Blake, Chair, Active Plus

Feedback, a few months on…

“The “Building your Brand” workshop was extremely useful. I added the speakers to my Twitter feed and I’m in regular contact with Charlene White (ITV journalist).

I regularly update our website with new articles which are mirrored on our Twitter and Facebook accounts.

This week I’ve posted a fairly complex article on vehicle licensing which deals with the complex legal area of what constitutes hire and reward.

In all, I found the workshop to be extremely useful and I’ve already booked to attend the seminars in August.

Martyn Bellamy, Business Development Manager, EAST Community Transport

Year 2 … summer programme July 21 – Bid Writing Skills Surgery August 19 – CEO Network August 21 – Building your Brand: Get the most from Twitter and online tools September 16 – Effective Management Training: ‘Managing performance, disability & impairment within the DDPO workplace’ (Part 1) September 23 – Effective Management Training: ‘Managing performance, disability & impairment within the DDPO workplace’ (Part 2) September 23 - DDPO Legal Network September 24 - Policy & Campaigns Forum End of September - Pan London Mobility Forum