Post on 18-Aug-2015
Curriculum Vitae Graham Gardiner FRSA
Personal Statement I am an experienced leader and social entrepreneur who is considered a crea;ve thinker and innovator: passionate about service design, business modelling and social change. Winning Na;onal Awards and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts, my passion is enabling people and organisa;ons to find solu;ons, and developing services that support vulnerable members of our communi;es in securing more fulfilling lifestyles. Currently working part ;me as Implementa;on Director for OurCamden, an innova;ve membership service in Camden. I am a school governor.
71 Tonbridge Street, Kings Cross, London, NW1H 9DZ è 0203 488 009è 0759 553 5200 è graham@aspiren.org
è Inspiring & Mo;va;ng Leadership è Successful Social Entrepreneur è Powerful Presenta;ons è Innova;ve Service Design & Development
è Sound Budget Se^ng
è Flexible approach to Problem Solving è Posi;ve & Inclusive approach to Change Management
è Sound Business Planning è Award winning People Management
è First-‐class Interpersonal & Communica;on Skills
è Outstanding Training & Group Facilita;on è Excellent ICT skills è Clean and clear websites using Wordpress
Key Skills è Successfully designing & tendering for a new social business for Camden, designed to reduce social isola;on, increase local spend and improve health & wellbeing.
è Establishing a network of social enterprises, chari;es and businesses in No^ngham with over 400 organisa;ons connected. Now establishing this in London (firsahursdaylondon.com)
è Establishing as successful social enterprise that grew to have 10 services, over 50 staff serving over 3500 people a year within 6 years.
è Winning the Na;onal Business Commitment to the Community Award in the Chamber of Commerce Awards
è Being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts in recogni;on of my contribu;on & commitment to social jus;ce
è Being a Finalist in the Na;onal Business Awards in 3 different categories over 2 years, winning the East of England Employer of the Year Award.
è Designing and launching The Local Impact Measurement Tool to help small businesses and organisa;ons measure their impact.
Key Achievements
è Diploma in Religious Studies London Bible College 1982-‐1984 This 2 year course enabled me to be accepted as the minister of a Bap7st Church in No:ngham è O & A Levels Hugh Chris;e Secondary Modern School, Tonbridge, Kent I achieved A-‐C grades in History, Sociology and Government & Poli7cs. I achieved O Level passes in Maths (A), History (B), RE (B), English (C), Geography (C), Sociology (C), Govt & Poli7cs (B), Social Economics (C) è I have also undertaken a significant number of vocaAonal related courses in the last 10 years, many of which are 2-‐4 days, but did not lead to any accreditaAon. These include: Brief Therapy, Service User Involvement, Full Cost Recovery, working with substance users, Mental Health and homelessness (12 day course) , Business Planning, Housing Legisla;on, Understanding TUPE, Asset Based Community Development, Housing Law, Supported Housing Management, Supervision & Appraisal, Welfare Rights, Working with Self Harm, Working with Grief & Loss, Basic NLP
EducaAon & Training Work Experience è Director, Aspiren Ltd June 2009-‐ Current Providing Training, Coaching and Consultancy to people who work with people. Current & Recent ac;vity includes è Implementa;on Director for OurCamden èTrainer for Age UK’s Developing Paid for Services’ network è Coaching NHS Managers è Coaching CEO of local Age UK’s across Englandè Service review and re-‐design for No^nghamshire Hospice è Service design & development work with a NHS advocacy service è Organisa;onal review, service design and business modelling for Self Help No^nghamè Providing training for a range of agencies, including Noas tPCT, Leicestershire & Rutland County PCT and Derby City Council è Co-‐Founding Director, Building Blocks SoluAons Nov 2002-‐June 2009 A social enterprise, working primarily with people experiencing mental health difficul;es. Grew to have 10 services, over 50 staff, over 30 income streams and won na;onal, regional and local awards for our services. I was responsible for è Leadership è Business Planning (including Budgets) è Funding & Tender applica;ons è New Service Development è our Advocacy & Involvement Service è our Childcare services (I was the Responsible Person for OFSTED) è liaising with the Board. è Framework HA, Several Managerial & Frontline Support roles Feb 1995-‐ Nov 2002 Framework HA is a housing charity that offers support & housing to vulnerable adults. I started work as a volunteer pot washer at the Nightshelter (Oct 93-‐ Feb 95) which led to a support worker role at a high needs hostel. In June 96 I was tasked with developing Park House, a new quick access, short stay hostel. This was very successful and won awards for our approach to working with people. I was then asked to replicate this in Worksop, the first ;me our organisa;on offered services in the County. è Jobs prior to Feb 1995 include èAccounts Office Manager and Purchase Ledger Controller for large TransportaAon Company è Sales Ledger Controller è Petrol StaAon Manager è Minister of a BapAst Church è there are no gaps in my employment history.
References can be provided by: è Richard Kent, No^ngham City Council è Jonny Whitehead, Director of Development, Age UK è Nina Dauban, CEO, Noas Community Founda;on
è NoZngham Social Enterprise Hub (now First Tuesday) October 2010-‐ Present Originally funded by No^ngham City Council (now funded by Aspiren) , we provide business support to No^ngham's Social Enterprises ( and businesses that want to make a difference) encouraging start up and growth. I provide face to face business support, networking events and regular workshops. Recent workshops include:
è Business Model Canvas Master class è Using Mailchimp è Using Social Media è Applying for investment è Being Entrepreneurial without losing your soul è Impact Measurement è Business Planning
è Business Coaching 2004-‐Present
In addiAon to the above sessions I have had a number of Coaching Clients I have seen over the last 8 years. These have included a number of entrepreneurs in Start up phase , Statutory Managers wanAng Non line Management supervision and CEO’s seeking external coaching. è Graduate Enterprise School October 2012-‐ March 2013 Funded by JobCentre Plus we developed a face to face business support programme for unemployed graduates who wanted to set up their own business. Out of the 12 aaendees 6 started up their own business and 4 found employment. We devised the course to include Business Modelling, Business Finance, Personal Skills, Marke;ng, Service Design and the Nuts and Bolts of se^ng up your Business. I also provided one to one coaching.
Training and Coaching Experience
è Within Building Blocks SoluAons I was the Director with the responsibility for Staff Development. We “grew” our own managers and senior managers for which programme I led on Leadership and Management training and was the mentor for all new managers Other courses I provided for Building Blocks were: è Working with Grief & Loss è Brief Therapy, è Service User Involvement è Mental Health Awareness è Asset Based Community Development, è Supervision & Appraisal è Working with Self Harm è Basic NLP è Managing Volunteers è Dealing with difficult situa;ons è Professional Boundaries
è In addi;on I have provided courses for Derbyshire Connexions ( Mental Health Awareness, Working with Volunteers) and No/nghamshire County Council Children’s Services (Service User Involvement, Mental Health Awareness and Managing Volunteers)