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Somanah Achadoo

Associate Consultant

Somanah has been working in the charity/NGO and education and training sector for over 25 years.

Somanah is qualified in teaching and training as well as coaching and mentoring. His background is in service operations, innovation and design with specialism in finance and fundraising, monitoring and evaluation and organisational development.

Somanah has been supporting organisations in organisational reviews and developing their strategies to become sustainable. He has also supported their staff members through facilitation and training followed with coaching and mentoring sessions to drive positive change.

Somanah has delivered projects nationally and internationally. He has been a trustee of various organisations and is a chartered manager and fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.

Areas of expertise

Teaching and training on leadership and management subjects:

  • coaching and mentoring including peer mentoring
  • developing and demonstrating value added and impact
  • developing fundraising and income generation strategy
  • developing volunteer programme strategy
  • equity, diversity and inclusion strategy
  • finance
  • monitoring and evaluation
  • organisational and financial reviews including financial planning
  • partnership and consortia development
  • quality assurance (QTM)
  • strategic and business planning
  • transformative leadership.

Somanah's clients have included

  • Hackney CVS: designed and delivered various training sessions; bid writing and financial planning, developing fundraising strategy, budgeting for projects, project management, good governance, monitoring and evaluation: demonstrating outcomes and impact.
  • North London Waste Authority: designed and delivered project finance and fundraising training to voluntary and community groups/organisations.
  • International League of Dermatological Societies: developed and implemented the organisation’s fundraising and revenue development strategy, investment policy and strategy, EDI policy strategy, patient engagement strategy, volunteer programme strategy.
  • MS Society: developed and implemented the organisation’s information and support strategy, designed and implemented new grant programmes.
  • Healthwatch Harrow: developed and implemented the organisation strategic plan, business and community engagement plan.

Get in touch

If you're interested in working with Somanah or finding out more about our consultancy services, please complete the contact form below.

Contact form

Thank you for considering us for your consultancy needs. By using our paid consultancy service, you'll provide valuable income to support our charitable work. You'll also help us learn with our members, shape our free practical support and guidance and help identify priorities for our influencing work.

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