Testimonials
What people are saying about us
Steven has been a fantastic asset to our organisation for over a decade now. His attention to detail is second to none and he has a great ability of communicating with staff at all levels; volunteers, senior management and trustees Northern Pride wouldn’t be the organisation it is today without the dedication, hard work and excellent guidance which Steven has provided.
Steven is a fantastically driven individual. Give him a target - be it to raise
£x from fundraising, set-up an organisation from scratch, or get people on board with an idea - and he will pour all his energy into it until the goal is achieved. With my running club he set up an annual 5k run and grew it year-by-year from 60 runners to over and now over 1,000. He is very single-minded but also approachable, charming and has infectious enthusiasm. In short, he's a pleasure to do business with.
Steven (Ability Consultants) has added true value to our organisation. Within a short space of time he successfully secured both restricted and unrestricted costs which has enabled us to take our first steps in employing three new staff. We have also been able to launch a number of new support services as a result of our new income. The trustees of Northumberland Pride cannot recommend Ability Consultants highly enough and look forward to our future partnership.
I am so pleased to have Ability Consultants assisting our Senior Management Team in bid writing and fundraising. I am very confident of their ability in bid writing given our overall successes. They have added real value and for the first time we have a robust Fundraising & Income Generation Strategy which we are already seeing the rewards from. I look forward to another successful twelve months working with Ability Consultants.
Steven has done an amazing job for The Road to Recovery Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne. He came to help us raise funds and he has succeeded in a way we could not have imagined! We hope to continue our relationship with him and would highly recommend him.
Steven was fabulous to work with. The Road To Recovery Trust contracted Ability consultants for five weeks and we could not be more pleased with Steven's services. He was dedicated, enthusiastic and wanted to learn everything about our charity. This shined through in the funding applications that he submitted on our behalf. Our charity is so thankful that he was recommended to us and would highly recommend him to anyone else.
Steven is an astonishing fundraiser who completely grasps the issues in a charity. He understands the why a charity is important to its staff and clients and converts that into effective applications for money. His ratio of income to costs is in the region of £17:£1 or £12:1. He is the best investment that two charities I know well have made. I would strongly recommend that any charity or CIC that needs fundraising employ Steven to act on their behalf. He is also a really nice man and good fun to work with!
I have had the pleasure of working with Steven for the last 6 months. Steven was brought on board at Emmaus North East as a fundraising specialist to strengthen our approach in this area. Apart from being a really good person to work with, he has been supportive, creative and very successful. My thoughts are echoed by the Board of Trustees and I look forward to working with Steven in the future. Well done Steven and his team at Ability Consultants.
Steven supported us on our fundraising and income generation journey, and created a vital resource and tools for us to implement quickly and easily.
Steven was great to work with- truly interested in our work, keen for us to prosper, and flexible in his approach and timing with us (particularly with our limited resources and capacity). He went above and beyond to support us.
He comes highly recommended by us at the Migrants' Rights Network for others who are embarking on their fundraising and income generation strategy and implementation.
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