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Project information

Coaching to Sustainability

Bringing together the passion and expertise of the voluntary sector with the best business thinking to create more effective, more sustainable organizations.

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Charity information: Pilotlight

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  • Need

    Need

    Alleviating disadvantage by helping small, ambitious charities and social enterprises help more people, more effectively.

    Solution

    By matching and managing teams of senior business people who donate their time, Pilotlight gives local charities and social enterprises the business planning skills to thrive.

  • Aims

    Aim 1

    Bring together the passion and expertise of the voluntary sector with the best business thinking.


    Activities

    » Match and manage teams of senior business people as they coach charities and social enterprises through the business planning process.

    What success will look like

    Success will be stronger local charities and social enterprises and more committed, more philanthropic volunteers.

  • Impact

    Impact

    Charities and social enterprises who work with Pilotlight will improve their business skills, experience income growth and increase their service users. Pilotlighters, the business people who coach, develop skills that benefit their professional life and donate more money to charities.

    Success is demonstrated through Pilotlight's rigorous evaluation process.

    Risk

    There is a risk that not enough charities and social enterprises commit to the coaching process or enough senior business people to serve as coaches. Pilotlight manages these risks by maintaining close links with both the voluntary and business sectors through an active recruitment process.

    Reporting

    Donors will receive an annual evaluation report which will report the impact of the Pilotlight process on both the charities and social enterprises and on the business people who volunteer their time as coaches.

  • Budget

    Budget - Project Cost: £1,095,000

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      Amount Heading Description
      £831,000 staff/brokerage costs salaries, employer's National Insurance, travel
      £90,000 premises rent, rates, and insurance
      £119,000 professional fees PR, audit, legal, fundraising, HR, accountancy
      £55,000 admin costs printing, postage, phone, subscriptions, IT, insurance

    Current Funding / Pledges

    Source Amount
    Grants £252,000 Guaranteed
    Member donations £152,122 Conditional
    Corporate services £498,162 Conditional
    Other donations £125,000 Conditional
  • Background

    Location

    Pilotlight supports charities and social enterprises in England (with an emphasis on London and the Southeast), Scotland and Wales.

    Beneficiaries

    Pilotlight brings direct benefit to the charities and social enterprises we support, the business people who volunteer their time as coaches and the charity and social enterprise service users.

  • Why Us?

    Why Us?

    Pilotlight has successfully built capacity in small, local charities and social enterprises since 2003.

    Read more about the Charity running this project.

    People

    Fiona Halton

    Chief Executive

    Gillian Murray

    Deputy Chief Executive responsible for Project Management and Evaluation

    Sue Byrne

    National Membership and Business Development Manager responsible for recruiting and managing business people to serve as coaches

    Crystal Waldman

    Head of Charity Recruitment responsible for recruiting charities to be coached to sustainability