Would you like to work extremely hard for the benefit of others and in return receive little pay or recognition?

If you’ve raised your hand congratulations, you’re a great person and probably already work at a Voluntary Organisation. However we’re sure that you like many small to medium sized Voluntary Organisations across the UK, could do with another pair of hands to help lighten the load. You’re not alone, most of the organisations we talk to are starved of capable volunteers and staff able to undertake tasks ranging from sitting on  a management committee to helping out with admin and events.

This will all make sense later...

A good friend of the company just visited our office, bringing with her a ten year old invoice her friend had recently rediscovered. It amounted to £10,000 for a number of consultancy services including writing a business plan. The consultant had charged a small Voluntary Organisation with only one full time staff member an obscene £2,500 for the business plan section alone.

This royally pissed us off. The consultant had charged £320 per day for 8 days. What annoyed us even more is that the document was overly lengthy and written entirely in consultancy speak. As a result the organisation was unable to understand it or act upon it. So It lay on a desk for 10 years, never to be touched again. A very expensive paperweight.