Please get in touch if you are interested in commissioning my consultancy services.
Website Development and Training
I founded Websites Ahoy! in 2011 with the aim of making it easy for small businesses, community groups and creative individuals to publicise themselves on the web, with good-looking and good-value websites. I want to help build local communities and support networks, and support people and groups who are working for a more caring, sustainable and beautiful world by enabling them to communicate their work and message … Go to Websites Ahoy!
- Consultancy and development of website brief
- Website design and development service
- Integration with social media and other communications platforms
- Training and manuals
- Effective Websites Workshop
- Support and maintenance
Customers have included:
- Design and development of website for Oxfam Lawyers Against Poverty, including manual and training
- Design and development of website for Exeter Food Action, including manual
- Effective Websites workshop for RegenSW
- Website manual for Good Governance: a Code for the Voluntary and Community Sector
Research & Reporting
Services:
- Quantitative research – investigation and assembly of data sources; analysis of trends, patterns and relationships; model development
- Qualitative research – analysis of issues and current events
- Business analysis – requirements analysis for services to internal or external customers; organisational analysis
- Reporting – on the above research, covering background, assumptions, methodology, results, and conclusions; organisational reports; articles and other communications
Customers have included:
- See my CV for roles with the Met Office and Cambridge Econometrics
- Consultancy for the Met Office – investigation into the relationship between summer thunderstorms and asthma attacks; and audit of the availability of health data in the US
- Diocese of Exeter – see above
- TEDxExeter – analysis of event feedback
- Mucknell Abbey – website report on the community’s vision for sustainable living and their activities
Energy Consultancy
Services:
- Energy study – scoping the opportunities and making recommendations for energy efficiency and renewables in your building or on your land
- Technology study – a more detailed study of a particular energy efficiency measure or renewable technology
- Information and advice regarding technology costs, payback periods, and funding
- Analysis of energy consumption and generation data
- Feasibility study of a community energy scheme – covering governance, business case, technologies, stakeholders
Customers have included:
- Diocese of Exeter – draft strategy for generating energy and income from Diocese’s estates; energy studies of church buildings; practical seminars on energy efficiency and renewables for groups of churches; training for quinquennial inspectors; databases of grants and suppliers; case studies of environmental good practice
- Exe Hydro with Transition Exeter – the feasibility of setting up a social enterprise to develop a hydro-electricity scheme on the Exe, covering sites, technology, stakeholder engagement, governance, top-level financial model
- Exeter Cathedral, Bristol Cathedral, Wells Cathedral, Mucknell Abbey, and the Community of the Sisters of the Church – advice, consultancy and workshops
Plainchant
Granted, this is somewhat niche! Services and customers have included:
- Exeter Cathedral – plainchant notation, pointing and service book for Common Worship Compline
- Tymawr Convent – digitising hymns and antiphons in plainchant and modern notation
- Mucknell Abbey – pointing of the psalter used in the Daily Office