All Sorted! Consulting helps the Business Community Partnership
The Business Community Partnership needed help getting organised. In the space of a few months, the organisation developed a new membership structure, database and website, and took on a new administrator. Staff found keeping on top of the new systems increasingly complicated and chaotic. Susanne Barthelmes, a professional organiser from All Sorted! Consulting offered to help out.
"I wanted to support the local community as this is a part of my business philosophy. Working with BCP seemed like a really good way of having an impact on an organisation that will pass on the benefits to the wider community. I also find the experience personally very rewarding and I would certainly recommend volunteering to others."
Susanne Barthelmes, All Sorted! Consulting
"Susanne has been an amazing resource and her style of questioning was just what I needed to make a process far more effective. It was a pleasure to work with Susanne and I would recommend her services to anyone who feels that they can't see the wood for the trees!"
Charlie Allsebrook, Project Manager, Business Community Partnership
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