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About
Mike, Founder and Executive Director
If you’re thinking about ‘what next’, seeking to grow, understand your challenges and deliver your mission we are keen to help. We provide: insight, challenge, critical assessment and analysis we can help you focus, connect and prepare.
Mike Pattinson
About
Mike, Founder and Executive Director
If you’re thinking about ‘what next’, seeking to grow your impact, understand your challenges and deliver your mission we are keen to help. We provide: insight, challenge, critical assessment and analysis we can help you focus, connect and prepare.
Services
Helping organizations by providing what suits them best
- Consultancy, Support and Strategy
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- With individuals and leadership teams to develop strategy and business plans ensuring you exist to meet the needs of your clients, the aspirations of your teams and the requirements of your funders.
- Impact, Evidence and Needs Assessment
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- Helping you to understand data, performance and the external world. Using insight and intelligence to apply this when designing services, understanding needs and to better serve local communities.
- Organisational & business development
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- Improving business development cycles, tender content and organisational structures to support and sustain growth…
Latest news
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It’s Trustee week – and AI me is still busy
Am still enjoying playing around with AI and creating images of what it thinks I look like. Unmistakably me - but not. Think I preferred the dashing young fella in the last blog
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AI weirdness, drug related deaths, combatting racism and building community cohesion
Had a spring clean of the website - thanks as ever to the wonderful Vicky. Who also encouraged me to add some images to my blogs and further encouraged me to play around with Chat GPT. And this was the result - I asked it to get a suitable image of me developing a strategy,
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In plain site – not even hiding these days
Summer is drawing to a close and what crazy times we seem to be living in. I watched Chris Mason of the BBC interview Ed Davey of the Lib-Dems at their party conference. Mason was clearly affronted that the BBC have been called out for giving Farridge and Reform an almost uncritical platform for much of
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40 years – in the blink of an eye….
It was the summer of 1985 - I'd scraped some underwhelming A level results and managed to blag a place at Brighton Polytechnic. Didn't really have a plan - and spent the first year sleeping on a friends floor in Coldean wondering what on earth I'd let myself in for. Managed to get to
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August storms, strolls and shenanigans
Right - plans to have the July and August off were rudely interrupted by a former colleague asking me to help out with a governance review of a charity they chair. Given that it fell into my work priority of category of 'people I like and projects that are interesting' - I couldn't say no.
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Five Years of Freelancing…..yikes
Blimey - it has now been 5 years since I entered the world of freelancing / consultancy. Not a clue at the time what that meant really but knew it was time for a change. 10 years left to make a difference and whilst still enjoying my time at CGL - i needed something knew.
Dr. Debbie Chase, Director of Public Health, Southampton
"We would like to thank Mike Pattinson Associates (MPA) for the recent work they have undertaken for Southampton City Council. They were initially contracted to deliver an Adult Drug and Alcohol Needs Assessment but, as a result of their robust work on that project, we subsequently contracted them to deliver a Children’s and Young Peoples Drug and Needs Assessment and a Domestic Abuse Needs Assessment and Service Review. Their open, inquisitive approach, supported by their extensive knowledge of the drug and alcohol, health and social care sectors, was appreciated by all stakeholders and their findings gratefully received."
Bec Davison, Chair of Survivors Network
"Mike’s expertise and understanding of the unique context made the audit process efficient, respectful and highly valuable. His recommendations were clear, focused and pointed to the most effective use of resources. Mike's understanding of charitable governance enabled the board to understand where to prioritise their discussions and decision making."
Anne Fox, Clinks CEO
“Mike and Kevin were brilliant. They worked with us to understand what we needed and brought so much skill and knowledge as well as flexibility and humour. The knowledge they hold of the sector enabled us to get so much more nuance and depth on our understanding than from consultants who were from other sectors. They built trust with our team and our stakeholders. What they gave us as an end result was not just a way to understand where we are now but how to get where we want to go.”
Michaela Richards, Head of Community Safety ESCC
"Unlike many other consultants, Mike brings palpable experience in, and content knowledge of the criminal justice and substance misuse arena which has been invaluable when we’re under pressure to deliver a considered product in a tight time-frame. What I’ve most valued though are his clear passion for social justice, his sometimes brutal honesty and his willingness to expose the areas in which our systems are failing those who need them most.”
Rachel Halford, CEO
“I enjoyed working with Mike. It was really helpful in breaking down the huge task that the Trust faces at this pivotal time. The work we did has provided me with a clear structure to move forward which with so many options. It was also reassuring that he, with all his experience, understood and appreciated the never ending reviews that we are faced with as an organisation that has grown rapidly.”
Karen Biggs, CEO
“Mike did a sector wide piece of work commissioned by Phoenix. He is a delight to work with. Completely professional focused and committed to meeting our ambitious timescales. He listened, gave clear feedback and challenge in a wholly appropriate way and dealt with a complex project with skill and intelligence. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him for any business critical piece of work.”
Belinda Phipps, WithYou CEO
“Thanks for everything. You made a difference - a big difference across lots of parts of the organisation - your no nonsense feedback - your mentoring and your expert input all helped. I appreciate what you did - thank you. You are in large part responsible for kickstarting our growth!”
Alan Knobel, Public Health Principal
“Mike and Kevin were very knowledgeable in the field, but also very affable when faced with the task of dealing with so many stakeholders. The report was delivered on time and provided a detailed summary of the current and future landscape, making useful recommendations for the future.”
Peter Atherton, CEO
“Mike was great to work with. He was generous with his knowledge and gave excellent advice and opinions throughout his time with us. We were able to apply that learning immediately with significant benefit to our business. We are really happy with Mikes contribution and the final strategy document now forms a fundamental part of our future plans. We will definitely be using Mike again in the future and happily encourage others to do the same.”
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