by John Harris | Dec 20, 2025 | news
What great timing for the Bradford African Community to hear this news from Reaching Communities. As consultants on the Lloyds Bank Foundation register, we have been working with them on stages 1 and 2 since May this year and it has been a delight to collaborate with Asumani (CEO). This grant over 3 years will enable them to continue their work – and to develop it.The charity supports people from number of refugee camps across East Africa including the Congo Kinshasa, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Zambia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and Somalia and enables them to ‘become productive members of society’ as Usmani put it. This includes ESOL classes and job readiness programmes and helps people into volunteering roles so that they can gain much needed experience. The charity states that “Through our integration in the British main Communities, we experienced various challenges such as: Language barriers, Isolation, Difficulties to navigating new system, Emotional health difficulties and Limited income.”
by John Harris | Dec 17, 2025 | news
We are very pleased to be working with the Wharfedale Men’s Shed. Men’s Sheds are places bringing men together in mutually supportive and constructive ways. As well as breaking down isolation and loneliness, making new friends and learning or teaching practical skills, the Shed is contributing to the local community. Thet carry our projects with local wildlife groups, schools and businesses – creating bird boxes, benches and items made to order. Their quest right now is to generate the funds to instal a building which gives them enough space and access – at the moment they have only one day per week based at the Otley Courthouse. We will be supporting them in this mission.
by John Harris | Oct 9, 2025 | news
Having supported Otley Action for Older People to secure a grant of £52,000 to shape strategy, staffing roles and structures and funding and delivery models for dementia support,we are delighted to have started to explore how Third Sector Consultancy will work with Otley Action over the next two years. This was through a very competitive process so we are proud to have played a key role in winning this opportunity. We will report on different stages of this work over the contract period.
by John Harris | Sep 24, 2025 | news
“Thank you John for all the brilliant support you have given us over the past since last winter. It has been such a pleasure working with you, and I am truly grateful for the time, expertise, and strategic insight you have brought to our fundraising work.Your contribution has made a real difference, not just in terms of the funds raised – which speak for themselves, but also in helping shape our approach and sharpen our case for support. I have learned a great deal from working alongside you, and it has been incredibly helpful having your input during this period.”
by John Harris | Sep 6, 2025 | news
The primary vision for Hammersley Homes in Hampshire is to provide ongoing, lifelong support to people with enduring mental health issues. In recent decades there were psychiatric day centres and supported accommodation in psychiatric hostels. These are long gone leaving many people with only short-term support, vulnerable and becoming hospitalised, homeless, or unfairly imprisoned. Their plans are to maintain and develop the Outreach programme which provides consistent home visits and support – and to run regular group Connections sessions so that people are supported to meet with others and to grow. This year they ran their first focus group in order to develop the involvement of people in the shaping of services. John has been working with them for several months with the latest success being a £15,000 grant from the Garfield Weston Foundation.
