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"Working with the Pilotlighters has given the Zest team confidence to think more commercially. We’re in a very different place now.”

“I thought we’d just get tools to work through, instead we got a complete audit of how we operate. The process has been bigger than we thought it would be.”

“Working with Pilotlight has made a real difference to the governance of Malvern Special Families. We have been challenged to review the way we were working and now we are thinking more strategically and the board is working together more professionally and effectively."

"This time last year we weren't winning funding bids, and I couldn't work out why. Now I know why. We can go into a meeting and say who we are and where we're going. And now we're winning bids, and being approached to apply for bids. I don’t think in my whole career I’ve had a year like this – it’s been a transformational process for me.”

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In more and more of our work with charities we’re seeing an increased demand for guidance on how to receive support from corporate companies, so we invited the Weston Charity Awards winners to attend a two-part series of workshops focusing on this. I share the top three tips:

A few strides west from our London office I can look up at the City’s glassy towers where, metaphorically at least, the ambitious have made it to t

"Even if it was £80,000 I would still go for my team of Pilotlighters! Pilotlighters provide a superb sounding board and I can’t recommend the scheme too highly. They give you a lot of confidence and help to create a balance between operational demands and the need for strategic development." -Celine Sinclair, CEO, The Yard

“It's been so helpful to think about the whole strategy of the charity, in particular understanding the specific roles of the CEO and Chair."

"I had no idea when starting our journey with Pilotlight the effect it would have on us as an organisation. When I look back now I see how much it really has transformed the way we work."

Founded in 2007 by veteran media editor Bob Clarke, the MAMA Youth Project (MYP) provides production training to young people from under-represented groups and those with limited educational or employment opportunities.

At Pilotlight I’m consistently inspired by the journeys our charity partners and our skilled volunteers (‘Pilotlighters’) go on.