Strategic Review - August 2009

The July - Swine Flue saga we were had some success with the diversification activities and this additional funding helped the bottom line of our bank statements. After the confinement of July the additional funding stream took off in August that was marvelous for us. The new demand has created additional areas for further development and following up and thus our organisational task list has increased considerably. After last months experience what can you do but start at the top and work your way down.

As a team we had a lovely strategic away visit to Shropshire in the first week of August and it was a chance to review what we as an organisation entity want to achieve. Danesfort Consulting is our collective management organisation for the team members skills while enabling individuals personal professional development opportunities through access projects which the team are interested in which their normal institutional organisation does not support. The primary focus of the organisation is the provision of support services to students in higher education to enable them to reach their full potential in the university environment.

The additional funding stream is something from a completely different sector and is aimed at developing the collective’s individuals’ creative so that financial benefit can be developed from winding down activities and funding to support future activities.

Action Plan

• To improve the organisational practices
• Streamline administration tasks
• Ensure that regular billing occurs
• Develop the new income streams
• Undertake further research for continuing professional development programs.