Success stories

What actually changed.

Each of these projects started with a group that needed to make progress together. What follows is the brief, the design and the outcome.

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Independent grantmaker

Three sprints. £3.75m distributed.

A grantmaking process redesigned with the people who had to use it, while live funding rounds continued to move through it.

  • Facilitation sprint
  • Grantmaking
  • Process redesign
  • Cross-functional working
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Bridge 47

A roadmap co-created by 200+ stakeholders.

A two-day event in Helsinki that united over 200 stakeholders to draft a policy roadmap towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Europe.

  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Facilitation
  • Training
  • Multi-day process
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Anne Matthews Trust

A visual theory of change that held their values.

A workshop with an anti-racist organisation in Wales, developing a theory of change and a route to financial sustainability that aligned with their ethos.

  • Equity and inclusion
  • Theory of change
  • Away day
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Restless Development

A global virtual consultation, seven big ideas.

Across four connected online workshops, 251 young people in 34 countries contributed to seven practical ideas for climate action.

  • Engagement
  • Young people
  • Global virtual consultation
  • 24-hour process
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City, University of London

A team reset after a period of change.

A two-day retreat with a third follow-up day, supporting a university team through departmental change and the impact of the pandemic.

  • Multi-day
  • Team building
  • Retreat
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Migrateful

Strategy shaped by staff, trustees and chefs.

A three-day strategy retreat in Kent that set an 18–24 month direction and strengthened relationships between staff and trustees.

  • Small charity
  • Strategy
  • Away day
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