Stronger Charities,
Stronger Communities
Increasing and showcasing your positive impact
Charities are facing higher demand for community services, as well as greater expectations from both funders and service users to show positive impact.
However, finding the skill sets required to develop, launch and deliver complicated programmes, campaigns and projects can be challenging.
Getting your support to the people in need is paramount.
We are a lived experience-led collective, and we work through co-production and peer leadership, alongside the people and communities your charity is there for. Whether you are building something new, strengthening what you have, or showing a funder the difference you make, we journey alongside with you, not to you.
“The relationship built with the peer researchers, and supporting us to strengthen our ability to work with peer researchers. As an organisation we have been upskilled, which is so invaluable. ”
Whether you require help with:
modifying or renewing your existing offerings;
creating new programmes to support more or new service users;
connecting your charity with the people in your community that are harder to reach;
accessing new funding;
charity evaluation (programme evaluation);
helping you shape your strategy and make the case to funders,
Enabling you to achieve your mission is at the very heart of what we do.
We often describe our approach as designed informality. It means we create spaces that feel warm, open and easy to take part in, while still being intentional about what the work needs to achieve. That balance helps people speak honestly, build trust and turn good conversations into practical next steps.
If your charity operates in any of the following sectors, we can directly support with co-creation, co-leadership, evaluation and/or project management to get the results you want.
Peer support and leadership
Community engagement and co-development
Addictions / substance use / harm reduction
Adult and intersectional community health
Young people’s mental health
Housing and homelessness
Research, insights, and evaluation
Immigrants and refugees
Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging
No matter what stage of a project life cycle your organisation is in, we can provide you with customised support to meet your needs. As a grounded and collaborative collective, we find answers, build tools, and make sense of how your work fits into the wider system.
Strategic
Planning
Convert ideas into actions, grow projects into sustainable programmes, develop partnerships with other organisations.
Habitus can help you with strategic planning sessions, from long-term organisational business planning, to strategic programme planning, to developing a strategic fund development plan.
Programme Design and Innovation
Use the latest research knowledge and best practices, obtain lasting long-term results, and achieve more of your mission.
With partners across the world, we know the programmes that are run well. We can work with you to bring them to your organisation and get results for you too.
Workshops and Training
Improve connections with the community you serve, increase service user engagement, and recruit and retain the best peer support workers.
Whether it is developing new workshops or tailoring existing training programmes, we shape them around your specific needs and the outcomes you are working towards.
Evaluation and Research
Increase effectiveness, evidence which programmes work best, and showcase the great work your organisation is doing.
Measuring the right things gives you the building blocks to strategise, evolve, and grow your programmes and initiatives.
“Their grant applications were of very high quality, built on a thorough understanding of our business and culture. We would not have achieved what we have without their involvement.”