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Roots & Shoots: staying true, surviving & growing in difficult times Martin Edwards CEO, Julia’s House. Healthcare Charity of the Year (UK) Frequent respite for seriously ill children Excellence in People Development winner, South West Chambers of Commerce Awards
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Roots & Shoots: staying true, surviving & growing in difficult timesMartin EdwardsCEO, Julia’s House
Healthcare Charity of the Year (UK) • Frequent respite for seriously ill children • Excellence in People Development winner, South West Chambers of Commerce Awards • Communications advisor to Love146 (anti child trafficking charity) • Volunteer fundraiser for community youth project
Public sector partners: Engagement, confrontation or independence?
Stay on side in the new reality • But develop your independence - Risk: doing some things differently - Trusts
£102k for local youth project ‘It’s OK for you, you’re a hospice’ ‘I don’t have time’ ‘That was ‘coz it’s a church project’
Freeing up time / Focus energy Sappers Biggest timewaster…
The biggest timewaster in any organization is: Choosing the wrong things to do … and then doing them really well! (‘Will it make the boat go faster?’)
Sappers ‘Beware the energy-sappers. Each team has them. Even one in a team will sap you and you will fail. Get rid of them.’ Sir Clive Woodward
‘When I work with the biggest talents, I tell them that hard work is a talent too. And if they can no longer bring the discipline that we ask for here at United, they are out… And if anyone steps out of my control, that’s them dead.’ Sir Alex Ferguson
Punching above your weight in lobbying Use local MPs (stepping-stones) Put it on a plate for them Ask for something specific
Punching above your weight in media Choose & keep hitting your top 5 local media 1-page press releases: • Your latest news • Comment on relevant topical issues Gift in Kind: local agency?
‘People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.’ - Patricia Summitt
People are motivated by two things a sense of Progress a sense of Belonging (a values fit)