28th Oct 2014
Talking to field-based staff of NGOs leaves me dizzy with the number and variety of activities that they are expected to do in their daily work. The sheer volume of targets and deadlines is a huge source of stress and
27th Oct 2014
I came back recently from a week of training in Niger for Concern. It was my first time there, and two images stick in my mind: a stunning sunset over the huge glittering expanse of the Niger river, and the
20th Oct 2014
Framework supported the development of Barefoot Guide 4 on ‘The Real Work of Social Change’ with both a contribution their fundraising page and Orla facilitating one of the online workshops pro bono. Now they are starting work on a new
9th Oct 2014
We’ve just come back from our autumn retreat and we’re full of energy and good ideas. We all facilitate team events in the course of our work, so it is salutary to do it ‘to’ ourselves – a great reminder
9th Aug 2014
How to maximise the benefits of working together, and minimise the chance of misunderstandings and conflict? That was an early question when Orla and I started working together on an evaluation for Fight For Peace International. We decided it would
9th Jul 2014
Over the last few years, I’ve noticed some changes in the pattern of my own work, but I hadn’t realised it was part of a bigger picture for consultants in the UK voluntary sector. As part of a process of
24th Apr 2014
Órla and Catherine have been commissioned to deliver a Comic Relief funded evaluation of the Fight for Peace International Gap Alumni Programme (GAP) over the next 18 months. Fight for Peace was founded in Brazil in 2000, using boxing, martial arts and
27th Mar 2014
We’re really pleased to welcome Orla Cronin as a new member of the Framework collective. Orla’s main work is around developing and implementing effective M&E systems for learning. She brings three completely new areas of expertise to Framework: facilitation of
21st Mar 2014
I recently had an ‘in at the deep end’ experience of facilitating webinars – three in less than a week. Two of the webinars were for Save the Children International – introducing a new course module on Partnership that I
16th Dec 2013
It’s been a very rewarding month with trips to both Haiti and Burundi for the second of the Pathway workshops for Concern Worldwide, which I’m doing with INTRAC.
Thursday 28 March 2019
We are looking for new members to join us in Framework. If … You are a consultant with approximately ten years of experience in your field You are committed to working with and for a vibrant civil society Your field
