Throughout July and August FD Consultants want to highlight the diverse expertise and professionalism amongst its associates. Lisa Hunter has been working with FD Consultants for the past two years, supporting us with our marketing including managing updates to our website and all our social media profiles, so we thought it was about time you all met her! With over 15 years’ experience working in the IT and marketing industry, Lisa has delivered strategic marketing support and managed creative projects for a wide range of clients. Sector experience includes recruitment into civil engineering sector, education, health, media, events, hospitality, voluntary and security. Lisa’s background in IT and data analysis means not only does she understand the marketing process; she is also able to offer analytical support for any type of marketing campaign. Lisa applies a targeted and very well organised approach to all her work, ensuring a full understanding of client needs and forming long-standing working relationships. What I’ve been doing during the pandemic Outside of work and family life I’m a member of Maidenhead Bridge Rotary Club. Rotary is a worldwide organisation of men and women who volunteer their time and talents to serve their communities at home and overseas. Each Rotary club operates independently, but under the common banner of helping those in need and working towards world understanding and peace. We use our professional skills to serve our local communities with a range of projects. With each member contributing their time and expertise, it is truly amazing what can be achieved to make a difference to someone, somewhere, somehow. In this time of uncertainty and many members of our community having to self-isolate it was the perfect opportunity for Rotary to do what it does best, help the most vulnerable people of our community. With this in mind, my Rotary Club formulated a community response team, in conjunction with the other two Rotary clubs in the town. Many elderly or people with underlying health conditions were advised to self-isolate and therefore needed help with their shopping, collecting medications, posting letters and even walking their dogs. Lisa developed an online portal where people can request support and we match them up with a volunteer to run this errand for them. Since we launched the project, we have supported more than 145 households with errands and managed 129 volunteers , many of them non-Rotarians. Many children receive free school meals such as breakfast and lunch and with schools closing, they did not receive this vital care. Therefore, Rotary are providing “baskets” for families to provide them with enough produce to be able to provide these meals to their children. We are working with the RBWM Education Officer and the Social Services Team to push this message to schools so they can inform the families affected within Maidenhead and ask that they get in touch with us directly. This is to ensure we are reaching the right people and not just anyone. We are also working with FoodShare to ensure we are complementing each other’s services rather than duplicating. To date we are supporting 23 families with weekly food parcels, we’ve been doing this for the past 13 weeks and will continue to provide this support over the summer holidays also. The Rotary project was actually featured on BBC One as part of Ross Kemp’s Volunteer Army documentary – if you’re interested you can view it here on the BBC iPlayer. This volunteer response project was my idea and as such I took on the set-up and management of it all including creating the registration portal, writing documents on volunteer management processes and qualifying all request for help. In additional I also do the weekly shop for the 23 families and create all the food parcels ready for delivery, with the help of my 9-year-old! Having worked with FD Consultants for the last two years it has helped immensely with this project, not only being able to provide advice to volunteers to look after their own mental health during this time, as their safety is our number one priority, but also to be mindful of my own mental health. Making sure I take time out each day to breathe, think deeply and make time for myself has been invaluable. Using the Mindfulness Exercise videos has helped to focus my mind and ensure I stay strong and healthy. If the pandemic has taught me anything it’s the kindness of humanity, the amount of people that came forwards to volunteer who have never done anything like this before was truly overwhelming and so heart-warming. I hope that this real sense of community spirit will continue in the future. About LjH Consulting LjH Consulting is a marketing consultancy whose purpose is to help business owners and managers to achieve their marketing objectives. We believe that to deliver successful and affordable marketing campaigns we must:
LjH Consulting offer a range of marketing solutions to suit the individual needs of our clients including marketing strategy, online marketing support, event management, website design and build and creative design services. If you’re looking for marketing support then do get in touch with Lisa today: www.ljhconsulting.co.uk For organisations looking for employee psychological support, FD Consultants are the trauma specialists and well-being service who will best deliver a reliable, quick, and bespoke support system in the workplace. FD Consultant’s team of accredited specialists will offer ongoing support to help manage stress, prevent burnout and provide specialist trauma care where required, enabling your staff with the tools to cope, and recover more quickly.
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