Browse the section below, and contact us with your ideas. A free consultation is offered. If you decide you are interested in working with aitchelle, a quote will then be prepared for your consideration.

Advice and Facilitation

One-off facilitated meetings to help groups reflect and develop clear ideas before working on business plans, strategies and development plans. aitchelle’s role can be purely as a facilitator, or with an advisory role.

Community Projects

Aitchelle has been working alongside Kickstone and Sportworks UK in a number of community settings specialising in the development and delivery of community sport and activity. We work with volunteer groups to increase the capacity of communities, so that when our work is done, activities carry on and continue to grow. We offer a range of services including:

Funding Applications
Advice & Ideas
Community Consultation
Planning
Volunteer Development
Training
Coaching
Event Management
Monitoring & Evaluation

For more information, please download the "Your Active Community" brochure (PDF).

Consultation and Research

Desk top research and customer consultation is offered, including;

• questionnaires
• email research
• phone interviews
• web based response form
• in-depth interviews
• focus groups
• larger consultation events

Development Planning

aitchelle will help you to look at where you want to be, and how you get there. Your group or organisation will be guided through the whole process, and a high quality development plan will be produced.

Sport, Recreation and Physical Activity Strategies

aitchelle will help you to be clear about why you want a strategy, what your strategy needs to achieve; and will produce a plan to help you achieve your vision. aitchelle can offer a purely advisory role or can be more involved, researching and facilitating your decision making, and writing the strategy for you.

Equity Plans

aitchelle has great expertise in the field of sports equity, particularly relating to women and girls in sport. Whether you are trying to write equitable policies and strategies or need practical ideas about how to attract people from under-represented groups to your sport or group, aitchelle can help.

Funding Applications

aitchelle can help you with the research, planning and completion of applications for capital or revenue funding from a range of funding organisations. We can also help you decide whether your project has a chance of success, and to identify the most appropriate funding body.

Organisational Review/Performance Management

aitchelle can help your team or organisation to reflect, assess and plan for the future. Using industry standards, or locally determined measures, we can look at how your organisation can move forward in better shape.

Training

Once you have identified people who are keen to get involved in your project, aitchelle can organise leadership training, personal development workshops and mentoring to enable them to put ideas into action. Particular expertise in womens development courses may help you to unleash the potential of your whole community.

Coaching and Sports Leaders

aitchelle works in partnership with coaching providers to provide high quality coaching in community settings such as schools, youth groups and sports clubs. All coaches are experienced, have CRB clearance, valid insurance and are qualified in their sport.

Event management

aitchelle works with Peak District based, Heason Events to provide creative event management solutions for small or large events.