Gareth Hart |
Gareth is the co-founder of Iridescent Ideas and has over twenty five years experience of working with the social enterprise, voluntary, public and private sector. He has worked at a strategic level with national organisations and at a grass-roots level providing business support and funding advice on a diverse range of subjects and themes. Gareth led the bid that saw Plymouth become the UK's first 'Social Enterprise City' and writes regularly on social enterprise themes for various publications. Gareth also chairs the local social enterprise network. Email: gareth@iridescentideas.com |
Mel Tucker |
Mel is the co-founder of Iridescent Ideas. Mel brings strong experience of all aspects of operational management and has a Level 5 Qualification in Leadership & Management and a degree in Social Work. Mel previously worked as a Locality Manager for Brandon Trust, a major charity providing supported living and other support to people with learning disabilities. She also has experience of the health and social care and housing sectors. Email: mel@iridescentideas.com |
Lucy Blackley |
Lucy is a researcher with over fifteen years experience of evaluation and research. She has conducted research to inform strategy and policy development at a national, regional and local level. Her wide ranging experience includes working for the public, private and third sector on research into consumers, markets, social policy, impact and evaluation. She has expertise in designing, commissioning and conducting research projects.
She holds a post-graduate certificate in social research methods including modules on qualitative and quantitative methods and evaluation. She also received a distinction for the Certificate of Market Research from the Market Research Society. Email: lucy@iridescentideas.com |
Associate
Paul Read |
Paul has over ten years experience of providing business support to hundreds of private sector and charity sector organisations. He has over five years experience of working in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector and has supported over £2.5m worth of successful funding applications. Supporting organisations to set their vision, writing marketing plans and developing projects is a personal highlight. Paul has created this website and leads on other internal marketing design and implementation. Email: paul@iridescentideas.com |
Our non-executive director
Sara Burgess |
Sara was the Regulator of Community Interest Companies from 2007 to 2015. Sara’s key role was to raise awareness of Community Interest Companies and maintain public confidence in the CIC legal form. Sara was a consultant to the law firm Bates Wells and Braithwaite, consulting on CICs and social enterprise. Sara has 26 years’ experience of working in the third sector, with a variety of small local and large national charities. Sara also volunteers / mentor with the UK Charity CharityWorks, is a fellow of the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce) and a member of member of the IOEE (institute of enterprise and entrepreneurs). |
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