ABOUT
We know what it takes to get fully funded and make a sustained impact.
We are passionate about helping social purpose organisations to generate social change by ensuring their long-term sustainability and helping them to achieve maximum impact.
Emma Insley
FOUNDER & LEAD CONSULTANT
Dedicated to the non-profit sector for 21 years, Emma has both depth and breadth of experience as a CEO, Consultant, Trustee and Chair, Fundraiser and Grants Assessor.
As Chief Executive, Emma doubled income and turned around two charities from near-insolvency to a sustained surplus and healthy reserves. Since establishing Insley Consulting in 2010, she has helped dozens of third sector organisations to increase their impact and sustainability, focus their resources where they make the biggest difference, and develop life-changing services.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Developing a MEAL Framework for World Animal Protection's global food systems and wildlife strategies.
Independent evaluation of Plastic Free Communities for Surfers Against Sewage.
Impact reports for bibic (children and young people with neurodisabilities) and Spadework (adults with learning disabilities).
Setting up impact measurement systems and an independent evaluation for FitzRoy UK to measure improvements in wellbeing and loneliness in adults with learning disabilities.
Setting up impact measurement systems and conducting an independent evaluation of FareShare's national volunteering programme.
Evaluations and Needs Assessment of Young Lives vs Cancer services – including Young People’s Social Work service in England and Northern Ireland, review of Home from Home service.
Conducted extensive Needs Analyses for Parkinson’s UK and MS Society to encourage beneficiaries to get and stay physically active.
Evaluation and cost-benefit analysis of Depaul UK's homelessness prevention service and Nightstop Network.
Raised in excess of £1 million in last few years. Fundraising audits and strategies for Women in Sport, Rett UK, Wandle Valley Regional Park Trust, Thames Chase Trust and Culture Shift.
Megan Stephenson
EVALUATION DATA OFFICER
Megan brings a wealth of experience in data analysis and visualisation to Insley Consulting, where she plays a key role in helping charities achieve a sustained impact. She specialises in creating dynamic impact dashboards and conducting detailed data analysis to support our clients’ monitoring and evaluation needs.
Before joining Insley Consulting, Megan honed her expertise in the mental health and research sectors. She worked as a Wellbeing Worker for Oxfordshire Mind and as a mental health Support Worker for Making Space, where she developed a deep understanding of the challenges faced by individuals and the value of evidence-based approaches. At King’s College London, she served as a Research Assistant and completed an MSc in Genes, Environment, and Development in Psychology and Psychiatry, building advanced skills in data analysis, statistics, and visualization using tools such as R and Python.
Passionate about using data to drive meaningful social change, Megan ensures that the dashboards and reports we produce are not only accurate but also engaging and accessible, helping charities to understand and communicate their impact effectively to a wide range of audiences.
Joana Caldeira Martinho
ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT
Joana has 14 years’ experience working with organisations and projects with social aims, in the UK and Portugal. She is passionate about supporting teams to improve impact and sustainability, through facilitation, training and mentorship. She seeks to work in a trauma-informed way and is led by feminist leadership principles.
As a consultant, she has evaluated the social impact of projects, designed and implemented capacity building interventions, facilitated participatory processes and assessed organisational performance. In the UK, Joana has also worked in communications and advocacy for Oxfam’s UK Poverty Programme and the University of Oxford’s fundraising campaign, as well as frontline support to survivors of sexual violence at the Oxfordshire Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Centre and employability support to young people at the Prince’s Trust.
She has a degree in Communication Sciences from the University of Porto and completed Business Management training at Porto Business School.
Joanne Manville
PA TO EMMA INSLEY
Joanne is a virtual assistant and has supported Insley Consulting since 2019. She is armed with a plethora of skills and supports us strategically, assisting with projects, including scheduling any workshops or presentations
Quite deservedly, Joanne has won several awards including, most recently, UK Outstanding VA 2020 and 2019.
“We now think in ‘straight lines’ and can focus on delivering the strategy.”
PAUL ELY
Bankside Open Spaces Trust
OUR SERVICES
If you know you could be making a bigger impact, we can help you:
Develop a strategy for sustained impact
Monitor and evaluate the impact of your work
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