Read more about our association services:

Membership Management

 

Members are the lifeblood of an association. We will work with you proactively and creatively to ensure membership retention and growth. We monitor your members’ experience by obtaining feedback to inform your membership strategy. We provide a dedicated phone line and email address personalised to your association and can deal with all member enquiries. We can maintain your membership database and issue regular emails, letters, membership packs and promotional material to them. Consultancy on creative and proactive ways of growing and retaining membership

 

Board Support

Board members work hard to ensure that the organisation is effectively governed and managed. We provide support to your Board Members for their regular meetings, and in relation to day to day work on behalf of members. This can involve preparing documentation, assisting with communications, arranging travel or providing a sounding board for ideas. For meetings, we can arrange the venue, travel and accommodation for Board Members, agendas, collate and distribute input papers, take and distribute Minutes and an Action log.

 

Financial Management

Our ACCA and AAT qualified finance team have extensive experience providing finance back office support for Associations across various sectors.

We provide a wide range of financial support services for Associations, from day to day bookkeeping, credit control and reconciliations through to cash flow management, Management Accounts and VAT returns.

Additionally, through our involvement with international critical communication Associations we have gained unique experience in EU project finance reporting, giving us valuable insight into what is required to deliver these often complex and intricate finance reports.

Visibility and understanding of your finances is essential to running your Association, and we can assist you in reviewing and setting up your finance systems. This will not only ensure you have the tailored management information you require, but will also give you the tools required to ensure you meet all your financial reporting obligations.

Whether you’re a small unincorporated not for profit or incorporated and trading, we can help you feel confident with your Association finances.

 

Marketing & Communications

Your association’s marketing needs are varied and can range from designing and managing your website, posting regular updates on it, planning and delivering social media strategy, designing promotional materials such as posters and flyers, keeping in regular contact with members. We can also help you effectively influence key stakeholders and advise you on PR.

 

Meeting Management

In addition to Board Meeting support we can provide meeting management services for a range of other meetings, from small working groups to management meetings. We deal with over 40 meetings a year in venues ranging from Cardiff to Copenhagen, Southampton to Singapore. We prepare agendas, collate and distribute all inputs, arrange the venue, minute the meeting and provide an action log to ensure that meetings are productive.

 

Event Management

In the right hands, these are an effective tools to engage with your members and raise the profile of your organisation. Our experienced events team provide a range of event management services from small, exclusive roundtable dinners to large academic conferences to support your organisation. Services include venue sourcing, programme planning, delegate management, abstract management and a social programme

Support can also be provided to in house event teams across this range of event management services. Read more about out Event Services by clicking here. 

 

Research

Our team has experience of supporting associations through a range of research services, for example, on subject specialist areas affecting strategy, market research and on European projects.