NOT-FOR-PROFIT SECTOR ACTIVITIES Stuart Notholt has extensive experience of working at a senior level in the charities and not-for-profit sector, ensuring that the different and diverse needs of stakeholders - be they donors, users, carers, or volunteers - are met. Through work with Parliamentary and official groups, including All Party groups in the House of Commons, he has operated at Ministerial and senior official level, gaining support for the aims of his client organizations at Whitehall, Westminster, and the devolved institutions. Some of the not-for-profit sector projects Stuart has worked on include: National Autistic Society Stuart was Divisional Director of Communications & Public Affairs for The National Autistic Society from 2002-6, where he reported to the CEO and was responsible, with two other Senior Management Team Directors, for the overall management of the Society. He managed a team of 37 (plus 300 volunteers) with a direct budget of over £4 million. He was lead director covering the areas of policy and campaigning, marketing, advocacy, PR and events management, information services and publications (including web-based services). In this role, he was also responsible for initial drafting of the Society’s Strategic Plan, covering all aspects of the organization’s work and objectives. He was also responsible for major corporate relationships, such as those with Vodafone, Barclays, House of Fraser and Clifford Chance, and worked very closely with the Marketing & Fundraising Director to ensure that the opportunities presented by the synergy between policy, research and fundraising were understood and developed. SNC Africa In 2006-7 he worked on a number of freelance charity projects through his own organization, SNC Africa. These included business and IT support to an educational charity in Uganda and work with the Business Action for Africa consortium around projects designed to commemorate the 2007 abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. He personally designed and led an educational project taking journalists, students and potential investors to Benin, in West Africa. Victim Support As interim Director of Development for Victim Support (2007-8) he was responsible for relaunching the fundraising function to take account of the new needs of the organization, winning Board approval. He also drafted the organization’s strategic plan at a time of considerable change in the organization, which was merging 77 separate constituent charities into one national body. He also developed programmes with MIND, Mencap and other partners for supporting the needs of vulnerable individuals, whether as victims or witnesses of crime. Compassion in World Farming Stuart developed a UK and international media strategy for Compassion in World Farming and, as interim Director of Media and a member of the Senior Management Team, led on its implementation and the creation of the new media team. The results included the development of a more pro-active and structured approach to media relations. He also worked on social media projects, particularly on the positioning of the Chief Executive as the key spokesman for the charity in the new media arena. He also visited Poland and prepared a proposal for the creation of a new Warsaw office for the organization. Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART) is a developmental and advocacy charity that works with some of the most economically and politically marginalized peoples in the world, frequently in conflict and other unstable regions. Having undertaken pro bono work for HART in northern Nigeria, Stuart was engaged as interim CEO during most of 2011 while a permanent incumbent was identified and recruited. He led on the creation of the annual report, on high level bid preparation and on the re-alignment of the charity’s social media and web strategies. As well as UK-based work, Stuart also worked for HART in Uganda and South Sudan, where he attended the independence celebrations in July 2011.
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