Mark Lever, learning from CEO roles at Helpforce, National Autistic Society and RVS; successful campaigns and social enterprise investments to the devastating consequences of service failure. (#1)

Charity Impact

“If I went back to being a large charity CEO I would do it differently following my experience at Helpforce.”

In this episode, we discuss a range of topics including growing the impact of volunteering health and care; joining the sector; different CEO roles; prioritising relationships over tasks; turning £3m into £15m through social enterprise; campaigning; managing the impact of service failure; communicating your vision; the importance of charities to society and the lack of recognition from Government.

Mark Lever OBE is the Chief Executive at Helpforce. Mark is a Chartered Accountant with a Cranfield MBA. The first 13 years of his career were spent training and practising as a Chartered Accountant, he then decided to leave the world of finance and move into the third sector – a decision he has not regretted for a single minute of his 25 + years in the sector. During this time, he has been Chief Executive of the WRVS (now Royal Voluntary Service) and the National Autistic Society. He joined Helpforce in 2019 and has been leading the charity in its mission to accelerate the growth and impact of volunteering in health and care. Mark has held numerous trustee positions and in his time at Helpforce has been awarded an OBE for services to volunteering during the pandemic.

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This Podcast is brought to you by KEDA Consulting, which provides strategic consultancy support to charities. KEDA is led by Alex Blake who works as a management consultant, specifically for charities and non-profits in the UK, with the aim of maximising social impact. We help charities to be as effective as possible in delivering their charitable objectives through developing strategy and plans; securing funding; undertaking reviews; and a range of other consulting projects involving research, analysis, facilitation and reporting.

The purpose of the Charity Impact podcast is to learn more about how effective charities and individuals achieve social change or social impact. This podcast is for anyone who wants to make a difference, but particularly those who are working for social change / impact; including charity trustees, CEOs, staff, volunteers, advisors, philanthropists and public service professionals.