NGOs, charities & social enterprises
Irwin Grayson Associates provides advice and support to NGOs, CSOs, charities and social enterprises both in the UK and internationally,
mainly assisting with strategic thinking and business planning. In addition, David Irwin undertakes investment appraisals and strategic
reviews for Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts and Esmee Fairbairn Foundation - and occasionally for other foundations such as the Joseph
Rowntree Charitable Trust. He has considerable experience working with the not for profit sector. He has established many companies
limited by guarantee, several with charitable status and established one charity by deed. He has been Treasurer of the North Tyneside CVS
and on the executive committee of the Newcastle upon Tyne CVS. He has served as a non executive director and audit committee chairman of an
NHS Trust. He has advised many charities and not for profit organisations wishing to develop their strategies. He was a trustee of the
Sunderland Youth Enterprise Trust from its launch until its close 25 years later and is a trustee of the Northern Youth Venture Fund.
For the two years of 2006/7, he was a director and Treasurer of Chandos Children's Learning Centre, a parent run nursery and social enterprise.
Assignments
- Supports charities and not for profits with strategic thinking, business planning, financial forecasting etc. See for example The Forgiveness Project, 2015 and the RSA Maker Lab, 2014
- Regularly undertakes investment appraisals for Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and provides advice to supported organisations via Esmee Fairbairn's Grants+ scheme, 2003 - date
- Regularly undertakes investment appraisals for Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts and occasionally provides strategic and business advice to supported organisations, 2002 - date
- Assessor for the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy
- Investment appraisal of social enterprise for the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
- Preparing constitution for the Nigeria based Coalitions for Change (C4C), 2007
- Performance Hub/ NCVO with Annabel Jackson Associates, 2006
- FAI Farms & Farm Animal Welfare Trust, 2006
- Support for Integrity, Nigeria, 2003-2006