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We are the specialist consultancy with a big purpose: helping to sustain non-profit organisations, leaders and their impact. We believe healthy third and public sector organisations are at the heart of a healthy society.

To make an impact and manage capacity, we focus on medium to large charities, national organisations, membership bodies and funders. Our powerful free resources, publications and tools are suitable for all – help yourself to those at The Lasting Difference.

We are experienced, trusted providers of:

  • Creative, time-efficient practical resources that make a lasting difference
  • Strategic guidance, consultancy and facilitation
  • Clarity amid complexity
  • New ways to address familiar challenges.

Create it: Facilitation

Conversations that count: calm, engaging leadership of creative programmes, meetings and events.
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Measure it:
Blissfully jargon-free support

We provide expert, straightforward support with outcomes and evaluation. We support self-evaluation, where you learn more and spend a lot less than you would on external evaluations, which we no longer carry out.

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Plan it: Strategy and planning

A flexible range of proven approaches to support managers, trustees and boards to make sense of where they’ve been, where they’re going, and how to get there.

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Sustain it:
Renowned resources on sustaining organisations, leaders and impact

We wrote the book on nonprofit sustainability (no, we really did). And the free Lasting Difference toolkit, used by over 7000 organisations around the world. Sustainable leadership? We’ve got that covered too.

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Lasting Difference by name…

Nov182021Graeme

We’re delighted to announce we’ve now begun formally trading as ‘The Lasting Difference consultancy’! The move puts our identity and resources squarely behind our core purpose – and flagship publications….

Save the date – system capacity

Aug272021Graeme

Understanding system capacity Nov 2021 Our next practice sharing session for Lasting Difference partners and symbol holders will take place online on 3rd November. The theme will be system capacity,…

Creative commissioning

Aug272021Graeme

We continue to develop creative and collaborative approaches to commissioning public services via these ongoing projects: Promoting Variety: The updated guide to market facilitation within the field of short breaks…

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