From: Caroline Aistrop, Stroud Valleys Project

APT MARKETING – A GIFT FROM HEAVEN! (or at least Three Sector Match)

"APT Marketing have been a huge help to us and I thank our lucky stars for the day when Three Sector Match paired us up.  Their original brief was to help us write a PR strategy that they started to do with vim and vigour.  But when Stroud Valleys Project hit a funding crisis that threatened its continued existence, they moved seamlessly into providing lots of advice and support to help us plan and implement a public fund-raising appeal.  No matter how pushed they’ve been with their own deadlines, they’ve always made time to answer our pleas for guidance and comment on our ideas and publicity material.  They have happily shared their expertise with us, and called on their contacts to help us when appropriate.  It’s reduced our stress levels a lot to know that we have such an inspiring and knowledgeable company to talk to during this difficult time."

From: Jane Creed, Care and Repair, Stroud

“Thank you so much for organising the Online PR Tea-time Treat.  What a wonderful speaker.  Sabrina Pace-Humphreys certainly knows her stuff and is so enthusiastic you can’t help but be captivated.  I can't remember the last time someone gave me so much useful and useable information in two hours. People in the voluntary sector work hard, often giving their own time to try and make things better for others.  We get by on minimal money in second rate offices.  To be given quality training in pleasant surroundings with tea, coffee and cake is a rare treat.  It makes you feel valued - something we all need. Roll on the next set of Tea Time Treats."

From: Safia Patel, Gloucestershire Islamic Secondary School for Girls

"Our school is an inner city non-selective independent community school covering the whole of the county. The school building was in urgent need of repair but the Governors realized that a structural survey would be necessary prior to a grant application, to help estimate costs and the scope of the work. Three Sector Match stepped in to introduce us to Paul Blakeman at CNM engineering who worked with the Principal and his team to produce a report which could be used to explain what was needed”.

Paul visited the school to understand what we needed him to do. He was extremely helpful and considerate and has really put us on the right track in applying for funds to make sure our community school can continue to offer a good education to our growing pupil numbers.”

From: Moira Norwood, Taynton and Tibberton Village Hall

“Three Sector  Match put us in touch with the architect, Dan Stainer Hutchins who helped us work with SWEA (the Environment Agency) to ensure that any developments met any legal and environmental standards. Dan gave us a lot of his time, providing  lots of wonderful ideas and more importantly -  an estimate of the cost! We can now use the Report to help us apply for funding.”