CLIENT EXPERIENCES
Trusted for the thinking behind the writing.
Clients often come to me with a live grant or tender. They stay because I understand their organisation quickly, reduce the burden on senior staff and strengthen how they approach funding over time.
MANAGED FUNDING PARTNERSHIP
Stepping Stone House
“This is the rare adviser who can help shape the strategy and then do the hard work required to deliver it.”
James combines deep knowledge of the youth services sector with a strong understanding of the funding landscape. He helps us make better tactical decisions while thinking strategically about where the organisation is heading and how we position ourselves for future opportunities.
I have worked with James over many years, first when he was part of the Stepping Stone House team and now through Pryor Consulting. He won the biggest tender in our history, but what makes him so valuable is the thinking behind the writing.
James built our grants strategy and continues to refine our systems and processes, making them more efficient, productive and effective while strengthening our internal capacity. He brings senior-level judgement, challenges our thinking and turns ambitious ideas into practical action.
Jason Juretic, CEO
TENDER MANAGEMENT
Illawarra Multicultural Services
“James does much more than take our information and turn it into a submission. He helps us see the strengths in our work and finds a clear, compelling way to communicate them.”
IMS delivers complex services across diverse communities, and major tenders and submissions to DCJ often require input from people across the organisation. James asks the right questions, brings those different perspectives together and translates our practice into language decision-makers understand without losing what makes IMS distinctive.
Across several demanding submissions, he has brought calm and structure to the process, reduced the burden on our senior staff and helped us improve the way we approach these opportunities. We finish with more than a strong submission. We have a clearer understanding of our own story and a stronger process for the next opportunity.
Kim McCausland, CEO
GRANTS AND FUNDING STRATEGY
Good Surf
“After a single coffee meeting, James was able to distil the key elements of our vision and promptly deliver clear strategies to achieve it, complete with drafted grant applications.”
As a founder, it can be incredibly difficult to articulate your vision.
James is a delight to work with. He is professional, knowledgeable and personable, with a genuine talent for understanding what you’re trying to achieve and making it happen.
James Gissing, CEO
STRATEGIC FUNDING AND GROWTH
Green Connect Farm
“James has become someone I trust and really value having in our corner.”
James has taken the time to really understand Green Connect, what we are trying to achieve and the challenges we face. He genuinely cares about our mission and wants to see us succeed.
When Green Connect became an independent not-for-profit, we had to get much better at explaining who we were, where we were going and why people should invest in our work. James helped us develop a much clearer funding narrative and case for support that brought together the social and environmental impact of Green Connect and what we want to achieve in the future.
Over the past year, James has helped us secure more than $510,000 in grant funding. For a small organisation going through a major transition, that funding has made an enormous difference and given us the opportunity to build a stronger and more sustainable organisation.
What I value most about James is that he does much more than help write grant applications. He asks good questions, challenges our thinking and helps us look at Green Connect from the perspective of someone outside the organisation. That has helped us get much clearer about how we communicate our work and the difference we make.
James is thoughtful, practical and very easy to work with.
Robert Servine, CEO
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