Our organisation had become very stagnant but the team from Social Intent mapped out an achievable and exciting way forward for us. They researched our history, spoke to stakeholders, asked us challenging questions and put forward some ambitious (and a bit scary!) options for the future – and we are going to embrace these!
Matthew has a contagious enthusiasm, which spilled out on to our organisation and the people
involved in it. He is clear thinking, empathetic, understanding, forthright and encouraging. Working with Matthew and his team has been a turning point for us and they delivered much more than we hoped for.
Matthew was very helpful as a mentor!! Very active in keeping in touch and giving advice to me. Helped me plan years in advance for my career path and truly made me do a lot of reflection and thinking about where I want to go in the future- such as making a vision board. Also helped me figure out an injury and how much outside of swimming I had going for me when dealing with medical retirement. Very helpful to have someone like Matthew as a mentor, especially when just switching my focus and figuring out where I want to go in the future.
I have known Matthew since March 2020 when he became Chief Executive of Gordon Moody with whom my organisation was partnering on different projects. I found him to be knowledgeable, engaging and deeply interested in safer gambling and player protection through his work and our paths have crossed on many occasions over the last few years. He has spoken at my conferences as part or the Ethical Gambling Forum and shown a keen interest in accountability, sustainability and culture as part of the ESG focus shown by the gambling industry. Most recently, he has been part of an expert group offering advice on my research into social media influencers and gambling, as well as suggesting improvements to the Code of Conduct, which we are creating for colleagues in the gambling marketing and advertising sphere. I would recommend him most highly with regard to working in this space.”
“Social Intent was appointed as our business consultant as part of the Community Catalyst programme. Across a short time of support Matthew took the time to understand our company goals and objectives, creating an achievable 5 year business plan encompassing growth and sustainability. We would highly recommend Matthew to any companies that require business support and development”
Keith & Dan Tucker
Birmingham Community Boxing Project
“ It has been a delight to work with Matthew who has helped us to develop our 5 year vision and strategy for our Community interest company. As with all smaller community organisations we have been fire fighting and working hard to make ends meet. Working with Matthew has really helped us to focus on our forward planning and how we can plan for the future and grow to help more people in our community. He has listened and consulted with the whole team and really very quickly “got it”, what we are about and the struggles we are facing. We now have a plan to drive us forward as an organisation and I look forward to sharing in the future, the impact I am sure his help has had an impact on our organisation. I am feeling inspired and positive for the next steps. Thank you Matthew.”
Rachel Maynard CEO and Senior Forest School Leader
