Welcome

IBSM Ltd is a hard-working consultancy promoting good practice, improvement and innovation – we want to help you do what you already do well, better.

Ian Brooke and Stef Milenkovic bring over fifty years’ experience of working in the Scottish third sector and across public services.

• • • Project Management
    • Coaching
    • Governance – including Board training, charity law and conflict resolution
    • Training – including monitoring and evaluation, programme design and group work
    • Strategic Development and Business Planning
    • Report writing and research
    • Fundraising
    • Independent Examination of Charity Accounts
    • Facilitation – from events and away days to longer term programmes

We also work with local and national associates, including Anne Knox – who is a finance and governance expert. 

Listening: we want to listen to your ideas, hear what you think, what you want, what you think you want to do and to transform those ideas into action.

Navigating, adapting, negotiating and delivering: we bring our knowledge, experience and extensive professional network to identify the best ways to bring your ideas to life.

Answers: you already have answers to part of your puzzle but you’re looking for support to do something outside your usual expertise, on a short timescale or which your team needs more skills to deliver immediately.

Early support: sometimes you need a bit more support to get things started – we bring that extra capacity.

Maybe there’s a specialist piece of knowledge you need. Maybe you need to put in a bid. Ask, we can probably help.

Beyond that we are great at facilitating – a training course or an event. Our in-depth experience latches onto your speciality purpose and brings to life a group or embeds learning for improvement and the future.