Most of our clients are mainly concerned with the development of viable structures to assist in economic and social development.
We have always adopted approaches that deal with the immediate issues. We however ensure that our approach in each instance looks at how future challenges can be met.
We supply methodologies and outputs that are pertinent to the objectives of the assignment; we are involved in diagnosis, in process consulting and also in the implementation of some of the solutions that we recommend to our clients.
We devise appropriate methodologies to research problems and offer options for the resolution of issues of concern.
We adopt an integrated approach of providing services to our clients in
• consultancy
• training
• research
Consultancy
We provide management consultancy services in areas where we have gained experience over the years.
We design appropriate methodologies for finding solutions to difficult issues that confront deprived communities.
At Equinox Consulting we ensure that our clients are also involved in
We involve the client at all stages of the management consultancy service; from brief and tender development, through tender submission and constant review meetings during the assignment and final reporting back on the outputs of the objectives the process of our consultancy.
We recommend that our assignments are normally supervised by steering committees to whom we ensure athat we report back on a frequent basis.
We encourage our clients to develop tender briefs and terms of reference for each assisgnment so that we are all clear about the outputs to be delivered.
We have executed assignments in the following areas
• Business enterprise plans and counselling
• Executive search and recruitment
• Strategic business and delivery plans
• Project appraisals, organisational reviews and evaluations
• Community consultations
Training
At Equinox Consulting, we are able to offer our clients in-house tailored programmes to suit their particular circumstances.
We are available as trainers to work on programmes that have been already developed. We have carried out several training programmes working in association for Councils for Voluntary Services accross Britain. We have also delivered Enterprise Training and Training for work programmes across the country.
We design our own training programmes and work on those already designed by our clients.
•We adopt varied methods to ensure that our sessions are not left only at theoretical concepts and principles but contextualised for practice. Our sessions are participative, making use of role play and other psychologically motivating methods, exercises, group work and question and answer sessions.
•We also make use of audio visual equipment and provide participants with reference material.
•Business skills training
•Customised and skills training
•Management development and leadership programmes
•Capacity Building
•Strategic away day facilitation seminars
Research
Researching new issues is at the heart of how social and economic policy is influenced.
It is often vital to carry out original research on the issues that confront the newer immigrants so as to be able to devise policies that are practical and effective.
•We research issues to influence social and economic policy. It is often vital to carry out original research on the issues that confront the immigrants so as to be able to devise policies that are practical and effective.
•We carry out research on needs and opportunities and barriers and obstacles that socially excluded communities face in integrating into mainstream life in Britain.
•We have also examined issues that related to the integration and needs of young people.
Our findings and recommendations have been often the starting point in devising strategies for communities that often have conflicting and contradictory needs.
• Feasibility studies
• Enterprise research
• Economic and employment research
