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Sustainable Growth Partnership

Financial sustainability, stronger leadership, resilient teams.

The Third Sector is changing and many organisations are navigating increasing financial, workforce and operational pressures in a reality that looks very different from the one they were built around.

The Sustainable Growth Partnership helps purpose-led organisations take stock, understand the challenges they face, and build a clear, costed and practical route to sustainable growth.

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What we do

Three ways we help you build sustainable growth

Clarify Your Growth Potential

We look beneath the surface of your strategy, finances, services, people and operating model to understand what is really driving pressure, where risk is building and where the best opportunities for growth sit.

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Build Your Growth Plan

We turn that insight into a clear, costed and practical plan, so your board and leadership team can agree what needs to change, what comes first and how to move towards stronger finances and better delivery.

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Lead Well Through Growth

We then support your leaders and teams to put the plan into action, strengthening decisions, accountability, operating rhythms and resilience so growth becomes manageable, measurable and sustainable.

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About Paul

30 years of third-sector leadership

Paul McColgan is Founder and Managing Partner of the Sustainable Growth Partnership. He has spent three decades helping charities, social enterprises and mission-led leaders build organisations that are financially stronger, clearer in their direction and that foster a culture of wellbeing for their teams.

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Not sure where to start?

A good place to start is the free Growth Diagnostic tool. It will help you see what is helping your sustainability, what is getting in the way and where to focus first. When you have completed the growth diagnostic tool, we would be delighted to offer you a complimentary coaching session to review your results.

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Trusted by leaders

What our clients say

Paul has supported Deaf Action through a significant period of change, steering our leadership team through a year-long development programme that fundamentally shifted how we work. We moved from siloed, reactive management to a more coordinated, values-led and commercially disciplined leadership team.

Philip Gerrard MBE CEO, Deaf Action

James…has been unbelievable. Everything from the challenges around legal set-up and structure to…networks and people we need to be meeting to create a soft landing. It’s hard enough as it is to set up in a new market, but when you have people like James in your corner, it has made the world of difference.

Adam McCurdie Co-founder & Co-CEO, Humanitix

Tricia is an exceptional leader. She brings clarity to complexity, pace to delivery and humanity to change. With strategic judgement, operating expertise and courage, she builds trust, creates momentum and turns insight into action. She makes change happen and leaves organisations stronger.

Theresa Shearer CEO, Enable

Sarah’s data-driven and motivational approach to systems-building and people management is transformational to teams. In addition to process-building, Sarah is also a skilled trainer, designing training material to accompany new processes as part of business continuity planning. Working with Sarah will be time well-spent!

Nathaniel Youndt Pharmaceutical industry colleague
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We’d love to hear from you. Get in touch today.

Whether you’re ready to get started or just exploring your options, a short conversation is always a good place to begin.

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