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&lt;p&gt;Do you want to expand your business or organisation?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do you apply for money from government sources, charitable trusts, European funds?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do you want to secure public funded contracts to deliver services?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do you lack the time to do this - or not feel confident to do this for yourself?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do you want someone else to search for and write funding applications?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do you want to ensure the application still has your business stamp all over it and something you can deliver, even though its written by someone else?&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;We have secured over &lt;strong&gt;&amp;pound;12m &lt;/strong&gt;for our clients and many prestigious awards, including the&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Queen&amp;#39;s Award for Voluntary Service, HSJ and GSK Awards as well as local, regional business awards.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;We can help you:-&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Full writing for bid or contract applications&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Funding searches&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Critique of drafted submissions &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Training in how to write effective submissions&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One to one coaching on compiling responses and tender ready checklists&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We work with small, medium and large businesses from any sector who are applying for external funds - be that Local Authority, Central Government Departments (DWP for example), Big Lottery, charitable trusts and mainstream support schemes.&amp;nbsp; We can save you time and money by writing the proposals for you, so you can use your time with your business. We love bringing key people together to maximize opportunities and share good practice, and we pride ourselves on writing collaboratively - your submission will reflect your business.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Give us a call, let&amp;#39;s have coffee and talk some more.&lt;/p&gt;

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Ask the Chameleon helps businesses of all sizes develop and grow by writing funding bids and supporting you and your staff through coaching.
We consult, plan, provide high quality written applications to take the pains out of growing.
We have secured £36.1m in funding for our clients to date, and proud to be the East Midlands Chamber Female Entrepreneur 2021, DerbyshireLive Professional Services winner 2021, and Federation of Small Business Micro Business of 2020 for the West Midlands.
Let us write your winning words.
Rachel is also the proud co-founder of The UK Swap Shop - created to help small businesses and charities swap skills, talents, products and services to survive Covid19 and beyond. With over 1100 members (62% of which are women) across the UK, it all starts with a swap (totally free - for now!) over at https://theukswapshop.co.uk

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&lt;p&gt;I am a &lt;strong&gt;chartered certified accountant&lt;/strong&gt;, having earned a respected reputation in the field of accounting, with more than &lt;strong&gt;15 years of experience&lt;/strong&gt; in working with small and medium-sized enterprises.&lt;br /&gt;
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Having worked with business owners ranging from one-man start-ups to large companies requiring different level of services, I have developed a passion for the profession and I am driven by the success of my clients.&lt;br /&gt;
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I have spent many years in business working at boardroom level, holding various positions before being motivated to start my own practice, Makesworth Accountants, where I have blended my technical skills in accounting and tax with my business skills derived from my time in the industry.&lt;br /&gt;
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I have embraced the changing times and technologies and strongly agree that accountants are moving from being number crunchers to being reliable and trusted advisors. Throughout this process, Makesworth has been able to secure various affiliations and awards:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="https://makesworth.co.uk"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Affiliations&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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IPSE Endorsed Accountants&lt;br /&gt;
Investors In People Accredited&lt;br /&gt;
ICAEW Training Employers/ACCA Approved Employers/AAT Approved Employers&lt;br /&gt;
Institute of Certified Practising Accountants (ICPA)&lt;br /&gt;
The Society of Professional Accountants (SPA)&lt;br /&gt;
2020 Group&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://makesworth.co.uk"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Awards&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Finalist: Best Brand Building&lt;/strong&gt; (British Accounting Marketing Awards)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Highly Commended: Independent Firm of The Year - South-East, England 2019&lt;/strong&gt; (British Accountancy Awards)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shortlisted: Accounts and Tax Adviser of the Year 2019 &lt;/strong&gt;(The British Business Awards)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My objective is to add value to my clients&amp;rsquo; businesses through the application of my extensive experience and knowledge in accounting, tax, HMRC investigations, business start-ups and much more.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can expect us to provide expert solutions for your business needs no matter what business model you have. You will receive a cost effective service and a free initial consultation.&lt;/p&gt;

Chartered Accountant

Accountancy, Taxation and Business Advisory

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Jamie founded Cerebration to pursue the endeavour of designing, developing and delivering meaningful learning interventions. His formative experience includes supporting the philanthropic ambitions of a Prince followed by a Billionaire, in a variety of roles that range from front-line youth worker to managing a global talent function covering from New York to Singapore.&lt;br /&gt;
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Jamie is a people-centred and result-oriented Training Manager and Talent Development Specialist and Change Manager, offering an eventful career within the areas of training and education, talent management, strategic change, STEM, poverty alleviation and personal-social development.&lt;br /&gt;
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Jamie has established record conducting effective training programs that encompass a broad range of requirements and needs. These include the development and implementation of onboarding, technical, performance management, leadership and compliance training to a global audience. He has an established record of taking leadership roles on large scale change initiatives that include organisation-wide digital transformation implementation and the relocation of 150 staff from Budapest to Berlin &amp;amp; Vienna.&lt;br /&gt;
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He has extensive experience in delivering training through managing personal social development, thematic, well-being and holistic support programs. Jamie possesses an unwavering commitment to his client’s growth while ensuring the highest levels of services through managerial skills, teamwork, communications and prompt response to issues.&amp;nbsp;

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For this meeting please outline anything that you would like to discuss. Initially, all I would like is permission to ask questions in order to better understand your orga

I'm passionate about marketing and have 19 years experience in working with small independent businesses as well as global technology companies, and have a broad range of expertise from traditional print advertising through to digital marketing, web design and development, social media strategy, CRM configuration, automation, and account based marketing.&nbsp; 
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Having worked in the IT industry for a majority of my career, I have developed a love for the technological side of marketing, and pride myself on building out a mar-tech stack for clients of any size that allows them to realise the full potential of having a marketing engine that generates and converts leads in the most efficient and cost effective way using a range of tools that automate various email workflow and social media activity to keep customers and prospects engaged. I'm passionate about educating my clients and helping their businesses grow so that they can employ an in-house marketing person/team that will make me redundant!&nbsp;

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I'm passionate about marketing and have 19 years experience in working with small independent businesses as well as global technology companies, and have a broad range of expertise from traditional print advertising through to digital marketing, web design and development, social media strategy, CRM configuration, automation, and account based marketing.&nbsp; 
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Having worked in the IT industry for a majority of my career, I have developed a love for the technological side

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