About inclusive facilitation
About Hasler-White Inclusive Facilitation
I set up Hasler-White Inclusive Facilitation because over the 11 years running an award-winning social enterprise and the 15 before that in teaching, a local authority and working for a large national charity, I learnt a lot that I now wish to share.
How did I make my organisation sustainable? Not solely by trading, being enterprising or diverse income streams. But by creating an organisation of brilliant people. Brilliant because they were included and involved at every stage. My value of inclusion determined every decision. Whether it concerned strategy, marketing, impact, finance, systems, safeguarding, operations, policies, business or governance, an accountable, empathic and sustainable organisation is one that goes out of its way to include people.
Facilitating exciting and enterprising conversations is in my blood.
Founded and led an award-winning social enterprise
Secured social investment
Developed a sustainable trading revenue model
Equitable
Equitable practice means removing or at least acknowledging the systemic, intrinsic and extrinsic barriers that people face to ensure they can be involved on their own terms.
Solution-focussed
Solution-focussed because that’s what’s needed in a frantically busy sector facing huge challenges and increasing need in communities deserving of answers.
Inclusive
To include is to listen and to be able to listen and hear requires skill and capacity to make the process accessible. The reward is better outcomes.
Pragmatic
Because having walked the walk I live in the real world, not in an ivory tower with ideas that won’t work for you.
Positive
Positivity means finding and naming the things people and organisations do well so that you can do more of them.
Enterprising
Enterprising means finding new ideas and solutions that work for you, your values and those of the organisation and its community.
Why Steps to Sustainability
Why you need Steps to Sustainability
Because the same old approaches that see organisations prop up the state with contracts that don’t pay or expect the public, trusts and foundations to donate, provide grants or volunteer at previous levels, are leaving many organisations and their leaders on their knees and communities in crisis.
As a social entrepreneur, I hear you. I understand how tough things are. I will view your sustainability options through the human as well as enterprise lens – one that balances doing social good with the sustainability of the organisation – and that includes you.
why inclusion
Because the proportion of charities who state that the people utilising their services have a direct input into their strategy dropped from 71% to 62% between 2020 and 2023, with the number reviewing their strategy at all, decreasing also (New Philanthropy Capital – State of the Sector 2024).
why focus on the human
Because 85% of small charity leaders in England experience poor mental health due to their role. It’s not about you being important because there’s no organisation without you, it’s because you have intrinsic worth and supporting you to keep doing the job you probably love (or at least loved!) matters more than any funding bid.