Services

The Workroom’s services

The Workroom approaches its projects with a transformative outlook. It is committed to the practice of co-creation and consultation. Integrity, innovation and impact are the Workroom’s key principles when working with clients.

Strategy and reflection for resilience and impact

At The Workroom, we believe strategy is more than a plan—it’s the foundation for making your organisation resilient and relevant in an ever-changing world. Yet many organisations struggle to keep pace with shifting realities, postponing critical changes needed for sustainability. That’s where we step in. Our approach is fresh, audacious, and collaborative. We ask bold questions, turn things upside down, and bring the best minds together to explore what’s possible. With us, strategy becomes a tool to inspire and energise, not just a set of rules to follow:

  • Clarify and strengthen your purpose – Reconnect with the core of what makes your organisation unique.
  • Undertake Context and Problem Analysis – Dive into the root causes of your challenges and the opportunities around you.
  • Design a strategy that evolves – Craft strategic solutions that not only fit the present but also build a resilient future.
  • Develop a Theory of Change – Map out the pathway to impact, turning your vision into measurable, achievable steps.
  • Master Change Management – Navigate change with confidence.
  • Create Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Systems – Build tools to track progress, learn, and adapt as your organisation grows.
  • Communicate purposefully – Make sure your messaging aligns with your mission and resonates with your stakeholders.
  • Engage Stakeholders Effectively – Forge strong partnerships that amplify your organisation’s impact.

Strategic Fundraising and Resource Mobilisation

At The Workroom, we go beyond traditional fundraising support. We collaborate with organisations to build robust, strategic approaches that ensure long-term sustainability and growth. Our expertise lies in crafting tailored solutions that align resource mobilisation with your organisation’s broader mission and goals. With The Workroom, fundraising becomes a strategic tool for growth and impact, not just a necessity. We aim to build capacity and enable organisations to attract their own funding to thrive:

  • Fundraising operations set-up, mentoring, and training – Establish efficient fundraising systems and processes, and empower your team with the skills and knowledge needed for success.
  • Funding strategy development – Create a dynamic strategy that aligns funding efforts with your mission, vision, and long-term objectives.
  • Donor landscape mapping and prospecting – Identify and assess potential donors to build a diverse, resilient funding base.
  • Donor engagement strategy – Develop meaningful, long-term relationships with donors that foster trust and sustained support.
  • Proposal writing support and coordination – Assist your organisation in learning how to craft compelling proposals that resonate with funders and clearly communicate your organisation’s impact.
  • Organisational development and process assessment – Ensure your internal processes and structures are primed to support your resource mobilisation goals.
  • Advisory to NGO Boards and Executive Structures – Provide strategic guidance to leadership teams, helping align organisational priorities with fundraising efforts.

Future-Proofing and Change management

The fast-paced ever, changing environment demands of organisations to be agile and able to keep up with the speed of change. Is your organisation ready for the future? The Workroom offers insights into how to become most efficient with scarce resources, manage and overcome conflict, embrace diversity and operate in a world marked by shocks and crises.

  • Organisational and programme reviews and assessment
  • Process reviews and mapping
  • Developing change roadmaps
  • Conflict transformation dialogues
  • Leadership support

Transformation and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI)

Has your organisation grappled with questions of inclusivity, diversity and anti-bias? Are you aiming to transform your systems, structures and workforce to be inclusive? Do you actively seek to grow your knowledge and skills to manage diverse and inclusive organisations and combat any form of discrimination? Is your NGO on the journey to understanding and implementing the drive to a decolonised humanitarian aid and development cooperation sector? The Workroom will support your organisational journey to becoming inclusive and remain relevant through:

  • Consultation and advisory on inclusivity, anti-bias and diversity
  • Workshop and process design to address issues on transformation, diversity and inclusion
  • Development of change roadmaps including feminist and decolonised practises
  • Tailormade training and capacity building
  • Research and organisational assessments
  • Training and dialogue on decolonisation and localisation