Author: racheleden2015

Are you a councillor who wants to communicate and campaign effectively or a local government officer who wants to keep on top of communicating with your community? Would you like to save time and combine planning ahead with responding effectively to changes in your community? A new communication and campaigning planner Our Council Communication and … Continue reading Communications and Campaigns Planner

Our founder Rachel Eden recently won ‘Entrepenuer of the year’ in the Sntander Thames Valley Venus Awards 2018, sponsored by Grandesco.  Here she explains what it has meant so far. When I was nominated for the “Entrepreneur of the year” in the Thames Valley Venus awards It was very tempting to minimise my chances and … Continue reading What winning an award can mean

Our coordinator, Sabina Reed, shares some thoughts on whether as a business to business supplier you should publish your pricing or not. Many businesses struggle with a decision about whether to publish their pricing information on their website or to have a price on application approach. However, prospective clients may be deterred if they must … Continue reading Should you publish your pricing?

We are so delighted to have had some incredible charities apply to be our charity of the year once again.  This year the team got together over lunch and chose South Reading charity, ASPIRE2, which works with across 9 South Reading schools, particularly supporting disadvantaged children and families through outdoor learning, a community arts festival and … Continue reading Our new charity of the year – ASPIRE2

Our founder, Rachel Eden, is for the second year running a finalist in the Santander Thames Valley Venus Awards Entrepreneur of the year category. Although only in their 2nd year, the Thames Valley Venus Awards are extremely popular, Venus Awards founder Tara Howard said: “We received more than 1,000 nominations and applications for the 15 … Continue reading Santander Thames Valley Venus awards finalist

We’re running a short series of interviews about our team members to help you get to know us better.  Here is more about Sabina Reed 1 What do you do? As Holy Brook’s co-ordinator I arrange our quarterly meet ups, organise our systems, assist with bookkeeping and any other ad-hoc tasks. We also have several bookkeeping … Continue reading Meet the Team: Sabina Reed

At Holy Brook Associates we support our clients to improve the way they run their organisation.  This includes bookkeeping and financial management help, support in communicating with your audience more effectively and being more strategic and innovative in your thinking. We are Reading based but work across Thames Valley, London and at times further afield.  … Continue reading Could you be our charity of the year?

Our founder Rachel Eden explains why the new job we are creating is a brilliant opportunity to help make a difference: I started Holy Brook in February 2015 with a simple goal – to help organisations be better at achieving their mission.   Three years on and we are working with a real range of clients … Continue reading Would you like to join our team?

We’re running a short series of interviews about our team members to help you get to know us better.  Here is more about Mark Mason What do you do? I’m a ‘Creative Juicer’ an enabler and a facilitator who uses design thinking methodology to engage others, allowing them to be more creative themselves. I enjoy running workshops and guide organisations … Continue reading Meet the team: Mark Mason

We’re running a short series of interviews about our team members to help you get to know us better.  Here is more about Sarah Browning What do you do? I help organisations solve business problems by improving their communications. To do this, I carry out communication audits to identify what is currently working and not … Continue reading Meet the team: Sarah Browning