Sonia Mangan

About

Sonia helps charities and their partners think strategically, work together better and focus on what will make the biggest difference.

She’s been a charity chief executive five times, most recently at Carers Support West Sussex. There she led a county-wide charity with more than 110 staff and 90 volunteers, won and delivered multi-year commissioned contracts, and represented unpaid carers on Sussex health and care forums. Before that she led Age UK Horsham District, Croftlands Trust, Age UK South Lakeland and South Lakeland Blind Society. She started out as a Registered Nurse and NHS service manager.

On our projects she brings strategy, partnership building, board and senior team facilitation, and community engagement. She’s especially strong at reaching groups that formal engagement often misses. She knows commissioning from the provider side, so she can tell what a funder is really asking for.

She also advises the Dementia Trust, a UK-wide grant-making charity.

EXPERTISE: VCSE strategy and organisational development · Partnerships across VCSE, NHS and local government · Board and senior team facilitation · Community and lived experience engagement · Governance and performance · Tenders and commissioning readiness

QUALIFICATIONS: MSc Dementia Studies, University of Stirling · Diploma in Company Direction, Institute of Directors · Registered General Nurse · Teaching Certificate in Adult Education (City & Guilds 730)

ROLES: Founder, Sonia Mangan Consultancy · Co-founder, Elevate Partnerships (with Jane Lodge) · Adviser, Dementia Trust