We’re Really Good Things

A specialist strategic consultancy, for the challenges we face today

Really Good Things is a highly specialist consultancy founded by Sarah Klaveness, and supported by a trusted network of senior specialists. Every project is led by Sarah, building the team around the individual challenge.

The projects we work on all have elements of positive social and environmental change. And we have 20+ years’ senior experience in these sectors to guide us.

What do we do best?

We come into complicated situations, understand the landscape quickly, and use our experience and sector knowledge to find the next good thing our clients should be doing - the thing that will have the greatest positive impact. And then we work in partnership with our clients’ in-house teams to make it happen.

When do organisations appoint us?

When the way forward feels uncertain and more information is needed to inform decisions. When there is an opportunity, but no clear route. When something isn’t working, or there is an ambition to do things differently. When an outside senior perspective is needed. Or when they want to engage, persuade, and bring people along with them.

Who do we work with?

With organisations working to change something that matters. Our sectors are broad - from charities to engineering, industrials and energy, infrastructure, healthcare, innovation, arts and culture, and more - because genuine change requires a cross-sector approach.

What are the good things we do?

Every challenge is different. Here are just a few of the good things we’ve done in recent years.

What’s it like to work with Really Good Things?

You’ll work directly with senior people who’ve all held leadership positions, in organisations just like yours. We’ll quickly get to the heart of the issue, take a practical but creative approach, and like to keep things brilliantly simple.

Big consultancy thinking. Practical approach.

  • Strategy and communications consultancy working at the forefront of social and environmental impact.

    Sarah Klaveness

    Director of Really Good Things

    Sarah is a senior impact and communications strategist with 20 years’ experience working with businesses and organisations at the forefront of positive change. As a former charity CEO, Corporate Social Responsibility lead for an international engineering Plc, and a former Director of Communications in the energy sector, Sarah brings a wealth of insights and a unique cross-sector perspective to empower brands + causes to drive forward positive social and environmental change.

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  • Strategic communications consultancy for the built environment

    Charlotte

    Senior communications, public affairs + policy

    Charlotte is a highly experienced communications professional with more than a decade’s experience in public affairs, policy, local government and public engagement. She spent eight years as a local councillor both in Lancashire and Cheshire and worked in Parliament for two MPs. Since leaving Parliament, she has worked for some of the country’s leading companies, both in-house and agency, with a particular specialism in the built environment.

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  • Strategy, communications and fundraising consultancy for not-for-profit and charity organisations

    Liam

    Senior impact communications specialist

    Liam is a senior leader with 20 years’ experience in communications, fundraising, impact storytelling, and developing charity/corporate partnerships. Liam believes that clear communications should always be at the heart of any mission-driven organisation and brings a unique perspective both to our not-for-profit clients, and the responsible businesses we work with who want to put the story of their social impact at the heart of their culture + commercial growth.

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  • Strategic communications consultancy for social impactfor positive change

    Charlotte

    Senior marketing + communications specialist

    Charlotte specialises in shaping strategic organisational marcomms and devising campaigns that change the world; from managing communications for a major UK construction contractor transforming places, to marketing multi-million pound funding programmes for a charitable trust changing lives. Charlotte works cross sector with corporates, foundations, campaigning organisations, and membership networks. She is passionate about achieving social, environmental + tech justice.

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  • "I have no doubt that thanks to this work, we will be able to inform change at Government level and continue to drive growth and standards for the sector"

    MCS - national standards body for renewable technologies

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  • “Working with Really Good Things has already been transformational to how we tell our story”

    Ygam - national gaming and gambling harms prevention charity

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  • "Really Good Things were recommended to us by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, and we can certainly see why. We’re excited to see where this strategic support will take us"

    Marlborough Productions - arts charity and theatre company

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  • "We now have a clear understanding of our customers' needs. Really Good Things approached it with methodical clarity and expertly guided us"

    Centre for Sustainable Energy

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  • "We engaged Really Good Things to support the delivery of a number of strategic change programmes. They nailed it"

    Altrad - infrastructure leaders

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  • "I've found Really Good Things to have a clarity of vision that is incredibly beneficial in steering through muddy waters"

    The Vegetarian Society

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  • "To see the seeds of our ideas come to life on paper in such a sensible and succinct way is refreshing. Thank you"

    Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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  • "They guided us through the process with clarity and creativity, and helped us to create a Theory of Change we are very proud of"

    Apps for Good - education technology charity

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  • "They delivered a complex part of our fundraising strategy that would have taken me months, if not a whole year. They did it in weeks. Worth every penny and more"

    Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation

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  • "Sarah at Really Good Things is an exceptional consultant, with a very practical approach – we are already seeing fantastic results"

    Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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  • "The audience development plan produced has proved a useful tool for the team to progress. I would have no hestitation in working with Really Good Things again"

    University of Liverpool - Museums and Galleries

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  • "We’re hugely grateful for Really Good Things' backing in helping us build this really important partnership and making it easier for people to reach out when they need it most"

    CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably)

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  • "I am truly delighted with what you have produced. The mapping of our fundraising needs, the opportunities that exist for us, and how you have demonstrated our uniqueness is just so motivating to me!"

    RSPCA, Manchester and Salford

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  • "Thanks to their independent review we are ready to move forwards with a much more informed strategy for our charity’s development. We have certainly gained a lot from their knowledge and experience"

    Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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  • "As a large organisation entering into a new venture, we have been very much guided by Sarah at Really Good Things, and have not been left disappointed"

    East Cheshire NHS Trust

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  • "We undertook a competitive tender for this internal communications review and wanted a partner that really understood the not-for-profit sector. We are very happy with the final result"

    Saint Francis Hospice

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