Alexander Stevenson

 Alexander set up Blume which finds freelancers for interim, part-time and project work in 2019. Before then he co-founded RSe Consulting which worked for more than 200 Local Authorities before being acquired by Tribal Group. He has more than twenty years experience in a variety of Trustee and Executive roles for charities including Uprising, the Create Streets Foundation, Fight for Peace, the Young Foundation and Borough Market. He has written two books on public sector management and appeared (unsuccessfully) on Countdown.

Top tip:

Demonstrate the benefits that the partnerships deliver for the businesses as well as the charities; and show how both businesses and charities use assets other than money to deliver wonderful things.