Community Accelerator

We are a group of people from Portsmouth looking to gift our time to local projects who are seeking environmental, social and economic solutions to some of the challenges of our times.
Contact us for an informal discussion of how we might work together.

Portsmouth finds itself in the midst of exciting times.

There are lots of small grassroots projects, many enthusiastic people who are working hard and attempting to do big things – important things – while also working in their day jobs, studying and looking after their families.

It is truly wonderful to see such an abundance of passion and enthusiasm to contribute to positive change for the environment and people living here in Portsmouth. We would love to get involved by offering focused skills and support to work through the challenges faced start up projects, and to help people achieve their goals.

Examples of challenges people face:

Projects that struggle to move into action and results.
Gaps in marketing, project management, technology skills.

We are a small group of people committed to inclusivity and social justice, respecting resource limits and creating resilience in our community.

We believe in using creative ways to engage and involve people, encouraging them to imagine the future they want to inhabit. We want to help make things happen and are looking to gift our time to local projects who are seeking environmental, social and economic solutions to some of the challenges of our times.

We are taking expressions of interest from anyone who thinks they could use our skills to get their project off the ground, past any blocks, or to the next level of action and results. Please contact us for an informal discussion of how we might work together.

Our Skills

This is how we can contribute to your community project:

Training

Meeting facilitation, project planning and management.

Marketing

Digital, print, commuting engagement, campaigning.

Fundraising

Strategy/applications/crowd funding/angel investing/seed funding.

Coaching

Leadership coaching.

Strategy

Business and Finance strategy.

Technology

Technology consulting and software development.

Get In Touch

People

David Raybould

Dave is an entrepreneur, executive coach, speaker and founder of Kaizen Effect. He's known for developing high performing leaders and teams that work together harmoniously to achieve all their targets, without stress or overtime. Read More...

Over the last three years he's worked with 100+ business leaders in the UK, Europe and USA.

Dave spent five years leading groups as a Snowboard Coach in USA, Europe and Australia. He honed his business skills building a successful Financial Planning practice and has since worked with solo-preneurs through to global multi-national corporations as an executive coach and consultant.

Emma Collins

Emma is an ICF Accredited Coach and an international trainer offering Leadership Programs, Collaborative Communication workshops and a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator. Read More...

She has a background in Social Change, worked in the voluntary sector in Portsmouth for many years and is also Director of Social Impact for a local Social Enterprise.

She believes passionately in our capacity to grow a kind of village mindedness and to recognise that now, perhaps more than ever, we are needed by one another to create the kinds of community we want to live in.

Marvin Fray

Marvin is a technology specialist that envisages an interdependent local community that places the wellbeing of each other above personal wealth and material gain. Read More...

He has spent most of career career as a technology leader and strategist, developing and delivering critical systems into emergency services around the world.

Marvin co-founded Kiticow to help turn life-changing ideas into a reality. Kiticow originally set out to accelerate budding startups, offering technical leadership and product development services. He is now re-working Kiticow to support local community initiatives.