QuoLux™ Scholarship for Leaders of VCSE in Gloucestershire

QuoLux™ Scholarship

Our Scholarship Vision

Imagine Gloucestershire being a place where thousands of businesses and charities work together creating social value and business value that has transformed lives of communities, the environment and employees; where innovation of partnerships has led to the county being a beacon of good growth, in terms of people, place, planet and profit. This is where the QuoLux™ Scholarship comes in.

Why we need more effective leadership in VCSE

The importance of developing charity leaders in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) is paramount. But with the focus firmly on charitable outcomes there is too often a lack of investment from charities themselves in leadership development.

We know at firsthand the major impact effective leadership has in a charity. Here are VCSE leaders who we have worked with and how investing in leadership has helped them:

What Our Clients Say

Matt Lennard Leadership Improvement Award

Matt Lennard
CEO, Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance

The LEAD™ programme entirely changed my perspective of what leadership is and fast-forwarded my leadership journey by 10 years. The learning I have taken from this course has been invaluable to me, my future and my business.

Emma Griffiths
CEO, Friends of Westonbirt Arboretum

You think you know business and yourself within the business, but you really don’t. What are you hiding from? This course will take you to depths of understanding and expertise you couldn’t have imagined were comfortably possible to achieve.

Cordell Ray MBE
CEO, Caring for Communities and People

Think you know it already?? Think again! Steeped in learning and reflection LEAD™ presents a variety of elements, from world renowned leaders to one-to-one coaching and peer learning alongside like-minded business leaders. It really disrupts your thinking. I am not alone when it comes to highly recommending LEAD™.

Abby Guilding
Director of Fundraising, WellChild

I can wholeheartedly say that my leadership would not be what it is today without the support from QuoLux™. I'm truly grateful for the insights I’ve gained and the support network I've developed. There's so much benefit from peers giving their perspective on all aspects of my business.

Beth Hughes
CQC Registered Manager, Nelson Trust

Having had a senior leader go through LEAD™, GOLD™, GAIN™ and the positive impact it had on our charity, I felt incredibly lucky to be offered a scholarship place on the LEAD™ programme, and it has been one of the most influential things in my working career to date. A key learning point has been that a charity is still a business, and in the economic climate that we are in, charitable organisations need to be as high performing as any other business.

Geoffrey Newcombe
CEO, ITSA Digital Trust

LEAD™ is outstanding! Leaders at all stages of their career and from all types of organisation gain insights from day one that they can apply immediately to improve leadership and success in their business. My humble advice for growth-minded leaders? Don’t delay: sign up today!

QuoLux™ Scholarship for leaders of VCSE in Gloucestershire

Seniors leaders of VCSE in Gloucestershire can apply for funded leadership places through the QuoLux™ Scholarship.

The aim of the QuoLux™ Scholarship is to fund the development of leadership skills and capacity within the leadership of VCSE in Gloucestershire to improve the lives of others, where communities will be stronger, more resilient, sustainable and efficient.

Social Value: Beyond business as usual

Stronger leadership in the VCSE in Gloucestershire will result in more sustainable and resilient charities.

They will then have greater reach, initiate better efficiencies and generate more funding, which in turn means that the community is stronger and less dependent on the state and Public sector.

To achieve this VCSE must go beyond business as usual and embrace social value through:

Capacity and Capability

Connecting VCSEs to the benefits of leadership and resilience develops new know-how, peer learning and coaching, and creates a common language.
Partnerships

Establish better connections and relationships with small-medium businesses (SMBs) that are more sustainable, drawing in more funding, and making more impact in the community.
Advocacy

Engaging and inspiring new communities, initiating partnerships and collaborations that support inclusion and participation.
Fundraising

Collaborative and creative approaches that support funded activities with demonstrable impact.

Eligibility criteria

The QuoLux™ Scholarship is for leaders in independent VCSE with headquarters in Gloucestershire operating in the UK, and not for leaders of branches of larger national charities. VCSEs must meet the following criteria:

Deliver activities to meet an identified need for vulnerable members of the Gloucestershire community
Have an annual income in excess of £500,000
Employ more than 10 people (Full-Time Equivalents)
Have at least 3 years published annual accounts
More than 3 years experience in leadership or management positions

Apply Now

If you are a senior leader in a VCSE in Gloucestershire and want to develop yourself and your organisation then send your application to info@quolux.co.uk with reasons why you and your organisation should benefit from the Scholarship.

We are looking for organisational leaders who are open and transparent about their work and organisation’s finances, and have the ability to cooperate with others.

Each application will be considered by the independent Scholarship Advisory Panel consisting of Emma Griffiths, CEO, Friends of Westonbirt Arboretum and Cordell Ray MBE, CEO, Caring for Communities & People, who will then make recommendations to the QuoLux™ Board for action.