"Working with Yasmin has been nothing short of transformative" 

Working with Yasmin has been nothing short of transformative. As a Small Charity Champion, she brings a calm, thoughtful energy that immediately puts people at ease, making space for honest reflection and meaningful progress. Her quiet yet deeply insightful approach consistently adds clarity and direction, especially in complex or uncertain moments.

Yasmin demonstrates an exceptional understanding of strategic organisational development. She doesn’t just offer theory—she brings practical, well-grounded knowledge that empowers small charities to make confident, sustainable decisions. Her guidance is always rooted in a compassionate understanding of the unique challenges faced by small organisations, and her ability to translate big-picture thinking into tangible, manageable steps is a rare and valuable gift.

Yasmin is not just a consultant—she’s a trusted partner and advocate for small organisations striving to grow, adapt, and lead with purpose. I’m incredibly grateful for her support, and would wholeheartedly recommend her to any charity ready to take its next strategic step. 

Yasmin is also an excellent Christian Coach working with C Suite leaders in the charity sector directing meaningful and transformative conversations. I fully recommend her to anyone willing to be vulnerable, reflective and motivated to make positive change.

Sophia Nicholls

"She has a remarkable ability to gather everyone's ideas, bring clarity to group thinking"

Yasmin facilitated an incredibly valuable Away Day for our staff, management team, and trustees, guiding us through a thoughtful exploration of the values that underpin our work. She has a remarkable ability to gather everyone's ideas, bring clarity to group thinking, and gently guide discussions from initial thoughts to clear definitions.

With her support, we clearly identified our three core values— and have continued to refer to these as a touchstone for strategy and development. Yasmin also helped us refine our vision statement, transforming it into something which sounded far more compelling.

The day was a pivotal moment for us as a charity, and we’re so grateful for Yasmin’s insight, care, and guidance throughout the process.

Mary Northway, Linking Lives Eastbourne

"Her approach to strategic planning was both practical and inspiring"

I highly recommend Yasmin from the Olive Consultancy, she is exceptional in developing and delivering strategic leadership support programmes for the third sector. Having collaborated with Yasmin across three small charities (Social Action for Health, Hackney Foodbank and DataKind UK), I can attest to her professionalism, expertise, and genuine commitment to strengthening the third sector. 

Over those engagements Yasmin demonstrated remarkable skill in helping me and our senior leadership teams develop robust strategic thinking capabilities whilst ensuring the organisations remained true to their core mission and values. Her approach to strategic planning was both practical and inspiring, enabling us to navigate complex challenges without ever losing sight of our fundamental purpose. 

Key to Yasmin’s approach has been her support in developing and refining theories of change and enabling us to articulate clear pathways from activities to outcomes, helping us to build more compelling cases for support and strengthening our impact measurement approaches. 

In addition, Yasmin is adept at creating safe spaces for vulnerable leadership conversations, offering both insightful challenge and support in thinking things through. Her emotional intelligence and sector knowledge makes the Olive Consultancy an ideal partner for leaders navigating the unique pressures of leading mission-driven organisations.

Kye Lockwood, FRSA

"We could not have been happier with the results"

As a small charity it is always a challenge sourcing expertise that is both affordable and fit for purpose. We have no such worries when using The Small Charity Collective, they understand the resource implications and challenges faced by charities and are proactive in finding workable solutions.

We used Yasmin from The Olive Training and Consultancy Limited to help us focus our limited social media resources and other messaging to achieve our objectives. We could not have been happier with the results and all within a very reasonable pre agreed time and cost commitment.

Karen Friett, Lymphoedema Support Network

"She has strong organisational intelligence"

I had the pleasure of working with Yasmin in my capacity as a trustee for a small charity in Hackney. Yasmin is an impressive strategic thinker as well as knowing what it takes to put things into practice operationally.

She fosters strong working relationships extremely quickly, thanks to her calm and objective manner. She has strong organisational intelligence, and is able to offer targeted impact and comms support that is proportionate and action-oriented.

I hope to work with her again in the future, and would certainly recommend her services.

Hannah Stranger-Jones

"Both thought provoking and fun"

Thanks Yasmin, for facilitating our first team away. There has been a lot of positive feedback from the staff team who enjoyed the day, finding it both thought provoking and fun at the same time. Appreciate all your preparation in advance and keeping us to time on the day 😊

Rosemarie Pardington, Epilepsy Research UK

"Yasmin provided high quality and engaging content"

For two years, I had the pleasure of working with Yasmin as our Key-Messaging and Communication Trainer for our members at Small Charities Coalition (SCC). Yasmin not only provided high quality and engaging content when asked of her, but was open to adapting content and dedicated to ensuring content was bespoke and accessibly for a diverse membership with different backgrounds and needs. 

She has conducted herself to high professional standard and has suggested practical ideas to enhance our work so that SCC members had the best experience when engaging with her session. This really reassured and gave us confidence that she understood our needs and challenges in delivering a successful training and events programme.

Yasmin is a motivated, organised and dedicated person, who has been a pleasure to work with and would use her again in the future if the need ever arose!

Callum Johns

"Yasmin was a knowledgeable and confident webinar presenter"

Yasmin delivered a webinar for the Charity Professional Development Community. Yasmin was a knowledgeable and confident webinar presenter. Yasmin’s content was informative and full of practical insights.

Thank you, Yasmin!

Zac Parsons