Community Heroes Limited is a socially conscious business that exists to provide business development support that helps organisations achieve lasting solutions to social injustice across the UK.

WHAT WE DO

Community Heroes is a boutique business development consultancy set up by Andy Fish in 2016.

We support organisations that tackle social issues and deliver lasting change for better lives. We focus on bid management and bid writing. We have built a network of associates with expertise in financial modelling, quality systems, HR and bid writing.

Our main areas of expertise are social exclusion, employability, skills, health, disability, justice, young people and education. Since December 2016 we have supported not-for-profit, local authority and private sector customers to access funding worth over £400m

WHO WE WORK WITH

We work with third sector, local authority and private sector organisations that are committed to tackling social issues to deliver lasting change for better lives.

Examples of the types of organisations we have submitted bids to include:

Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Education
Education and Skills Funding Agency
European Regional Development Fund
European Social Fund
Greater London Authority
Ministry of Justice
National Lottery Community Fund
Scottish Government
Study Higher
Welsh Government
West London Alliance
West Midlands Combined Authority

Examples of bids worked on include:

Access to Work
Adult Education Budget
Fair Start Scotland
National Careers Service
National Citizen Service
Prison Education Framework
Skills Support for the Workforce/Redundancy
Skills Support for Unemployed
Strategic Schools Improvement Fund
Restart
Work and Health Programme
Workforce Development Innovation Fund
Jobs Growth Wales+

We can support any organisation to develop impactful bids, tenders and funding applications as well as supporting with commercial proposals and any business copywriting needs.

What people say

"Thank you for your skills, communications and efficiency. You made our jobs easier”

Kirstie Barter, Skills for Young People Manager, Education and Skills, Wiltshire Council and Shelley Cook, Skills and Employment Manager, Routes to Employment, Swindon Borough Council

What people say

"Andy Fish is an exceptional Bid Writer, who is able to interpret specifications and then skilfully articulate responses which demonstrate how the organisation fits the requirements. During his employment [with Tomorrow’s People Trust], he helped us secure significant levels of new business – and in doing so, achieved a high level of bid conversion – regularly exceeding the company’s conversion rate expectations.”

Steve Swan, previous Chair of the Employment Related Services Association

What people say

"Community Heroes have supported Shaw Trust on a number of significant tenders over the past two years, working alongside our internal Business Development team to develop storyboards, draft high quality bid responses, contribute to service design and support the commercial dialogue process. Andy’s years of experience are clear in his approach to his work, he brings a wealth of knowledge about government contracting and offers a fresh perspective and challenge. He is personable and easily builds relationships with internal stakeholders working quickly and efficiently to produce high quality written bid submissions. We hope to continue to work with Community Heroes whenever we require additional business development support.”

Sally Gibbs, Head of Business Development, Shaw Trust

What people say

"I first met Andy when he worked for Tomorrow’s People, when they were bidding to become part of Rehab JobFit’s supply chain - he was highly effective in his negotiations on their behalf! I was delighted when, some years later, Andy joined the Rehab Group to head up their business development work in the UK. I was able then to see, at first hand, his expertise both as a bid writer and as a manager of major business development projects. He is a first-class bid writer and bid manager with great knowledge of the employment and training sectors. He’s also a real pleasure to work with and an all-round good guy. If you are looking for someone to assist you with your business development work, I’d struggle to think of anyone better to call.”

Catherine A’Bear, Head of Projects and Operations for Content Comms, previously Supply Chain Manager for Rehab JobFit.

What people say

"I am delighted with your approach to this bid work and it has been a pleasure working with you; it has felt very much as a team effort and like we’ve known each other for a lifetime”

Elaine Inglis, Assistant Director North – Careers for Education Development Trust

Andy Fish, Director

Andy has 22 years’ experience in business development for private and voluntary sector organisations, with 10 years in senior leadership positions, including: Head of UK Business Development for Rehab Group (Ireland’s largest disability charity) and Head of Business Development for Barnardo’s employment, training, skills division. He was the Senior Bid Writer at TBG Learning and Tomorrow’s People Trust, and Research and Development Manager for Sencia (now part of Interserve) and Fern Training and Development (now part of Newcastle College Group).

Andy has extensive experience across national and local government funding, ESIF and grant funding.

Andy is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Member of the Institute of Employability Professionals and a Member of the Institute of Fundraising. Andy is a graduate of the University of Warwick.