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Adele Cherrison Cole - Interim Programme Manager - Environment Agency
I enjoyed working with Amanda both as delivery manager and job-sharing the waste programme manager's role. She is pleasant and straightforward to work with; organised, precise and pragmatic. Amanda brought great experience and wisdom to her roles and is a rounded business professional with an informed and down-to-earth view of marketing and communications. Amanda is diligent, focussed and outcome orientated, making every minute of her time count. She is unfazed by anything that is thrown at her and instills calmness and confidence in her colleagues and reports. She is a fair and exacting manager who brought a refreshing mix of gravitas, humanity and humour to her senior management roles.
Jackie Young - Communications Manager - Plymouth City Council
To meet new CAA targets introduced in April this year, we had to put together an Environment Policy that had tangible outcomes showing how, in particular, we were going to manage our use of natural resources over the coming years This is something the Council had not considered before. Amanda’s support was invaluable; she assisted us with the whole process: running workshops for directors, managers and partners, scrutinising our corporate plan and business plans and putting together a communications plan. The outcome is a practical and prioritised Environment Policy and Forward Plan that, once delivered, wil do far more than meet our CAA needs.
Andrew Manners - Communications Manager - Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust
Amanda's support is invaluable - she had provided help with media relations and internal communications at a very busy and challenging time for the Trust.
Peter Kelly - Sefton Local Strategic Partnership
ABC ran a successful workshop to explore communications development for Sefton Borough Partnership which was attended by a range of key partners and which has helped form the Workplan for the Communications Network for the then next 12 months.
The workshop was seen as informative positive, enjoyable and productive and an extremely useful part of our ongoing development.
Alan Woods - Chief Executive - Keep Britain Tidy
Amanda has been with Keep Britain Tidy for over 11 years and in that time has performed a number of roles, from Head of Communications to Executive Director, overseeing the South West and part of the South East.
She has been a valuable member of Keep Britain Tidy senior management and has made valuable contributions both corporately and in the regions. Amanda is a team player and a good strategist - she will be missed!
Michael Trevarthen - Head of Services for the Environment - Carrick District Council
I have worked with Amanda on a number of projects over the past ten years and always appreciated her very friendly, positive, sincere and open approach.
She has the ability to develop a structured approach to address issues and problems and a willingness to ‘put herself out’ to get things done. Amanda is very able to explain and discuss complex situations at all levels and delivers what she says she will deliver.
Mike Moon - Strategic Manager Street Services - Bournemouth Borough Council
I have worked with Amanda for a number of years and have always been impressed by her wealth of experience and knowledge. She knows her subject well and is a good net worker.
Amanda is well organised, very positive and creative with solutions proposed and more importantly, is willing to go that extra mile if needed.
Charles Kaye - Chief Executive of the Special Hospital Service Authority
Amanda is a highly skilled communications professional who took a strategic and proactive approach to her work at Ashworth Hospital. She managed to turn around the media coverage and gained positive coverage regionally and nationally.
This was all the more remarkable as the hospital had undergone a public enquiry and endured a great deal of negative tabloid newspaper coverage.
Nuala O'Brien - Head of Public Relations - Special Hospital Service Authority
Amanda brought a freshness and new direction to media relations at Ashworth Hospital, opening the doors in a way which had not been attempted before and, by challenging their views, forced journalists to bring better balance to a service which had been badly served by the press.
Hugely improved internal communications also gave staff a better view of themselves and their service, helping the hospital to recover from the fall out of a damaging public inquiry some years earlier.
Amanda is also great to work with, bringing energy and enthusiasm to whatever she is doing.
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