Month: July 2023

LimeCulture commissions Manifestive to support our growth & development

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LimeCulture in 2023 is not the same organisation that was launched back in 2011. We have grown significantly; the demand for our training and consultancy services has increased year-on-year, and we’ve expanded into new sectors.

Back in 2011, when LimeCulture was launched, there was not the focus on our area work that there is today. There was not the same level of scrutiny on organisations and their duty to safeguard or protect people from violence and abuse as there is now. Thankfully, things have begun to change, and more organisations and other sectors are beginning to recognise they too need to do more to safeguard, protect and respond more appropriately to victims and survivors.

For LimeCulture, this step change has meant that our client base is bigger and more diverse. Along with the specialist sexual violence support sector – who we’ve always worked alongside and continue to champion – we now also work extensively to support universities, schools and colleges, as well as sporting organisations, police forces and other organisations who realise they must to do more in this importance space.

In order to respond to the needs of a more diverse client base, we have expanded our work force; we’ve recruited new talent as well as developing and promoting our people so that LimeCulture can do more.

We’ve always known that LimeCulture’s success comes through our people and their passion, focus and dedication to supporting our clients’ needs. We have been lucky enough to build and grow a truly dedicated and talented team, who work incredibly hard to deliver our work to the highest possible standards. But we have also been aware that organisational growth can come at a cost, with people becoming tired and quality overlooked.

So, as we grow, we’ve been determined to make sure that our people continue to be at the heart of our organisation. As LimeCulture continues to evolve, we want to ensure that we all have a shared vision for LimeCulture and a common understanding of where we’re going as an organisation. We want to make sure that all our people are committed to our goals and indeed, that they are central to setting those goals for our organisation.

To help us do this, we have commissioned Manifestive, a management consultancy and strategy catalyst, to reinject passion and inspiration into our strategy and bring clarity to the role we’ll all play in our continued success – something that’s good for us and for our clients and our partners.

Stephanie Reardon, LimeCulture’s CEO said:

“It’s been absolutely brilliant to work closely with Manifestive, who’ve been astonishingly skilful in engaging our staff to think more creatively about LimeCulture’s future and what we want to achieve as an organisation.  Through a co-creation approach, Manifestive has inspired us to be confident and bold, breathing new life into our strategy, and ensuring that every member of the LimeCulture team has a shared vision for the future and a clear plan of how to achieve our ambitions”.

 

Marcus Iles, Manifestive’s CEO said:

“There are precious few opportunities to partner with an organisation with a mission like LimeCulture’s. It has been humbling to get to know the team, to experience their dedication and commitment first hand, and to help them galvanise their passion and purpose into a strategy that will continue to impact their client’s organisations – and our entire society.”

 

 

 

 

marcus@manifestive.works

www.manifestive.works

 

Have your say: Contribute to new guidance on Sexual Violence Liaison Officers for universities

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LimeCulture is excited to be developing sector guidance for Sexual Violence (and Misconduct) Liaison Officers and we want your input!

The SVLO (SVMLO in Scotland) role was developed and piloted in 2016, coinciding with the Universities UK Changing the Culture report. Since then, LimeCulture has trained over 500 SVLOs from around 75 different organisations, mainly Higher Education Institutions, and the role and model are now considered essential to education institutions’ approach to sexual violence and misconduct.

The SVLO role and model have evolved and matured over the past seven years and, in response to requests from university stakeholders, LimeCulture is now developing guidance on the SVLO role and model to further support the implementation and delivery of SVLO services across UK universities.

The guidance will aim to bolster the confidence and competence of the professionals working to prevent and respond to sexual violence/misconduct, and support the SVLO model to be even more effectively embedded within and across institutions.

Share your experience

We hugely value the expertise that exists within the sector, and we want to develop guidance that works for you so – we need to hear from you!

We are particularly keen to seek representation from a range of different model types, so whether you’re working in an innovative or novel way, or whether you take a more traditional approach, we would like for you to engage and share your thoughts.

We will be running 4 focus groups throughout August for different stakeholders involved in responding to sexual misconduct in the university setting to capture a broad range of views and experiences:

Focus Group 1 – Thursday 10 August, 2pm to 4pm

  • For current, trained SVLOs/SVMLOs working in the role supporting those affected by sexual violence/misconduct in a university/Students’ Union setting.

Focus Group 2 – Monday 21 August, 10am to 12pm

  • For current SVLO/SVMLO Leads/Managers who oversee SVLOs within your services (i.e. those responsible for overseeing the strategic direction of the SVLO work specifically).

Focus Group 3 – Friday 25 August, 10am to 12pm

  • For current, trained SVLOs/SVMLOs working in the role supporting those affected by sexual violence/misconduct in a university/Students’ Union setting.

Focus Group 4 – Wednesday 30 August, 9.30am to 11.30am

  • For Heads/Directors of Services including SVLOs, for instances Heads of Wellbeing Services / Directors of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (i.e. those responsible for overseeing the strategic direction of the SVLO model within a broader context).

All focus groups will take place online, via Zoom. 

To participate, contact us at universities@limeculture.co.uk noting which focus group you’d like to join.

With consent, we will cite all collaborators in the publication of the guidance.

If you are unable to attend any of the focus groups but would still like to contribute to the guidance, please contact Harriet Smailes, LimeCulture’s Universities’ Lead, at harriet.smailes@limeculture.co.uk.