1st Life Consultancy Group
1st Life Group work across sectors and services with social impact, social justice social mobility & sustainable development at the heart. Supporting causes to help streamline & elevate, our specialisms include business development, compliance, business continuity, contingency planning, crisis & change management, safeguarding as well as financial reviews. Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI) is at the core of our work and underpins alongside a compassionate leadership programme to enhance results. Our main programmes have five core pillars in Governance and Leadership, DEI, Wellness & Wellbeing, People & Purpose, & Co Production & Consultation. Assistance is available through a combination of consultancy, individual & group mentoring programmes or memberships for c suite, chairpersons, & non-executive directors. Professional practical advice is offered to develop business acumen to enable leaders to steer a business well. We support those leading established businesses & bring key learning to those early on their start-up business journey specialising in regulated and compliance orientated fields & sectors.
Examples of Toni’s work includes representation on critical incident panels & navigating crisis at national level or more locally with business. Her work involves over 20 years working for Ministry of Justice (MOJ) & Home Office Central Government, being an intermediary working on high profile cases such as the UK MacPherson Inquiry for Stephen Lawrence & delivering diversity work with the Metropolitan Police. She has worked on London Riots & Grenfell to name a few, liaising & advising the state, police & community using trust-based models. Work has also included adverse publicity and gaining trust, public relations and working with compassion, risk taking and decision making whilst meeting regulation & leading effectively. Toni’s work helps you to find the balance between a thriving business & one that is human centered. We will assist you to embed DEI in your organisation using inclusive methodologies & approaches to make it an intrinsic part of your values & ethos.
With a solid reputation and substantial strategic experience in criminal justice, specialist education & care as well as working with vulnerable groups, it makes us a fit good to navigate change risk & crisis in any business. If you need to change course in business, we are there to assist. We work with you, taking a pragmatic approach to find timely solutions to resolve your challenges in stormy times as we know no business is immune to turbulent times.