Achieving With Volunteers

John Berry has given almost forty years of part-time volunteering effort primarily covering youth and education with over 20 years spent with the Scouts. As a management consultant, he has worked with large and small, national and local civil society organisations. He has seen the good and the bad of the sector. John is an alumnus of Loughborough University, the Open University Business School and Birkbeck, University of London, in technology, management and organisational psychology. He is a Chartered Manager and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. As a technology manager he was a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

For 40 years Sue Berry has volunteered in education, delivering for beneficiaries, and chairing local and national governance committees. As a consultant, she has helped managers in civil society organisations navigate complex cases, primarily in recruitment and discipline. She is a Queen's Guide and Queen's Scout with many years volunteering with the Scouts. Sue is an alumna of Newcastle University, De Montfort University and the Open University in education, human resource management and psychology & economics. She is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and has Qualified Teacher Status.