Diana is an experienced small business advisor and facilitator specialising in communities, social enterprise and asset transfer and development. In recent years she has increasingly focused on working with heritage projects.

Diana draws on her training as a building surveyor and has an M.Sc. in Voluntary Sector Organisation and has worked with many communities across the South West.

Examples of her work include: 

• Evaluation of heritage capital and activity projects.
• Supporting community asset transfer and asset development projects. 
• Supporting the development of start-up Societies and community businesses.
• Development of community share offers and Standard Mark assessments. 
• Facilitating group processes such as strategic reviews and theory of change planning.
• Grant assessor for a major community business investor. 

Diana also runs the Rules registration service for Wessex Roots – undertaking company conversions and registering community benefit societies.

Diana is Licensed by the Community Shares Unit to award the Community Shares Standard Mark.