Grant Peisley

Social Entrepreneur, Director, and Sustainable Communities Consultant in north Wales

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I'm focussed on helping people work collaboratively by developing meaningful connections, through the sharing of values and a vision that facilitate the development, setting and achievement of jointly held goals. This approach has been shown to be effective in business, social enterprise and community development.

I grew up in Sydney with a strong sense of the great Aussie values of mateship and a fair go. These values have stuck with me through my life and impact on my work; both in what I choose and the way I go about it.

Mateship is not only about connecting with others; it’s also about the quality of that connection. There is fairness inherent in mateship and when I was growing up, giving everyone ‘A Fair Go’ ensured equality of opportunity.

It’s no surprise then that after a career exploring private enterprise, public services, and voluntary organisations that I find myself completing work involved with helping others; combining both my psychology and business qualifications.

Experience in diverse sectors along with my training gives me a creative, often novel approach supported by strong analytic skills. I'm a thinker, a planner, an ideologically minded strategist who likes to solve problems and find new ways of doing things.

Today, I find myself working a range of projects involved in helping others and egalitarianism. Whether it's supporting a community to work together and take ownership of services that are important to them, developing services that break down stigma and isolation of the most vulnerable in society, or training people in approaches to lead others fairly; the values that I gained growing up 17 000 kilometres away still guide me here in the UK.

I'm reassured by the increasing interest in community ownership and the power of local economies to make incremental developments towards regional regeneration, local wealth creation and economic development. Sharing information and increasing uptake of this approach is my present mission.

  • Work
    • Datblygiadau Egni Gwledig (DEG)
  • Education
    • PG Dip. Exec. management
    • BA (psych)
    • FInstLM
    • FMCAPP