You fund changemakers.
We give them the team to make it work.

The Creative Space Programme gives non-profits, social enterprises, future-ready businesses and impact founders one connected expert team for 3 to 12 months: certified coaching, expert advice and hands-on work, built on the SDGs and Inner Development Goals.

  • "I am from a foundation"

    → We ensure that your grantees funding delivers their intended impact.

  • "I run a non-profit"

    → We will support you with the team you need to deliver your work.

  • "I am a solopreneur"

    → Join us and support our values-aligned clients with your expertise".

Meet our Supporters

  • Jessica Lohmann

    Ethical marketing strategist · AI search specialist

    • 35 years in marketing, including 13 years leading marketing at two German software companies

    • Founder, Ethical Brand Marketing (2018) · certified agency partner for AI search

    • Raised a care-home volunteering platform's AI visibility from 2.5% to 25.9% in three months

    • Children's author (LUSH Prize shortlist 2022) and voice talent

    Tech marketing experience and a writer's ear help nature-led organisations get found by people, funders and AI assistants. English and German.

  • Andrea Wodniok

    Co-founder · Head of Events and Community · Creative facilitator and coach

    • Social worker turned drama educator, self-employed for 20+ years

    • 15 years as lecturer at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences; workshops for faculties of medicine, business and science

    • Erasmus+ "Theatre for Change" project with partners in Austria, Germany and Ireland

    • BA Social Work · Drama educator (BuT) · training in ACT and solution-focused coaching

    Social work, applied theatre and coaching combined: teams practise speaking up, collaborating and handling change instead of only talking about it. English and German, based in Ireland.

  • Sarah Santecroce

    Conscious business coach · Humane marketing strategist · Author

    • 10 years of digital and LinkedIn marketing consultancy, then founded Humane Marketing in 2019

    • EMCC accredited coach · Art of Holding Space and Art of Hosting practitioner

    • Co-hosts ID@Work (500+ members), bringing the IDGs into workplaces; co-founder of Impact Architects

    • Author of the Like We're Human book trilogy · podcast host, 200+ episodes

    Digital marketing know-how joined with ethics and inner development: values-led communication and learning programmes that create real impact. Switzerland; English, French, German.

  • Shayne "Archie"Ezekiel

    Instructional designer · Creator of Regenerative Instructional Design (RID)

    • 12+ years teaching English, including 1,200+ high-school students in China and 1,000+ lesson plans

    • Instructional design and eLearning consultant since 2018; builds courses in Articulate Rise and Storyline

    • Has run The Springs Homestead, a regenerative farm in Spain, since 2020, hosting 400+ volunteers from 20+ nationalities

    • Permaculture Design Course · TEFL · learner-experience review for Tadreeb LMS, with a reported 80–90% of recommendations implemented

    Teaching showed him how differently people learn; the farm showed him that knowing is not the same as doing. RID joins both: learning built around real tasks, feedback and adaptation, the learning cycle at the heart of the programme. Based in Spain; English.

  • Sugandha Wadhwa

    Career transition coach · Marketing and brand strategist

    • Four careers: dentist, healthcare marketer, founder, coach

    • Has lived and worked in India, the UAE, Australia and Germany

    • ICF ACC · solution-focused coach · MBA in Marketing · Bachelor of Dental Surgery

    • Healthcare campaign won an Apollo award for excellence in community service

    Coaching and marketing together: she helps people rebuild their professional identity through change, then position it clearly. Hamburg; English and Hindi.

  • Katia Triggiani

    Executive and leadership coach · Author

    • 26 years in senior marketing and communications at Deutsche Telekom, Microsoft, Amazon, Workday and Fujitsu

    • ICF PCC · EMCC Senior Practitioner · 2,000+ coaching hours

    • Has designed coaching and mentoring programmes for women at Microsoft and Amazon since 2012

    • Founder, Professional Women Network Munich · author of Marketing Yourself Forward

    Corporate communications experience plus coaching depth: she helps leaders communicate their value and guide teams through change, including AI. English, Italian, German.

  • Nikhil Vaish

    Brand strategist · Founder, BoostSolo

    • 26+ years building brands for IBM, Unilever and Citigroup at Ogilvy and Publicis

    • Founded BoostSolo in 2022; created the BrandBoost™ positioning process

    • Host of the Unfiltered Solopreneur podcast

    Global agency brand-building, applied to revealing what makes independent experts and small organisations distinctive. Based in the US.

  • Charles Odom

    Co-founder · Strategy, finance and systems

    • Financial planning, scenario modelling and reserves for Creative Space

    • Finance dashboards and connected payment and accounting systems

    • Pricing governance for the programme and partnership offers

    • Co-developed the Hero's Journey reflective learning pilot

    Connects the financial model with the processes that keep programme delivery coordinated and sustainable. Based in the US.

  • Tracy Weeks

    Graphic information designer · Purplelily Design

    • 30 years of print and digital design for agencies, financial services, a national park authority and a university

    • BA Graphic Information Design, Falmouth University

    • Own studio since 2005: infographics, impact reports, brand identities and templates

    • Designed Justlife Foundation's Big Give Christmas Challenge application

    Turns research, data and dense reports into clear, accessible communication that audiences and funders can use. UK-based.

  • Corinna Klus

    Co-founder · Operations design, systems, Notion and AI

    • Designs workflows and organisational structures teams can actually use

    • Builds shared workspaces in Notion

    • Applies AI as a practical tool in operations and collaboration

    • Small World Social Impact

    Turns many connected activities into clear structures, so client work and documentation stay organised. English & German.

  • Ruth Nelson-Andorf

    Founder & CEO · IDG Ambassador · Communications designer

    • Communications designer since 2000: agency work and her own studio, CHALKBOARDS®, for clients including Tchibo

    • Led Greenpeace Hamburg's face-to-face fundraising team: recruiting, training, coaching and mentoring

    • Leadership coaching (On Purpose) and international coaching programme consulting (SolutionsAcademy)

    • Diploma in Communications Design, HTK Hamburg · training in coaching, organisational and team coaching

    Design, environmental advocacy and coaching come together in how she builds Creative Space and the programme: clear communication for the organisation, care for the people behind it. English & German. Based in Hamburg.

Professional expertise. Human connection. A team built around your work.

Creative Space helps the organisations and initiatives you fund access the expertise and capacity they need.
We assess their needs, assemble the right team from our global impact community and coordinate the support.
Our professionals bring practical expertise and coaching to strengthen both the work and the people behind it.

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The Creative Space Programme

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We believe strong relationships strengthen how we work together towards our impact Goals.

The Creative Space Programme draws on a growing community of connected professionals working across the impact sector.

Together, they represent multidisciplinary expertise across strategic, technological, creative, financial, organisational, research, communication, facilitation and human-development disciplines.

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