Hannah is an excellent consultant. She is highly professional, thorough, responsive and extremely easy to work with and produces written outputs in a clear, well written style. I would highly recommend her. She provides exactly what a good consultant should- support that you need, delivered in a way that you need and without creating additional or unnecessary work for a busy team.
Karol Balfe, CEO, ActionAid Ireland
After a long and difficult pandemic, my team in the Department of Foreign Affairs came together for the first time in 26 months. Many colleagues were meeting for the first time in person. Hannah’s excellent facilitation helped us to quickly re-establish an esprit de corps. Her solutions-focused approach helped us identify improvements to our ways of working. And her diligent approach to meeting preparation and documenting follow-up means that I am able to hand over many of the actions and conclusions to my successor, as I move on this summer. I would thoroughly recommend Hannah’s facilitation to anyone seeking to rebuild their teams and foster a sense of shared purpose as we emerge from lockdown ways of working.
Michelle Winthrop, Policy Director, Development Cooperation and Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs Ireland
Thank you so much for excellent facilitating. You were so well prepared and had clearly thoroughly researched the work of our office and our national strategy. This led to a very engaging and productive planning session.
Sarah Wood, Lead for Strategy Implementation, Stakeholder Engagement and Education, HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention
The day was really engaging. The variety of activities meant that the time flew, while also feeling meaningful. There were no activities that felt unsuited to the area. Genuinely enjoyable!
Great facilitation and subject matter knowledge helped us get got to a full formed TOC (and in the process, talk through ongoing unanswered questions. Thank you!
I got a lot out of the day. The sessions were really well organised and highlighted important issues. Hannah was an excellent facilitator. I enjoyed the process.
Feedback from DCU Centre for Climate and Society Theory of Change day
Exceptional day- really well facilitated. You were very well informed on the topic which helped hugely.
Many thanks Hannah, some difficult hurdles surmounted today. The movement between groups helped the dynamic of ‘consensus’ enormously. Well done.
Very enjoyable. Effective. Setting ground rules at outset was very useful. Moving between tables very useful. ‘Layered’ approach to a question i.e. asking it again and again with different people in discussion was a very effective way to achieve consensus.
Feedback provided following the PHECC Education Strategy Day
We worked with Barncat Consulting on the development of our three-year Advocacy Plan. Hannah was excellent; she engaged with staff, our board members, personnel from DFI member organisations, and external key stakeholder with an appreciated openness and professionalism. Hannah provided a clear and comprehensive collation and analysis of information. She is very responsive, knowledgeable and has a clarity of thinking that lends itself very well to complex and multi-stakeholder working. I could not recommend her highly enough.
Emer Begley, Director of Advocacy and Inclusion, Disability Federation of Ireland
I just want to say a massive thank you again for all of your hard work and effort to bring the workshops together. It has been a resounding success, and it is a result of your talent and hard work over the last couple of months. Thank you for the time and care you put into organising both days and your continued effort to refine and adapt to make the experience better for everyone. A huge thank you to Helen as well, it was great to have another pair of safe hands to help with everything.
Martina O’Brien, Invasive Species Engagement Officer National Biodiversity Data Centre
Hannah came in to support the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to deliver on a significant policy project. She worked with us for throughout the course of a year producing analytical think-pieces; preparing and facilitating workshops; leading on organising and briefing teams for public consultation meetings. She was an excellent consultant – highly professional in her engagement; very responsive to our needs and always delivered high quality outputs to tight timelines. I would highly recommend her and hope to have the opportunity to work with her again.
Nicola Brennan, Policy Director
Development Cooperation and Africa Division,
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Dublin
It was a pleasure to work with Barncat Consulting on our recent project. The support provided by Hannah and her team was thorough, clear and appropriate to our requirements. The working style was also clear and responsive to our questions and clarifications. I would be happy to recommend Barncat Consulting to others.
Niamh Garvey, Head of Policy and Advocacy
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