Stella Man is the project manager, employed to develop and deliver the work. (see below for further details)
We employ free-lance professionals, recruit staff and volunteers to deliver specific projects or contacts. IRIS strives to employ people and engage volunteers from the area local to the project being delivered thus providing them with work experience or new skills. Our approach also ensures the relevant people are engaged. In 2002 we gained a Community Education Award from Bristol City Council ‘in recognition of the positive impact the Parent Participation Training had on participants and the wider community.’
IRIS is a not-for profit organisation, a company limited by guarantee. Any profits are used to enhance projects undertaken and add value to the funding received.
We specialise in developing innovation, piloting and testing solutions, sometimes acting as a launch pad for groups, when no other organisation or partnership is in place to do so.
IRIS trustees support the organisation’s development and oversee its financial and legal management. Current trustees are Martin Sandbrook, Ruth Ellams, Philip Morgan and Victoria West.
Further information on the Project Manager
Stella Man is a trained and experienced planner. An MA in Marketing gives her a sound theoretical background, followed by over 20 years of delivering projects. She has a wide network of contacts which ensures a quality delivery and partnership working with individuals a well as statutory, private and voluntary organisations.
She is often involved in the development of projects, researching opportunities, writing business plans, working on marketing, finance, and fundraising. She has raised funds in excess of £500,000 for Social Enterprise Works, IRIS, St Agnes Lodge and Park and Avon Wildlife Trust and up to £50,000 for smaller projects including Bristol Community Housing Foundation, Horfield Children’s Centre, and Glenside Hospital Museum. Once the project is underway she is able to initiate, organise and co-ordinate activities, staff, volunteers and participants to meet objectives against deadlines and in budget. Many of the projects she has worked on have be been given awards for ‘Best Value’ and excellence from bodies such as the Institute of Leisure and Amenities Management, Civic Trust, Bristol City Council, and the Heritage Lottery Fund.
