Dave Garratt

Dave offers consultancy advice and support on governance, strategy, mergers, tender development and contract readiness. Dave is also now a director of Eastside Primetimers, with responsibility for mergers and partnerships.
Key skills & experience
Dave has worked in the not-for-profit sector for 25 years, starting out as an advice worker, and moving through project manager, area manger and operations director roles, before becoming CEO for five years, of one of the UK’s largest Refugee Charities. He brings wide ranging skills including charity planning, leadership, and operational planning; partnership development and merger exploration, and securing, preparing for and delivering statutory funded contracts and grants at national and local level.
Recent projects
Merger exploration in advice sector
Post-merger support in family support sector
Contract readiness in leisure sector
Governance support in social care sector
Other information
Dave is Chair of trustees of Student Action for Refugees and a trustee of the Asylum Support Appeals Project