Our Services
Legal and Regulatory Compliance
We provide both retained or ad-hoc legal and regulatory compliance support services. Our dedicated team of experts offers practical support for specific projects and ongoing support throughout the business lifecycle.
We work with organisations to prepare for new regulations and support them in ensuring that these are fully implemented and embedded.
We offer tailored solutions to support your information governance needs including:
- Policies and procedures
- Support with implementation of data protection regulations including GDPR
- Data protection training and awareness
- NHS Information Governance Consultancy
Bid/Tender Writing Services
Tender writing training course covering:
- Introduction to law relating to tenders;
- Understand and interpret the critical parts of standard tender documents and processes;
- Understand evaluation criteria and how you can provide high scoring answers;
- Clarification questions;
- How to manage the tender response process to ensure you submit your tender response on time; and
- Grounds and process for challenging a tender award.
Tender writing and submission on your behalf as follows:
- Our extensively experienced team of bid writers and bid management specialists work with you to develop the highest quality tender response document;
- Our team have a legal background enabling them to interpret relevant laws and the tender documents to ensure your response is compliant;
- Our team brings real life experience on both sides of the process i.e. that writing and submitting tenders as well as evaluating tender submissions to make award decisions.
Company Secretarial Services
We understand that some organisations may not have the expert internal resource to provide an effective company secretarial service.
We can provide a bespoke company secretarial service to suit your organisation's needs. Our services include filing annual statutory returns with Companies House, and Board/Committee support and advice to boards/Committees and members as required. We offer:
- Company secretary advisory services;
- Assisting with the appointment and removal of officers.
- Fully outsourced nominee Company Secretaries and Clerks to the Boards of Governors;
- Directors’ induction and continuing professional development;
- Interim company secretarial support;
- AGM Support Services;
- Drafting meeting minutes and resolutions;
- Maintaining statutory registers;
- Project support to your existing company secretarial team with specialist expertise and temporary resourcing during high pressure periods; and
- Effective Minute Taking Training.
Regulatory Inspection Support
We can provide a bespoke service to support you and your team before, during and after a regulatory inspection; including:
- conducting mock inspections and targeted independent reviews;
- coordinating the pre-inspection preparation process;
- supporting your organisation when the inspectors are on site; and
- leading the development and implementation of post-inspection action plans.
Our consultants bring extensive experience of regulatory inspections, including CQC and Ofsted, and will draw on this to guide your teams and share best practice to ensure that your organisation is ready for a regulatory inspection.
Independent Complaints and Incidents Management
In all businesses good incident and complaint management is a key aspect of the organisational leadership. We utilise industry specific best practice to design, review and improve incidents and complaints handling processes to ensure they are more effective and efficient.
We also act as independent adjudicators when organisations require an independent view on a specific incident or complaint.
Stage 1 – Local Resolution
Usually dealt with by the internal incidents or complaints team.
Stage 2 – Incident or Complaint Review
Usually dealt with by the Chief Executive or by a non-executive director.
Stage 3 – Independent External Adjudication
Conducted by an Gidi & Associates Ltd as Independent Adjudicator.
Independent Board Evaluations
It is best practice for organisations to have externally facilitated Board evaluations at least once every 3 years. Evaluation of your Board's effectiveness is critical to the delivery of the mission and strategic objectives. Our experts will work with your Board to identify barriers to effectiveness and develop a tailored solution to overcome these barriers.
According to the ICAEW:
"Board evaluations can bring tremendous benefits and a properly conducted evaluation can contribute significantly to performance improvements on three levels: organisational; board and individual member level".
Our team of experts will conduct an independent assessment of the strengths and capabilities of your board, committees, directors and trustees. We will:
- evaluate whether your organisation is following all relevant best practice;
- assess the balance of skills within the board, identify any skills gaps and recommend possible solutions to fill the gaps;
- consider whether the organisation has the right assurance systems and committee structure to enable good governance;
- evaluate the effectiveness of key roles like the Chair and the Senior Independent Director;
- observe the Board dynamics and determine whether the organisation has a healthy Boardroom culture;
- consider the Board's role in shaping the culture of the organisation; and
- consider whether the Board has a vision and strategy in place to achieve strategic objectives.
School Clerking & Governor Advisory Service
Gidi & Associates Ltd provides a range of services that support schools and Academies in ensuring their governance arrangements are effective and compliant with statutory regulations including:
- School Clerking Service;
- Coordinating drafting of agendas and circulation of papers;
- Supporting and advising the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team;
- Be the nominated Data Protection Officer for the organisation;
- Data protection law and GDPR
- Developing policies and procedures;
- Attending Governing Body meetings to advise on procedural matters and matters before the Board;
- Independent complaints management; and
- Independent whistleblowing arrangements
- Effective Minute Taking Training
Risk Consulting Services
Our team provides a range of risk management services to support organisations to operate a viable risk management framework, function and processes, including:
- Developing risk management strategies, policies and procedures;
- Developing tools for monitoring and reporting on risks including Board Assurance Framework;
- Reviewing effectiveness of risk management processes;
- Auditing whether risk management systems and processes are fully embedded across the organisation; and
- Risk Management Training including for Boards and senior leaders.
Business Support Services
We provide practical solutions to help our clients manage change efficiently and successfully and to support your organisation day to day including:
- Project management
- Change management
- Organisational development
- Drafting and review policies and procedures
- Conducting background research
- Organising and facilitation of development days, workshops and conferences
Diversity & Inclusion Consulting
We provide tailored solutions on all areas of diversity and inclusion management based on best practice, research and our consultants' extensive experience including:
- Diversity audit including EDS3 independent reviews for NHS organisations;
- Diversity strategy design and implementation;
- helping your organisation link diversity and inclusion to its strategic goals;
- Supporting diversity events and communications;
- Supporting your staff networks;
- Working with you to improve Board diversity;
- Executive coaching, mentoring and support of new leaders from a diverse background; and
- Supporting you to identify the right speakers to drive drive diversity and inclusion forward in your organisation.
Learning and Development Consulting
We provide Learning and Development consulting services including:
- Providing short and longterm support to your training and development team;
- Management and Leadership Development;
- Facilitation services;
- Team development;
- Curriculum and content development including for e-learning courses;
- Design, review and delivery of graduate development programmes; and
- Delivery of culture change programmes and training.