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Finding place and quiet

March 9, 2018

Space, peace and quiet are luxuries if you live in a city, and anywhere if resources are tight. But while we all need to get away from time to time, I’m resistant to the idea that tranquility has to be separate from rather than integral to urban life. Designed right, a city can offer places

Catherine and Matt are a pleasure to collaborate with. They combine expertise, creativity and pragmatism to deliver high quality work which provides a sound basis for future action.

Chief Executive
Care City
Catherine impressed us straight away with her quick grasp of the essentials and the ferocious energy she displayed in coming to grips not just with the immediate problem but with the underlying issues which had left us in a very weak position.

Executive Member for Culture
London Borough of Camden
Working with Catherine is so easy. Her knowledge, skill and determination are balanced with common sense. There is never a feeling that she is just recycling material off the shelf. It is always fresh, relevant and challenging. And it’s always on time.

Deputy Regional Director (Social Care)
Department of Health
Catherine ran two creative and inspiring sessions for the Citizen’s Council which enabled members to grapple with the concept of ‘societal value’. Council members with different backgrounds and perspectives were encouraged to challenge their own and others’ ideas constructively, and this helped set the tone for the sessions which followed.

Associate Director, Research and Development
NICE
Catherine has worked with SCIE to deliver an innovative and unique programme of work that has placed sustainability as a key consideration in the provision of social care. Her skill has been to work successfully with all of the stakeholders in health and social care, including people who use services, to ensure that our research and guidance is genially co-produced.

Director
Social Care Institute for Excellence
Catherine has generated excellent consultancy work for NHS Tower Hamlets. She is good with stakeholders, joins things up and produces reports of high quality. I like the fact that she follows up on the work and is obviously genuinely committed to getting results.

Associate Director (Employment)
NHS Tower Hamlets
Catherine delivered a tough project on an unrealistic timescale to a demanding client group on budget. I would unhesitatingly recommend her.

Policy and Programmes Manager
GLA
The complications seemed endless but Catherine brought a focus and a clarity in her reporting which enabled us to see there was a possible way forward.

Executive Member for Culture
London Borough of Camden
Catherine is one of the foremost practitioners in this rapidly developing field. She is very good at identifying strategic priorities, and designing projects, or amending proposals, in order to deliver results efficiently and effectively.

Charles Secrett

Catherine Max Consulting

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