Our Clients

Our clients

We have wide-ranging expertise that can be tailored to needs of many organisations. We have particular experience of working with health, science and non-profit organisations.

Alexis co-founded The Dosoco Foundation and spent four years as a Trustee at Mind in Cambridgeshire.

Testimonials:

“Jenny was fantastic to work with. We were delighted with the final product, but more so with her engagement and commitment throughout. Even still she is contributing her thoughts about the website and follow-up meetings so she’s gone above and beyond what could have been expected. I’d be more than happy to work with her again.”
[European Federation of Neurological Associations]

"As ever, Alexis combined her broad and expert knowledge of the science and health environments with her first-rate communications skills, to deliver a complex but critical report for the charity - our clearest and most engaging articulation yet of our strategy - helping to increase our support and influence to overcome breast cancer. What Alexis offers is second-to-none.’"
[Breast Cancer Campaign]

“Following a number of successful projects undertaken on behalf of EMSP, Alexis was commissioned to revise EMSP’s Code of Good Practice in MS. Ten years after its original publication, this valuable material needed to be comprehensively overhauled and updated to take account of substantial changes in the political, economic, medical and research environment and to reflect the changing needs of the 700,000 people in Europe affected by MS. Alexis successfully worked within a short timescale, consulted fully with key stakeholders and presented the work at EMSP’s annual spring conference in 2014. Many of EMSP’s member societies have already embarked on plans to use the new code, Defeating MS Together, in their negotiations with health ministries and health services and EMSP has received very positive feedback on the new approach, on the details and the specific calls to action and timelines that it contains.”
[European Multiple Sclerosis Platform]

"Alexis produced a detailed, comprehensive and clear report which has greatly increased our understanding of patients’ experiences, the current and evolving policy and legislative context including forthcoming reforms, the outstanding challenges, key opportunities for influence, and potential areas for partnership working. This will continue to be of huge value in directing and informing future organisational activities on the issues.”
[British Heart Foundation]

"Alexis Willett, in her role as co-editor, brought experience, structure and clarity to a challenging project to develop major new National Guidelines for multi-professional teams providing breast reconstruction services in the UK today. Her insight and energy ensured that these were delivered on time and to a very high standard."
[Association of Breast Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons]

“Alexis was recommended to support Teenage Cancer Trust by responding to consultations around the NHS White Paper – an unprecedented policy activity for the charity. She absorbed and assimilated a huge amount of complex information very quickly and represented Teenage Cancer Trust’s position and the needs of young people with cancer brilliantly.”
[Teenage Cancer Trust]

"Punch Consulting provides a strong, reliable all round service and it has shown itself able to meet very demanding briefs within tight timeframes. Its services come highly recommended."
[The Prostate Cancer Charity (now Prostate Cancer UK)]

“Alexis Willett from Punch Consulting was enthusiastic, proactive and flexible in her approach, provided regular updates and was always available to talk."
[British Heart Foundation]

"Alexis is bright and focused and approaches work in a practical and matter of fact way. She is easy to work with and is good at balancing the need to provide robust policy research with translating complex information into clear, accessible messages for non-specialists."
[Public Affairs and Campaigns freelance consultant]

“Alexis is a consummate scientific communications professional with a great understanding of the charitable research sector. She has a range of strategic, operational and project management skills that have strengthened our research function and increased our impact. Alexis delivers her projects on time and always to a very high standard. She provides added value to teams and her expertise and knowledge is greatly appreciated by permanent members of staff. Alexis is calm, pleasant and focused and it is these qualities that particularly stand out.”
[The Lullaby Trust]

“EFNA engaged Dr Alexis Willett of Punch Consulting to put together a guide for the development of National Neurological Alliances, which was a collection of experiences from existing groups across Europe. She was able to deal with language and cultural obstacles to distil the information received into a flowing guide, most appropriate for our target audience. She was also comfortable and competent in dealing with varying contributors – ranging from policy-makers, patient and industry representatives. We were very impressed with how Alexis could quickly see the bigger picture/concept, but also focused on the smaller details. She was always available, worked ahead of schedule and contributed her expertise to some side projects in which the document will be used. We would not hesitate in working with Alexis again on similar activities.”
[European Federation of Neurological Associations]

"Your strategy report was awesome and went down a storm!! Thank you so much."
[Parkinson's UK]

"Alexis quickly understood our requirements and produced well-researched information to brief and within our deadlines."
[Marie Curie Cancer Care]

“It has been a pleasure working with Alexis. She is bright, attentive, personable and flexible in her approach to projects. The report was clear, on time and on point, and provides us with valuable insight for our influencing work.”
[Macmillan Cancer Support]

"Alexis is highly professional in her dealings with us; met all deadlines and produced work of a very high quality. She has been enormously supportive to staff who do not have a scientific background. I have no hesitation in recommending Alexis as an excellent scientific communications professional. The Board of Trustees have readily agreed to retain her services for a further year until June 2014.”
[The Lullaby Trust]

“Dr Willett was commissioned by The European Multiple Sclerosis Platform (EMSP) in 2013 to design and deliver a number of crucial, complex and potentially controversial sessions on topics of great interest and importance to participants at EMSP’s flagship annual conference, involving 38 member MS societies from 34 European countries. The success of these sessions was evidenced by consistently positive feedback on the content, format, quality of debate and opportunity for exchange of widely varying views. EMSP would not hesitate to engage Dr Willett again.”
[European Multiple Sclerosis Platform]

"Dr Willett provided us with some excellent advice on how to kick start our patient Ambassadors programme across the UK. Her insights on how to develop our strategy were invaluable and we are now pleased to have our programme successfully up and running."
[The Patients Association]

"Alexis provided me with a dummies guide to creating strategy and how goals are assessed. She was an excellent person to bounce ideas off and patiently explained the finer points of assessing strategic goals. I heartily recommend Alexis as someone who will get you to take a fresh and inventive look at your organisation and provide you with the tools you need to move forward to a successful future."
[Member, Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine]

“Alexis played a key role in the development of Ovarian Cancer Action's response to new Government health legislation. She combines in-depth knowledge with an intelligent and practical approach that makes her a pleasure to work with.”
[Ovarian Cancer Action]