Social Enterprise Kent (SEK) is a charity dedicated to supporting and empowering communities across Kent. They’re at the heart of some great initiatives, including the East Kent VCSE Alliance and the Community Research Engagement Network. These networks are all about collaboration and community impact, but like many organisations, they needed a better way to manage the wealth of information, projects, and connections they were handling daily. That’s where I came in.
The mission? Build a custom Notion system tailored to the unique needs of members of both networks. The idea was to create a tool that would store all their information on one accessible platform
We kicked off by determining their core objectives for the Notion system. This groundwork helped me design a Notion system that wasn’t just functional but intuitive and could handle a variety of tasks—from managing projects and tracking member engagement to storing research data and facilitating communication across teams.
Throughout the project, I worked closely with the project lead, ensuring that the end result would be a valuable resource for SEK—making members’ lives easier rather than causing additional friction for them to interact with the network.
The custom Notion system(s) made a significant difference for Social Enterprise Kent and their aforementioned networks. More specifically, here's what the piece of work accomplished:
TL;DR: This project was all about empowerment—giving Social Enterprise Kent a platform to improve operations of their programmes, whilst also enhancing their ability to keep their members updated.
"Janinah developed some notion systems for our organisation and was an excellent support. She was very informative and enthusiastic about the projects, and her work was quick, efficient and really well executed. She is always on hand to answer any questions and ran a great training session on how to use the notion pages going forward. We'd highly recommend her services."
— Lily Keck, Health Inequalities Lead