Purpose Led Projects
Where purpose leads projects and solutions
About Purpose Led Projects
Purpose Led Projects (PLP) is here to create impact and support where it’s most needed, whether in the corporate sector developing sustainable solutions for longer-term/stronger partnerships or in the NFP sector providing short-term, ad-hoc/part-time support.
PLP Founder, Helen Paine, is available to consult on short/long-term projects or in a part-time capacity. Her goal is to ensure the client’s purpose remains clear and at the core of all solutions.
Purpose Led Projects is a Sydney, Australia-based entity with an international mindset so there is great opportunity for cross-country collaboration.
Purposeful action taken through: Stakeholder Relations, Project Management, Strategy Development (CSR/Giving Strategy), Operational support, Event management, Grant writing, Proposal development, Report writing and Leadership support.
Meet Helen Paine
With a degree in Public Relations and Politics, Helen started her career at Ogilvy PR Australia in 2007 and continued working on small-medium communications projects in London between 2010-2012 with clients like BT Telecom and British Constructional Steel.
Returning to Australia in 2012 she joined the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (now AIME) to lead its partnering team and support operations, raising an annual target of $10m-$15m to assist thousands of disadvantaged young people and volunteers (in Australia and around the world) as well as employ 150+ AIME staff.
Between November 2021 - February 2023, Helen took on the role of Acting CEO at School for Life Foundation Australia, overseeing all operations in Australia and Uganda including raising an annual target of $3.5m-$4m.
Key relationships include a diverse range of international and domestic foundations, corporate, university, philanthropic, Federal and State Government entities.
“I had the pleasure of working with Helen for 12 months in 2022 when she took on my role as Acting CEO at School for Life during my parental leave. Helen is an extremely hard working professional who has the capacity to manage multiple stakeholders and projects to an excellent standard. Helen is extremely knowledgable and experienced in non profit leadership, fundraising and partnerships, strategy ideation and development and building teams and workplace culture. Helen is a person of high integrity, ethics and standards and develop relationships naturally. She has a particular strength in coaching and developing people leaning into their strengths and helping to build their capacity. I would highly recommend Helen and know she would bring huge value on any project she worked on. She will always leave a workplace and team in a far stronger position than when she found them.”
- Annabelle Chauncy OAM, School for Life Foundation CEO & Founder
“Helen listens - one of the rarer traits of human beings. And to think strategically takes time. The time comes in deep listening in deep sense-making together. Helen is at ease in a space of Human Relations - no matter the level of complexity or energy shifts you’ll find in Helen a calm eye that can help you move from storm to success in whatever shape that may be.”
- Jack Manning Bancroft, AIME CEO & Founder
Get in Touch
helen@purposeledprojects.com.au
+61 414 898 986