Fiona Wolstenholme
About Fiona Wolstenholme
Fiona Wolstenholme is a Senior Partnerships Manager at Save the Children UK, where she has worked since 2019. With a background in journalism and extensive experience in partnership management, she focuses on improving home learning environments for children in poverty and collaborates with various internal stakeholders to achieve shared goals.
Work at Save the Children
Fiona Wolstenholme has served as the Senior Partnerships Manager at Save the Children UK since 2019. In this role, she manages one of the largest UK partnerships aimed at improving home learning environments for children in poverty. She collaborates with various internal stakeholders, including PR & Comms, Advocacy, and Impact, to achieve shared objectives. Additionally, she oversees technical programme management, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation learnings, and high-quality impact reporting. Her leadership includes line managing four Account Managers, focusing on performance management to ensure excellence in partnership outcomes.
Previous Experience
Before her current position, Fiona Wolstenholme held several roles in different organizations. She worked as a Recruitment Consultant at Nannyworld Ltd from 2007 to 2009 in London. Following that, she served as an Account and Project Manager at Associated Security Solutions from 2009 to 2015 in Manchester. She also worked as a Partnership Account Manager at BBC Children in Need from 2015 to 2019 in MediaCity UK, Salford. Additionally, she was a Governor for Manchester at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust from 2016 to 2019.
Education and Expertise
Fiona Wolstenholme studied at City University in the UK, where she earned a BA in Journalism with Social Sciences from 2004 to 2007. Prior to that, she completed her A Levels at Crompton House Sixth Form, achieving 4 A-B grades from 2002 to 2004. She also attended Hulme Grammar School for Girls, where she obtained 10 A*-B GCSEs from 1997 to 2002. Her educational background in journalism and social sciences underpins her expertise in partnership management and communication strategies.
Achievements in Partnership Management
Fiona Wolstenholme has led significant initiatives in partnership management throughout her career. She managed a co-designed and co-implemented international programme focusing on the mental health of children living in conflict. Additionally, she developed an innovative media partnership that combined funding and media space to create unique content supporting families. During the Covid-19 pandemic, she adapted the strategic partnership vision for an international face-to-face programme to maintain partner commitment.