Hope & May is a family-run business passionate about delivering the best possible client support. We pride ourselves on our sector-leading trusted status and the client relationships that we have built over the years.
With many years of experience in data protection practice and law, we are proud to specialise in helping the voluntary sector.
Our work is also endorsed by ACEVO, the Lloyds Bank Foundation and the Directory for Social Change. Hope & May is the only company to be trusted by all of these organisations.
It is our mission to ensure that all our clients, no matter the size located anywhere in the World, are compliant with data protection law. That they operate lawfully and ethically, are diligent and proficient in data processing activities, and are confident they comply with their obligations.
Expert Advice
Sector leading advice on all data protection laws anywhere in the world. With access to the very best legal information available so that we can properly consider your position.
Data Services
Key services to support our clients on all data protection regulations and laws. Our services
Continued Learning
We are committed to being best in class! Our team are dedicated to remaining at the front of data laws in the UK and around the world.
Accessible
To ensure that our clients can easily access advice and guidance especially where there is an emergency or a data breach.
Loyalty
Hope & May is not a big faceless organisation, but a family run business who are passionate about delivering the best service available. We pride ourselves on the relationships we have built.
Partnerships
It’s not just about us. If you have a complex issue that may require research, we work with our associates and top professionals to ensure we fully support you. Simply put, we have the resources necessary to ensure we provide a solution whatever the situation.
Mark has worked In Data Analysis and Data Protection Law for more than 12 years. Mark established one of the first consultancies to offer GDPR advice and guidance to the voluntary sector and has helped over 1000 organisations to improve compliance. In 2017 he became a Certified GDPR Data Protection Practitioner. He has worked with organisations in Switzerland, Turkey, many of the EU countries, India, Pakistan and the DRC. Mark is a recognised fundraising trainer and London Committee member to the Chartered Institute of Fundraising.
Taylor has worked in data protection law for over five years with a focus on a number of different business sectors. Having worked with hundreds of charities and companies in her data protection career, she champions an ethical approach to privacy. Taylor has considerable experience in assessing risk in different settings, policy development, the EU AI Act, and the UK data transfer regime. She supports clients in the UK, the EU, Africa and Asia Pacific. Taylor's responsibilities include fostering new partnerships and developing corporate relations across different business sectors.
Erika is passionate about charity work and keen to support non-profit organisations in their data protection compliance. She was until recently Impact Manager and Data Protection Lead for a small charity based in Oxfordshire. Erika is aware of the range of challenges faced by the sector and highly motivated to help non-profit organisations with data protection to enable their important work.
Sofiya is a foreign lawyer, and a CIPP/E qualified data protection practitioner. Having worked as an international tax lawyer in India, she also has experience in media law. She moved to the UK for her master's in International Business Law, and then entered the field of data protection. A chess player from her childhood, she also loves to travel.
Abbie has worked in both delivery and operations in the charity sector for over 5 years, most recently holding a Data Protection Officer role which helped build her passion for data protection. She is keen to support those in the voluntary sector by developing confidence, deepening understanding and sharing the importance of data protection compliance.
Having left college with a secretarial qualification, Lisa went on to work in London as a PA for Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers, both one of the big 8 accountancy organisations, gaining valuable experience within the accountancy sector. She later joined the international law firm, HerbersmithFreehills as a Legal PA, where she worked for over 23 years supporting partners, senior associates and associates.
Matt has over 15 years senior marketing experience and over 10 years’ experience in the Not-For-Profit sector. Whilst Matt is working to ensure that Hope & May are visible to those who may need our support, he also has first hand experience of the challenges and pitfalls faced within the sector to ensure data compliance.
Juliet has worked in the voluntary sector for 30 years and in that time has helped raise literally millions of pounds. She has worked with charities of all shapes and sizes, from large household names with a nationwide reach (such as Mind, Age UK, Alzheimer’s Society) to smaller organisations with a turnover of less than £0.5million, and everything in between. Mentor, Trainer, Trustee and NED, she specialises in spotting what’s holding back an organisation’s fundraising, and will help you identify what you can do to generate even more income.
We are proud to be the only data protection company trusted by The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) to deliver data protection consultancy, training and Data Protection Officer (DPO) services to the NCVO’s more than 16,000 members.
Find out more about the data protection services we can offer your charity, or contact us.
Hope & May are the only trusted Data Protection supplier to The National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), and work with multiple other reputable organisations.
We are pleased to support the Chartered Institute of Fundraising by sponsoring the London and South East First Thursday events. For more information see here.
