Lucy Walker Solutions

Lucy Walker Solutions 🌿 Lucy Walker Solutions brings structure, clarity and steadiness when everything feels too much.

Freelance support and consultancy across marketing, fundraising, operations, events and project management 🌿

🤯 94% of first impressions are design-related 🤯 Not your qualifications. Not your reviews. Not how good you actually are...
14/05/2026

🤯 94% of first impressions are design-related 🤯

Not your qualifications. Not your reviews. Not how good you actually are at your job. Your branding.

Your branding is doing the talking before you've even said a word.

Which is either reassuring or mildly terrifying, depending on the state of your Canva or maybe Microsoft Paint account.

I'll be honest with you. I am not a designer. I should probably be enrolling in Canva Anonymous at this point... "Hi, I'm Lucy, and I've used the same free font combination since 2021."

But here's the thing. Running my own business and spending years working alongside other small business owners and charities, I've picked up a thing or two.

Not a design degree. Not fancy agency software. Just a genuine knack and passion for making things look clear, polished and professional.

Because the gap I kept seeing wasn't skill. It wasn't effort. It wasn't ambition.
It was this:
1. Brilliant people.
2. Brilliant businesses.
3. Branding that looked like it was built at 11pm on a Tuesday with a glass of wine and a free Canva template. (No judgment. We've all been there. I've BEEN there. If you say I still am I'll be coming for you 👊 )

You're running the business, doing the work, chasing the invoices, answering the emails, and somewhere between all of that- raising a family and trying to remember the washing that's been sat there for approximately 4-5 business days. So understandably- updating your LinkedIn banner just never quite makes the list.

I get it. Genuinely. So I built something for exactly that.
✨ The Polished Kit and The Full Credibility Kit ✨

Everything your business needs to look established, without you having to find a spare afternoon, learn design software, or remortgage.

And no "get in touch for a quote" nonsense either. Because life's too short to send three emails just to nearly faint when the number comes back.

Prices are right below. Upfront. No surprises.

If your business is brilliant but your branding hasn't quite caught up, drop me a message or comment below, I have 3 spaces for the next few months. 👇

And if you know someone who's been meaning to sort this out for approximately 18 months, feel free to tag them. You'd be doing them a favour. (They might not thank you immediately. They will later.)

05/05/2026

🩵🦩Hannah in Wonderland 2026🦩🩵 Completed it, next stop Mrs Brookes-Smith 👰🏼‍♀️

Wonderful local charity ❤️
06/02/2026

Wonderful local charity ❤️

Microsoft Mondays  #3 | Microsoft Lists The most underrated tool in Microsoft 365 (in my humble opinion)? ✨Microsoft Lis...
26/01/2026

Microsoft Mondays #3 | Microsoft Lists

The most underrated tool in Microsoft 365 (in my humble opinion)?
✨Microsoft Lists ✨

If you’re still tracking things in:
- Endless Excel files
- Messy notebooks
- Or “I’ll remember that” (spoiler: we won’t)

👉 Microsoft Lists might be your new best friend.

Think of it as:
📋 Excel’s more organised, calmer cousin
🧠 A shared brain for your business
🔗 The foundation for automations, reminders and reports

You can use Lists to track:
Client status
Audits or inspections
Projects and tasks
Approvals and sign-offs..anything that follows a process

Why I love it:
✔️ Clear columns (dates, status, owners, links)
✔️ Host forms to feed the data
✔️ Create apps from your Lists
✔️ Create different views of data, directly in Lists or automatically feed to PowerBi for next level reporting
✔️ Works beautifully with Teams
✔️ Feeds straight into Planner, Outlook and Power Automate
✔️ One source of truth, not ten versions

Microsoft Mondays  #3 | OneNoteIf your notes live across notebooks, scraps of paper, screenshots, WhatsApp messages, and...
19/01/2026

Microsoft Mondays #3 | OneNote

If your notes live across notebooks, scraps of paper, screenshots, WhatsApp messages, and your brain… this one’s for you.

Meet OneNote: the quiet overachiever you already pay for (hello Microsoft 365 👋).

✨ What people think OneNote is:
“Just another notes app.”

✨ What it actually is:
- A digital notebook with sections and pages (like a proper folder system)
- Searchable handwritten or typed notes
- Meeting notes, ideas, checklists, documents, screenshots- all in one place
- Shared notebooks for teams, clients, projects, or family life
- Syncs across phone, laptop, tablet- no more “where did I write that?!”

What I keep seeing is people paying for:

❌ Extra note apps
❌Project tools just to hold info
❌Multiple systems that don’t talk to each other

If you want that 'buying a new notebook' feeling, but that lasts- search OneNote!

👉 Want OneNote set up for meetings, clients, projects or life admin? Let's talk.

Microsoft Mondays  #1 | PlannerTrello vibes, Microsoft security and integration Planner is where tasks go to actually ge...
12/01/2026

Microsoft Mondays #1 | Planner

Trello vibes, Microsoft security and integration

Planner is where tasks go to actually get finished. It’s visual, simple, and works beautifully inside Teams.

Real example:
A client project board with columns like:
• To do
• This week
• Waiting on client
• Done (the satisfying one, it even makes a sound)

Tasks get owners, deadlines, checklists, upload attachments- and you can see workload at a glance. You can even now embed an AI agent into Planner that will do the tasks you set in the background...but that's step 2 😜

If your tasks currently live across emails, notes and your brain… Planner is your friend.

🚨 New series alert: Microsoft Mondays 🚨Confession time 👀If you’re paying for 5 different business apps and Microsoft 365...
08/01/2026

🚨 New series alert: Microsoft Mondays 🚨

Confession time 👀
If you’re paying for 5 different business apps and Microsoft 365… there’s a strong chance you’re paying twice.

Because Microsoft 365 is that gym membership we all have:
✔️ We pay for it
✔️ We use about 12% of it
✔️ The rest just… sits there

So welcome to Microsoft Mondays *jazz hands* where I’ll be sharing a few Microsoft tools you already own but probably aren’t using, and how they can:

✨ Save you time and money
✨ Reduce admin
✨ Replace paid tools
✨ Lower your mental load

No jargon. No IT waffle. No “digital transformation roadmap” nonsense.
Just practical, “ohhh THAT would help” examples for busy business owners.

And if you’re thinking “this sounds great but I do not have the brain space to set it up” that’s literally Lucy Walker Solutions job 😉

Follow along from next week, save the posts, and feel free to tag a fellow business owner who’s paying twice for the same tech.

✨ New year, new me ✨This year I won't be: 1. Swearing 2. Eating pain au chocolate's and cheesestring for breakfast 3. Be...
06/01/2026

✨ New year, new me ✨

This year I won't be:
1. Swearing
2. Eating pain au chocolate's and cheesestring for breakfast
3. Being in the top 1% of Starbuck spenders
4. Talking about how I won an award for 'Best Start Up' at every available moment. Did you know I won an award?
5. Spending too much time on Canva
6. Starting a new DIY project when I already have 1,452 unfinished ones
7. Watching a Youtube video and being convinced I can do anything after- need a new engine, rewire a toaster or tile a kitchen? I'm your gal.

Ok. So we know there's zero chance. And a shoutout to Monzo for totally shaming our spending with their 'Year end review'....More like 'Year end punch in the face'! CHEERS.

But where I can help and actually succeed? Is with YOUR business goals. Want to be spending more time with family and less time with your head in your laptop and/or hands- let's talk. I'll bring the Starbucks ☕

03/12/2025

So a thing happened. Only went and won a bloomin’ award 🌟 ‘Best Start Up but the wonderful 🫶🏻 Their words…not mine…This award shines a spotlight on an exciting new business showing early success, creativity, and potential for future growth. This business might be new, but it’s already buzzing.

16/11/2025

Primary School, Secondary school, bridesmaids, kids- done it all haven’t we kid 🥰

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