Khaleda Noon is an experienced consultant, founder and strategic leader with over 25 years’ experience across the charity sector, local authority, culture sector and community-led organisations.
Through Huda Works, she provides practical, experience-based support to charities and purpose-led organisations, particularly women leaders navigating complexity, growth and organisational pressure. Her consultancy work includes governance support, organisational strategy, leadership mentoring, structural development, funding support, anti-racism and troubleshooting complex situations.
Known for her honest, grounded and solutions-focused approach, Khaleda supports organisations to strengthen systems, improve decision-making and build sustainable, people-centred practice. Her work is shaped by real-life experience, learning through challenges and helping others avoid the same hard lessons.
Khaleda is also the Founder and Artistic Director of Theatre of the Oppressed Scotland, working to challenge systemic inequality and increase representation of Black and Global Majority leadership within Scotland’s cultural and creative sectors.
Throughout her career, Khaleda has developed innovative programmes across anti-racism, youth leadership, heritage, mental health, employability and creative arts, while contributing to national policy and systems change work across Scotland.
Our Approach
Our approach is practical, honest and grounded in real experience. We understand the pressures that come with leadership, responsibility and trying to hold things together when organisations are under strain.
Rather than offering one-size-fits-all solutions, we work alongside people to think things through clearly, strengthen confidence and support better decision-making. Our work is shaped by over 25 years in the sector — learning through challenges, navigating difficult situations and understanding how easily small issues can grow when support is missing.
We believe good support should reduce isolation, create clarity and help people move forward in a way that feels manageable, sustainable and true to their values.
Simple ideas
Sometimes the most effective solutions are the simplest. Huda Works focuses on practical, grounded support that helps people think clearly, make confident decisions and strengthen the foundations of their work without unnecessary complexity.
Lasting impact
The aim is not short-term fixes, but meaningful and sustainable change. Through honest support, strategic thinking and experience-based guidance, Huda Works helps organisations and leaders build stronger structures, healthier ways of working and long-term confidence.