SME News Declutterer & Organiser of the Year 2023, Kate Galbally has helped over a thousand people in Glasgow and beyond to declutter, organise, relocate or downsize their homes and belongings.
Calm and productive, APDO trainer and member Kate is an established declutterer & organiser and the preferred project manager for end-to-end support with home moves, house clearances and everything in between. She is proud to come from a family of organised women and now helps time-starved individuals get ‘Better Organised’.
Liaising with tradespeople, legal representatives and auctioneers on her clients' behalf, Kate makes life easier for the busy or bereaved – including emptying houses when the family involved live overseas and are unable to travel.
Providing reassurance and reducing overwhelm, her mission is to have a positive impact on other people’s lives.
As well as being part of the training team at APDO, Kate is an active participant in the association's Productivity and Sustainability SIGs (special interest groups) and hosts online community calls for APDO members.
Author of ‘A Better Organised Home in 30 Days’, multi-award-winner Kate is a sought-after podcast guest and has featured in Ideal Home, House Beautiful, and Woman & Home.
Please call or DM now for an initial, no-obligation chat with Kate about how she can support your decluttering journey.
To download your copy of her FREE Better Organised Home Planner, simply click here.
Specialisms
Move Management
Kate has supported clients to move locally, nationally and internationally.
From assisting professionals with relocations from Scotland to the USA, to supporting a retired client who downsized from a large family home to a caravan, Kate has helped with the practical and administrative elements of a wide range of moves. This has included;
- Hands-on pre-move help to declutter to reduce the size of the household goods shipment
- Transporting unwanted items to charity & recycling facilities
- Packing clients' items to prepare goods for uplift
- Directing movers, checking inventory and ensuring smooth collection of the client's belongings
- Post-move unpack to help clients settle into their new home as quickly as possible
- Liaising with removal firms, waste carriers, tradespeople, auctioneers, estate agents, solicitors, cleaners and storage companies on her client's behalf
- Arranging for carriage of items
- Providing clients with checklists regarding who to contact when moving
- Updating family members with progress, where appropriate
Kate is one of a handful of APDO organisers who partner with Home Sweet Home - a USA-based company that provides in-home pre and post-move services for corporate clients.
She actively particpates in APDO's Sustainability SIG (special interest group) to expand her knowledge about recycling, reuse, repurposing and environmentally conscious business practices.
Kate is registered with SEPA (Scottish Environmental Protection Agency).
Public Speaking
As part of the professional development team at APDO, Kate co-hosts courses to help professional organisers expand their knowledge and skills in a range of areas. Courses include Starting a Professional Organising Business and Paperwork Simplified.
She facilitates APDO's monthly members' community calls for professional declutterers & organisers.
She's been a guest speaker on podcasts, in Facebook groups and at wellbeing events.
In addition, she regularly presents Better Organised workshops, masterclasses and talks for individuals, small-medium businesses, networking groups and fellow professional organisers.
You can view her Gentle Power of Decluttering talk via the You Tube link on this page.
Personal/family productivity
Kate's been involved in keeping family homes running smoothly since she was nineteen. As a busy working mum of two, she also understands how much a well-organised home can support a calm and balanced family life.
She regularly presents masterclasses, workshops and talks on achieving a better-organised home and has created a range of resources to support this, including the Better Organised Home Planner.
She self-published A Better Organised Home in 30 Days - a concise guide to decluttering and organising thirty categories throughout the home.
Kate actively participates in APDO's Productivity SIG (special interest group).
Professional development in this area includes, but is not limited to;
- 6 Weeks to Ninja - Graham Allcott group programme (author of How To Be a Productivity Ninja and founder of Think Productive)
- Managing Productivity During The Pandemic - Institute for Challenging Disorganization
- Coaching Skills for Professional Organisers - Academy of Virtual Organising
- Tidy Up Your Home: The KonMari Method online course
- How to Declutter Your Home: Workshop by Vicky Silverthorn (author of Start with your Sock Drawer and founder of You Need a Vicky)
Business/work productivity
Kate has over 20 years of experience in PA & administrative support roles and a passion for helping people manage their time and organise their space for better balance, calm and focus in their home, business and life.
Since founding Better Organised in 2017 she has delivered one-to-one help and group workshops for business owners via Business Gateway's Local Expert Help programme, the Dunbartonshire Chamber of Commerce and her Boost Your Productivity group programme.
Kate actively participates in APDO's Productivity SIG (special interest group).
Professional development in this area includes, but is not limited to;
- 6 Weeks to Ninja - Graham Allcott group programme (author of How To Be a Productivity Ninja and founder of Think Productive)
- Managing Productivity During The Pandemic - Institute for Challenging Disorganization
- Coaching Skills for Professional Organisers - Academy of Virtual Organising
ADHD
Kate has worked with several clients who have ADHD and is continually striving to improve her knowledge of ADHD-friendly practices. In 2024 she completed training in ADHD for Organisers.
Professional development in this area includes, but is not limited to;
- ADHD for Organisers - training course by Free Your Space UK
- Late, Lost & Lagging Behind: Demystifying Executive Functions & ADHD - APDO conference presentation
- Practical Ways to Make Your Business Neuro-Divergent Friendly - APDO conference presentation
- Neurodiversity/Exceptionality and 2E - talk for APDO members
- Working with Neuro-Divergent Clients - APDO members' community call
I've worked with Kate several times for professional decluttering, organising and a house move! All I can say is WOW! If you could make a wish with a genie to declutter and organise a room -- Kate would be what you're looking for. In a short space of time, a room becomes a happy place to be. Highly recommended.
Kate is brilliant at what she does. We've spent the last two days decluttering and repurposing the space in my small flat and it looks like a different home! She's so warm and easy to get on with.
Kate was absolutely stellar. We were 3 hours into decluttering and I'd barely even noticed. At the end of the day, stuff was actually out of the house and donated, with a lovely update from Kate on how much we managed. There was also absolutely no judgement (and there were some scary skeletons in some closets) and Kate was kind enough to give me space to process when it got a bit too much. Brilliant, would highly recommend!