About Dave
The person who comes alongside
Chaplain, board member, illustrator, dad. And someone who knows what it takes to keep going when you're running low.
I'm Dave Bolt. I live on the Murray River in South Yunderup, Western Australia, and I founded TenXed in late 2024. Most of my in-person work is with charities, churches and schools across Perth and the Peel region, from Joondalup to Mandurah, with the rest on Zoom anywhere in Australia.
For more than twenty years I've worked on the front line of community work: school chaplaincy with YouthCare and Australian Christian College, youth work, and now community chaplaincy at Crossways Community Services, where I also serve on the board. Alongside that I've spent over a decade in business. I built and grew Perth Organics, worked in new home sales and trained in finance and mortgage broking.
I'm also an illustrator. Since 2010 I've written and illustrated more than twenty children's books, including eight with The Shepherd's Storehouse that have sold more than 10,000 copies and raised money for charitable work.
Why TenXed
I kept meeting the same kind of leader. Big heart, real vision, doing good work, and completely worn out. Usually there was no one to share the load, no tech person, and a funding plan that reset to zero every year.
TenXed is "ten x'd", the past tense of 10x. It exists to help those leaders multiply their mission and sustain their impact, without burning out on the way.
The part I don't hide
I have lived with bipolar type 1 for twenty years. Managing it alongside work, business and family has taught me a lot about resilience, about checking in with yourself honestly, and about not doing life alone. It is why I built Box of feels, and why leader wellbeing sits at the centre of everything TenXed does.
Faith
My faith is the foundation. Isaiah 61 and Luke 4:18 shape why I do this work. I often think of the armour-bearer in 1 Samuel 14, who told Jonathan, "Do all that is in your heart. I am with you." That's the role I want to play for the leaders I work with.
You don't need to share my faith to work with me. Many of the organisations I help are not church-based, and every one gets the same care.
At a glance
- Founder and Strategist, TenXed Pty Ltd
- Community chaplain, Crossways Community Services
- Board member, Crossways (former secretary)
- Community Chaplaincy studies, Westbrook Academy
- Cert IV in Finance and Mortgage Broking
- Author and illustrator of 20+ children's books
Organisations Dave has worked with
A free gift from Dave
Insanely Faithful
A court once found me not guilty by reason of unsoundness of mind. This short book is my story of twenty years with bipolar type 1, and how God has been faithful in the middle of it.
Get your free copy"A consultancy birthed out of the mature wisdom of experience and hardship, to supply a measure of understanding that can short-circuit the likelihood of chronic burnout and fatigue, or deep disillusionment, in those working across the not-for-profit space."
"I have found him to be a very encouraging, genuine and sincere person with many inspirational and creative talents."
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