Innovating,supporting&resourcing social entrepreneurship.Director @FlourishCIC Developing #Women #Changemakers #SocEnt UK & 🌍 @UnLtd Associate @SocentC curator

Joined January 2012
Back to school time & hear we are with a full house in Longsight supporting diverse women to explore routes to work & business through social enterprise creation... 20+ signing up for our @weadulted @MCCWorkSkills funded @FlourishCIC Time to Grow Accelerator in Manchester
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Great to have students from @ManMetUni @mmu_business school co-delivering a session with us at our @FlourishCIC Spring Mindset Boost yesterday! Great job and lots of food for thought, lived experience & collaboration potential
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Hot off the press our latest @FlourishCIC Newsletter! Including Grant list, Changemaker of the month, details of our Recruitment call out 😃 & up coming events preview.mailerlite.io/previe…
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Yesterday practice models and students had a brilliant time benefiting from our Level 2 Manicure course with young women and girls not in training or education! The local scout hut makes a great impromptu alternative education space 😀 #investinwomenchangemakers
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#EidMubarak to those who celebrate! If you look back through our @FlourishCIC changemaker case studies and newsletters on our website you'll find many Muslim women changemakers we've supported doing trailblazing things & supporting community flourishtogether.org.uk/cate…
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Great to bump into fellow @FlourishCIC changemakers at the book launch of The Bridge - An Inclusive Educational Resource in Central Manchester today! Written by our Mary Olanrewaju
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A great day and fantastic we could invest £2000 in seedfunding of £200-300 cash awards into 11/14 #Socent ventures of of the people who pitched on the day thanks to our surplus resources and contributions from @heatherwaters15 & @MCCWorkSkills . We'll be following their progress
Brilliant day running another @FlourishCIC #Socent #FlourishMentorathon 14 sounding boards involving 30 mentors this time with Mcr Social Economy Alliance @McrCommCentral @MCCWorkSkills Thx for hosting DiSH!We supported such a variety of ventures.Amazing feedback & progress
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Brilliant day running another @FlourishCIC #Socent #FlourishMentorathon 14 sounding boards involving 30 mentors this time with Mcr Social Economy Alliance @McrCommCentral @MCCWorkSkills Thx for hosting DiSH!We supported such a variety of ventures.Amazing feedback & progress
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RT: This fantastic Civic Leadership development programme in @greatermcr is open to people of all genders from racially minoritised backgrounds- it starts in May ( deadline to express your interest 31st March)
There is just over a week left to apply for 'We Lead for Legacy' 2025, a 9 month programme to diversify and enhance Greater Manchester Civic Leadership. Hear about impact last year from participants in this video! Plus see more and Express your Interest: sheleadsforlegacy.com/welead
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A privilege to be here #NoWhispers CIC birthday Celebrating another year of hard graft, breaking taboos and building connections to tackle Child Sexual Exploitation, County lines and more
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Sadly the stats speak for themselves on the mountain to climb on addressing #CSE as things are getting worse not better. Thank goodness for organisations like No Whispers and others taking a tenacious cross sector approach and working with the General Public too on this
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Congratulations @HarrietHarman! We're so proud of all you've achieved and will go on achieving for women and girls in this brilliant new role! #IWD2025
The Foreign Secretary has appointed @HarrietHarman as Special Envoy for Women and Girls to champion gender equality worldwide and help deliver global economic growth.   #InternationalWomensDay2025 #AccelerateAction #IWD2025
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At FC United, every member has an equal vote, ensuring our club remains truly fan-owned and democratically run. Your membership helps us reinvest in the club and our community initiatives. Stand with us and make a difference. fc-utd.co.uk/membership?utm_…
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We're excited to announce that expressions of interest are now OPEN for 'We Lead for Legacy' 2025, the Greater Manchester Civic Leadership Programme see more and Express your Interest: sheleadsforlegacy.com/welead
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Our friends at @afrocatsmcr have asked us to share this opportunity! On 12th March there's a Careers in Health and Wellbeing conference which may be of interest to many, plus there's a #VCSE focus.... eventbrite.co.uk/e/myriad-cr…
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We're excited to announce that We Legacy for Legacy 2025 is now open for applications! @FlourishCIC is proud to be working with She Leads for Legacy for a second year backed by @greatermcr to run this innovative Civic Leadership programme sheleadsforlegacy.com/welead
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Exciting stuff getting the window frosting and vinyls put on our second @FlourishCIC #FlourishHub in Altrincham on Platform 4 of Altrincham Interchange! It's all coming together see our eventbrite calendar coming together here: eventbrite.co.uk/o/flourish-…
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Great #FirstAid course here @FlourishCIC #FlourishHub! Another course coming up in #Stockport soon. The next one is in #Altrincham on 6th March eventbrite.co.uk/e/first-aid…
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Another lovely wrap up @FlourishCIC @WEAadulted #Socent #Women #Changemakers development day this time in #Stockport 26 pple suppprted 10ppl passed 3 accredited training courses 10 start ups & Socents supported Several progressing into work too! Plus £3k free therapies offered
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Amazing achievements from our 6 @WEAadulted in #Bury! -Over 35 women engaged across 3 programmes -12 women gained L2 & L3 qualifications -4 ##Socent startups £30k in funding secured across the group to deliver new projects/ventures And that's before impact evaluation 😃
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Sharing success, visioning 2025! #Investinwomenchangemakers
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Great to have Owen from @BuryVCFA come to our @WEAadulted Time to Grow #Socent start up programme wrap up day in Bury today here @themet
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