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Business Wales Mentoring Awards

AWARDS

Winner, Business Wales Mentor 2018 Celebrating Diversity.
Jo Clay, Founder & Managing Director, Empower - Be The Change.
Winners, Business Wales Mentee 2018 Celebrating Diversity.
Emily, Scott, Hannah and Courtney from St Christopher's School, Wrexham

Presented by, Lesley Griffiths, AM for Wrexham and Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs  & Victoria Massey, Business Wales, Mentoring Agent.

Recognising the value of mentoring

The Celebrating Diversity category recognises the value of mentoring in supporting development across a range of diverse activities including education, employment and personal development.

Empower - Be The Change has worked with the 4 students at St Christopher's School since October 2016.  Initially, through our empowerment programme which saw all 4 students successfully complete an ILM level 2 qualification, Level 3 sports leaders qualification and completing over 150 hours of community based volunteering.   Each of the 4 received mentoring support from Jo Clay and based on their positive response to this the students were selected to take part in our mentor programme which started in September 2017.

St Christopher's school is the largest special needs school in Wales and the students we have been working with all struggle with mild/moderate learning disabilities. For these students reading and writing is a real challenge. To complete assignments and other written work takes much longer and is much more challenging as compared to main stream pupils. Added to this the pupils suffer from low self confidence and low self belief.  Aspirations are low as the students do not believe they have the skills and talents to enter further education and/or pursue the career they have a passion for. The 4 students nominated, successfully completed their sports leaders level 2 and along with 10 other peers were selected to take part in our Empowerment Programme.  All 14 students successfully completed the ILM qualification and took up community volunteer placements.  However, the 4 students nominated went above and beyond and demonstrated a high degree of commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to not only complete the courses but to support their peers to do the same.   The students sourced their own volunteer placements, contacted the lead for each club and took themselves to weekly sessions to support the club junior sports sessions. All 4 exceeded the minimum 15 volunteer hours with one of the students completing nearly 80 hours.  All became key members of the community clubs they supported and have received high praise from these organisations for their work.   Throughout this programme all 4 received mentoring support from Jo Clay, the school and community club where they volunteered.  At each session they responded well to feedback (which was sometimes challenging) and made positive changes which not only changed their outlook but inspired other pupils at the school to do the same.   Based on their positive can do approach the 4 students were selected to take part in our mentor programme. The students were selected based on their maturity and natural leadership skills.

“It has made Empower – Be The Change realise the true potential of mentoring and how supporting people to realise the things they love, the things they are good and the skills they have can set them on a hugely successful path.  Time and time again these students have surpassed expectation and it has reinforced to Empower that there is so much more to people if they are given the right opportunities and mentoring support.”   Jo Clay, Founder & Managing Director, Empower - Be The Change

The sessions were delivered at Glyndwr University which relied on commitment, maturity and responsibility of the students to manage their own learning.  This is the first time the school have allowed students to attend a course off school site without school staff supervision.  In total, the students attended 6 sessions and between each one were tasked with using their new knowledge and skills to support their peers through the sports leaders qualification.  The students received mentoring support following each session and were encouraged to reflect, plan and evaluate their new role as mentors.  The mentoring they have undertaken with their peers has been very well received and has inspired their peers of what can be achieved. The students have now completed the course content and have been tasked with writing a minimum 1500 word assignment to gain the ILM qualification. Again this is wholly reliant on the students taking full control of their learning and seeking additional mentoring support as and when they need it.   The students have grown considerably in confidence and have far greater self belief.  They realise they have many skills and are able to use these effectively to support their peers to realise their potential.

“The award is a wonderful achievement for me and my peers. We have found working with Jo a fantastic experience and it is lovely to see all our hard work being recognised by other people.” Scott, Winner of the Mentee of the Year, St Christopher’s School.

Each of the students is clear about their long term plans and through the mentoring support they have received they now all want to be in roles where they will be able to mentor others.   

Notably one of the students who was attacked outside of school (in July 2016) and fearful of going out has rebuilt his confidence and now actively seeks opportunities to support others.  One student won the Lidl play more football award based on their sports leadership work and another the Diana Award for her commitment to volunteering despite additional pressures from home as the main carer for her parents and siblings.  All 4 have become well respected and recognised role models for their peers and continue to receive recognition from a number of national organisations. This project is a first for the school and senior staff members have highly praised the work of these students. They have responded far beyond expectation to the opportunities presented to them and the mentoring support they have received. It is fitting recognition for the 4 to be recognised through this award.

“I am absolutely delighted that our students have won this award from Business Wales. All their hard work and efforts developing our Sports Leaders Level 2 students has proved so successful. Our thanks to Jo Clay for tutoring them to develop their mentoring skills.” Glyn Jones, Assistant Head, St Christopher’s School

The success with this project has inspired and led Empower - Be The Change to roll out this programme to many groups across North Wales and has played a major part in the company's success to date.  To date we have empowered over 150 people through our programmes and have ambitious plans to empower over 1000 people by 2022. Mentoring is integral to what we do and we now encourage every participant on our programmes to become mentors to their friends, family members, peers and colleagues.

Want to become a mentor? Sign up to our mentor training programme here.

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One Year Anniversary

On the 6th May 2017 Empower celebrated its official one year anniversary!

This short summary highlights some of our key achievements and over the coming months we'll be sharing stories, case studies and videos of the individuals we have helped to Empower!

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Why VOLUNTEER to employment?

Jo Clay, Founder and Managing Director talks to Kat Luckock from Share Impact about the inspiration behind setting up Empower.

From volunteering in India to working for Vi-Ability to setting up Empower,  Jo shares the unexpected challenges she faced in setting up the business and the inspiration to create, sell and deliver Empower’s “Volunteer to Employment” program. 

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Recruiting new Company Directors

Join our team as a voluntary Company Director.

What is Empower – Be The Change?

Empower – Be The Change is a UK based social enterprise that sells and delivers products and services across the UK with the primary mission to:

“Empower individuals and communities to achieve more”

Empower delivers services that directly address issues of poverty, community cohesion, well-being and increasing access and attainment across all aspects of learning.

In partnership with a range of local and national organisations Empower works with individuals to increase soft skills in, confidence, motivation, independence and self-management.

Empower is seeking to appoint Voluntary Company Directors to join the management board.

Directors Role

  • To contribute actively to the board in giving firm strategic direction to the company, setting overall policy, defining goals, setting targets and evaluating performance against the agreed targets.
  • To give practical and relevant support to enable Empower to achieve its vision and goals.  
  • To ensure the effective and efficient administration of the company.
  • To ensure the financial stability of the company.

Time commitment

Board meetings are held on a monthly basis in Wrexham and/or via Skype. Meeting expenses will be fully reimbursed.

In addition to board meetings Empower requests that directors provide relevant adhoc support to ensure the company achieves its mission and goals.

Equal opportunities

Empower – Be The Change is committed to achieving equality of opportunity throughout the company, including board member appointments.  We would welcome and encourage applications from groups currently under represented including women, black and ethnic minority communities and disabled people. The principles of fair and open competition will apply and appointments will be made on merit.

How to apply

Interested individuals should send their CV and covering letter to:

empower.founder@gmail.com

Closing date: Friday 25th November 2016

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Latest news - May & June 2016

National award winner for the second year running, local projects and exciting new partnerships!   Here’s what Empower - Be The Change has been up to since the last update!

STAFF & COMPANY NEWS 

WREXHAM BASE Empower – Be The Change now has an office base located in Plas Madoc Leisure Centre, Wrexham.   Jo Clay, Managing Director is now based there 2-3 days per week and Empower will use the facility to deliver a range of ILM and training courses. Plas Madoc; with the threat of closure in 2014 Plas Madoc Leisure Centre was taken on by a group of local volunteers and since December 2014 has been operating as a charitable trust.  The centre provides leisure, sport and recreational opportunities to the local community. You can find out more here: http://www.splashmagic.co.uk/

NATIONAL AWARD WINNER For the second year running Empower volunteer program has won a national award! Molly Briskham, Swansea based volunteer who completed a placement in India last year has won WCVA “International Volunteer of the Year” award. 

Congratulations from all directors and volunteers at Empower.  Well deserved recognition for your hard work and commitment in India!

Read Molly’s interview about the award here: http://bit.ly/1ZC5b6r

MARKETING & PROMOTION

EMPLOYERS FAYRE, University of South Wales, Cardiff

On 29th April, Jo Clay and former volunteer, Cara Battrick attended the USW employer fayre in Cardiff. The event was a huge success with over 150 students attending.  Many thanks to Cara for sharing her experience with the students and encouraging individuals to take up placements.

Over the coming weeks Empower will be working with USW to put together a funding proposal to access Erasmus + funding to enable students to complete international volunteer placements as part of their under graduate studies.

VOLUNTEERS WEEK This years volunteers week took place between 1st - 12th June, an annual celebration of the fantastic work volunteers deliver throughout the year.  With 1 million volunteers in Wales alone there was certainly plenty to celebrate with the pinnacle for Empower being Molly’s award. To promote our volunteer opportunities Empower published two blogs to encourage others to take up local and international volunteer placements: “5 reasons why our placements Empower you”: http://bit.ly/1PiG4Fn

“Volunteering molded who I am”: http://bit.ly/1Uelwy2

FACEBOOK Empowers FaceBook page will be under-going a significant overhaul as volunteers Molly and Alice take active control of our page.   Molly and Alice will be posting, sharing and liking a range of articles to promote volunteering and will set up a volunteer group for all previous and new volunteers. Follow us on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/empowerbethechange

NEW PROJECTS & PARTNERS 

VOLUNTEER TO EMPLOYMENT PROJECT  On 31st May Empower submitted an application to Wrexham Council “Enabling” grant program to deliver a local volunteer project.  The project will help individuals currently out of employment gain key employability skills and take up regular volunteer placements in local sports clubs to utilise these skills in a safe, supportive environment. We look forward to working with local employment agency partners and Hannah from Wrexham Council to deliver this exciting project.

COACHING & MENTORING  During the last few months Jo Clay has been working with a number of clients providing coaching and mentoring support.   Read about the positive impact of this work on our updated web page: http://bit.ly/28IAKbs

Interested in coaching and/or mentoring support?   Contact Jo at empower.founder@gmail.com for more info.

VI-ABILITY Empower - Be The Change is excited to have the opportunity to work on a joint project with Vi-Ability.  An application has been submitted to the Chanel Foundation for Vi-Ability to extend its award winning program to Spain. If successful Empower will provide coaching and mentoring support to individuals enrolled in the program. Further updates via social media in September.

DTCC – CSR sponsorship Following an extremely positive meeting with DTCC, Wrexham about CSR investment, Empower will, over the coming weeks, hold further meetings with senior staff to confirm details of this partnership.   Keep an eye on social media for further news about this exciting partnership.

What next?

  1. Empower will be working with YMCA Swansea to create a program which will provide Professional Development opportunities and international volunteer placements for both staff and young people linked to the YMCA network.
  2. Xenos group – Jo Clay will be working with key contacts from Xenos to identify and secure investors. 
  3. Christ University - Empower will be working with Christ University to confirm links between the university and UK institutions. 
  4. Through the Wrexham Social Enterprise Network, Empower has made links with Glyndwr University Business school and will be working with key personnel to implement appropriate social impact measures for our work.
  5. Following a meeting with Princes Trust in Cardiff, Empower will be working with local and national staff to deliver joint projects.

                         To keep up to date follow us on Twitter:                             https://twitter.com/Empower_BTC

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"I wanted to make a difference .......”

                                         Molly Briskham, 2016 winner of                             “WCVA International Volunteer of the Year” 

Awarded in recognition of her outstanding contribution during her volunteer placement in India with Empower – Be The Change, Molly shares what the award means to her and how volunteering has helped shape her future plans.

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How does it feel to be awarded this accolade?

Amazing! I feel truly honoured and humbled to have won such an award. I still miss the country and the children everyday so its lovely to think that they enjoyed my time with them too! Its just the best feeling.

Why did you choose to volunteer in India?

I volunteered in India because I wanted to have new experiences, experiences that would not be available to me in my everyday life. I wanted to learn more about the rest of world and it's people and the only real way to do that was to see it for myself. I wanted to make a difference to someone else's life.

How has the placement changed you and your outlook?

For me, my placement in India molded me into the person that I've always wanted to be. It taught me to live life outside my comfort zone and to seize every opportunity. I learnt to laugh at every given opportunity and it gave me perspective on what is important. I also learnt a lot of life skills, be it catching a plane on my own, communicating through a language barrier or washing my clothes in a bucket!

What are your future volunteer plans?

Volunteering everywhere! I'm hoping to return to India this summer and cannot wait to see my boys again!  I hope to use volunteering as my way of seeing the world.

I'm also currently working to set up a volunteer network for those who are looking to complete a placement in India and those who already have as a sort of support system for anything that they may need to know or may want to be involved in. 

What advice would you give to someone looking to volunteer in the UK and/or overseas?

Just do it! Don't even think about it! Just do it! As humans its in our nature to think decisions through but in doing so we often put up barriers that we can’t seem to break. In my experience in taking the risk and just saying yes I found that all of those barriers can be broken when you come to it its just a case of a little bit if creative thinking. So just say yes to an adventure and enjoy every single second of it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Want to volunteer in India?

Join Empower in 2016 and help support Silo India tackle rural poverty in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu.

For more info visit: http://bit.ly/1OlFr6W

For a limited time only Empower is offering the following incentives:

Start a placement between 1st August and 1st December and receive a 5% discount.

Two or more volunteers traveling on the same dates receive 10% discount.

Contact: empower.founder@gmail.com

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“Volunteering moulded who I am”

Wondering what a volunteer placement with us is like? Here’s some highlights from this years “WCVA International Volunteer of the Year” award winner Molly Briskham.

Arriving in India

Jo and Swathi were there to meet us at the airport. On leaving the plane the first thing we noticed was that it was hot…very hot! As soon as we got out of passport control and into “India” we were no longer tired but excited to be here! So with our new found energy we headed off on the drive to the hostel. 

At this point it was somewhere between 4 and 5 in the morning and still dark, so we were surprised to see how many people were up and about already. Sleep time again! I slept for most of the journey and woke up when we stopped to use the toilet. However this toilet was an ’ Indian toilet’ a hole in the ground… Next stop the boys hostel!

I have never seen such excited faces as when we drove into the hostel, it was the warmest welcome! The boys could not do enough for us carrying our bags and helping in any way they could.  When we stepped out of the car we were bombarded with handshakes high 5’s and lots of names!

Delivering the first lesson

Today was our first day of taking lessons so we were all up early in time for morning sports and excited. For my first lesson I was taking sports in St. Johns school. We were focusing on improving catching and passing skills. We started with a throwing the ball and shouting our name game and then went on to play fireball. After that we went into piggy back throwing and catching which the kids found very funny! We then had enough time for a couple of games of over and under before we finished and moved onto the next class.

Cultural differences

While we were doing this session I was surprised by the girls, they wouldn’t stand anywhere near the boys and when we asked them to complete a sporting activity they would just giggle! I ended up holding their hands running around so they had no choice but to run and had to do the circuit through with them. It’s sad to see that they have not had the sporting experience provided to them so that they can enjoy sports, Im so glad that we get that back at home.

Creativity in delivering sessions

I then had sports with St Johns for which I did treasure island, which I did to improve their problem solving and communication skills, which from what I’d seen in previous sessions was poor. Today again they were not talking and when I asked them to do it in teams they shot off seeing it as an individual race, so I took away some of the equipment which meant that they would not be able to make it to the finish line without moving the equipment, to do which they had to talk to each other and keep each other standing!

Weekend travel

We drove for around 2 hours to get to the waterfalls, we saw quite a few weddings on our drive, the girls had fallen asleep at this point but then I saw…an ELEPHANT! I screamed and made sure to wake the girls up like a child who had just seen santa! We noticed as we got nearer and nearer that there were monkeys just strutting around the town, which for us was really weird but the locals didn’t bat an eyelid. 

We finally got to the falls and found more monkeys, lots of them, we walked to the falls and I went under them, there was no way I was missing out on the opportunity to do that the water felt amazing and it felt actually quite exciting.

Learning new skills

We had a couple of hours free then so we asked if it was possible to have a cooking lesson in the restaurant, learning how to cook our favourite parotta breads! We made quite a few and we’re rather impressed by our bread flipping skills! Definitely something I’ll be making when I get home! 

A big tick off the “bucket list”

Today we went to see the elephants… ELEPHANTS!  

This is something I’ve wanted to do since before I came and is definitely on the bucket list! When we saw them I was like a kid at Christmas,  I was in my element… or in my elephant!  It was such an amazing thing to see these beautiful animals and to be able to spend time with them washing them etc.

Leaving the hostel

Tonight is our last spoken English lesson in the hostel which is sad, so there was lots of cha cha sliding! We also started spinning each other around which was a bad idea because the boys started a competition who could spin us around the fastest, which meant us feeling sick and dizzy for the rest of the night! I made the most of homework time to night,  I love chatting with my Indian ’ brother’s ’ as they like to call themselves at this time and it’s something I’m really going to miss, one of many things!

A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE “My placement in India moulded me into the person that I've always wanted to be. It taught me to live life outside my comfort zone and to seize every opportunity. I learnt to laugh at every given opportunity and gained perspective on what is important. I hope to use volunteering as my way of seeing the world.”

Join us in 2016: http://bit.ly/1OlFr6W empower.founder@gmail.com

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Latest news - March & April 2016

Since 14th March, Empower - Be The Change has been back in Wales, UK, building new partnerships, recruiting volunteers and finalising the company’s legal structure.

Here’s our latest update!

STAFF & COMPANY NEWS

Our Team On 20th April, Empower held its first official board meeting with Managing Director Jo Clay and 3 company directors (voluntary), Mike Henshaw, Lucy Humble and John Gallanders.   Thanks to support from Wales Co-op the team have now signed the final legal documents and will continue to work with Wales Co-op over the coming months to ensure the company has a solid foundation in which to sustain and grow.

You can read about our management team here: http://bit.ly/1VBZuqM

Lucy Humble In the last 12 months Lucy has won WCVA, “International Volunteer of the Year” award, gained both UKCC level one and level two tennis coaching qualifications, set herself up as a self-employed tennis coach, become a director of Empower and most recently secured a new tennis coaching job in India.   From September Lucy will be based in Mumbai, working at Marcos Quay School, delivering tennis sessions. This is a fantastic opportunity for Lucy to use her UK coaching qualifications to support programs in India and create links to new Indian partners for Empower to strengthen its India program.

MARKETING AND PROMOTION

Over the last month Empower has placed a particular emphasis to raising the profile of the company across Wales. 

1. WCVA Blog WCVA “International Volunteer of the Year”, Lucy, was asked to write a short blog about the award, her volunteer placement in India with Empower and what she has achieved since winning the award 12 months ago.

You can read the article here: http://bit.ly/1peDGmC If you work with volunteers and want to recognise their hard work you have until 22nd April to nominate individuals for this years WCVA awards: http://bit.ly/1QXlasO

2. Social media – Twitter  Over the last 4 months we have doubled our Twitter followers from 148 to 310. Through our social media messaging Empower has successfully engaged a number of new partners and received interest from potential volunteers to take part in our programs.

To keep up to date with all our news follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Empower_BTC

3. Local publicity & Ministerial support In March, Jo Clay met with local Assembly Member and National Minister for Communities & Poverty, Lesley Griffiths to discuss Empowers plans.  To raise the profile of our work, James Richards, PR advisor to the minister circulated a press release to local media contacts.  Both local papers and local social media sites published the press release.  The article generated huge interest in our work with 5 individuals putting themselves forward to volunteer and a number of local/regional and national agencies keen to develop partnerships.

You can read the article here:  http://bit.ly/22KlGmI 

NEW SERVICE AND PARTNERS

Remploy Remploy is the UK’s leading provider of disability employment, working with over 2500 businesses to recruit and employ disabled people. Remploy North Wales contacted Empower to discuss opportunities to work in partnership and to extend the range of services that are currently available to their clients.  Over the coming months we will be working together to create a bespoke support package for their clients. 

WCBC Employers pledge Officially launched on 9th March, the Employers pledge aims to promote opportunities for both employers and employees and increase economic regeneration throughout the borough and surrounding areas. The scheme aims to encourage employers to develop skills and provide support for young people and adults to gain employment. Empower has signed up to the pledge and will be working with a range of local partners to provide appropriate training and skill development opportunities.

Read more about it here: http://bit.ly/1Tb6qak

Glyndwr University Empower is working with representatives within the university to promote volunteer placements in India for students as part of their degree program.   Volunteer opportunities will also be advertised on the university intranet and across their social media platforms.

Local partnerships Empower has met with and will continue to work with Caia Park Partnership, Communities First and WCBC employability officers to create opportunities for local volunteering.  Thank you to all these organisations for their time and opportunity to share our work across their networks.

What next?

  1. On the 29th April Empower will be attending the University of South Wales, student employers fayre to promote our overseas volunteer opportunities.
  2. In the next couple of weeks Empower will be meeting with representatives from Bangor University and Cardiff Met University to discuss partnership opportunities to promote our international volunteer placements to students.
  3. At the end of the month Empower is meeting a Wales based social enterprise Purple Shoots to discuss opportunities to replicate their successful model across North Wales. http://www.purpleshoots.org/
  4. Empower will be working with a number of local partners to progress opportunities for Empower to become a ILM delivery agency.

                     To keep up to date follow us on Twitter:                       https://twitter.com/empower_BTC                             empower-bethechange.org 

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Latest news - February 2016

Our latest news is now live!  

RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS

Greater Toronto School network
 Through contacts and connections we have successfully linked with the Greater Toronto School Network in Canada.   On an annual basis the schools in the network undertake international trips with school students for cultural exchange, cultural awareness and volunteer opportunities.   We are working with one of the lead contacts to provide placements for 16-18 year old students in March 2017.

Volunteer network 
The first meeting of the volunteer network will take place in Cardiff in the coming weeks.  The group will actively promote volunteering in UK and India, raise funds to support projects in India and create brochures/info to help future volunteers with their placements.

STAFF DEVELOPMENT

TEFL 
Our staff have now successfully completed the 180 hour Master TEFL course and will be working with Silo India to create a syllabus for the delivery of English to the rural communities in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu.

LIFE COACHING  Jo Clay will be completing qualifications in Neuro-Lingistic Programming (NLP) and Life Coaching over the next couple of months.  These qualifications will add significant value to the life coaching & mentoring service that Empower currently offers. SSE India Jo Clay, Managing Director recently attended the final interview for the SSE India program in Delhi.  SSE is a fellowship program for social entrepreneurs seeking to set up social impact programs in North India.  http://www.the-sseindia.org 105 social enterprises applied for the program with 25 invited to the final interview.  The program demands a high level of commitment with monthly sessions held in Delhi from April to December this year.  With Empower still in the early stages of operation and commitments in both UK and South India it has been agreed that Empower will not be participating in the program this year. We will however continue to link with SSE to secure other opportunities to expand our work to North India.

MARKETING AND PROMOTION

Big Issue article - WCVA
 To promote this years national volunteer awards, WCVA requested an interview with Jo Clay to share her experience of winning Wales “International Volunteer of the Year” 2015. You can read the short interview online here: http://bit.ly/WCVABigIssue

It will also be published in next issue of “The Big Issue Cymru”. 

Wales CVA Volunteer awards Empower has nominated volunteers who have taken part in our program in the last 12 months for the International Volunteer of the Year Award.  Further details of our nominations will be shared soon.

To nominate individuals for the awards please visit: http://bit.ly/1QXlasO

International Womens Day In support of International Women’s Day Empower has made a small donation to Kiva.  

Kiva offers small loans to women in developing countries to set up, develop and grow small businesses in their local communities. 

You can read more about their work and the impact you could make with a small donation here: http://bit.ly/1RNL8fX

NEW SERVICES AND PARTNERS

Consultancy Empower now offers a full consultancy service to charities, NGO’s, Social enterprises and SME’s.   Our consultancy service provides a complete package to the organisations that we work with.  We consider the company as a whole and provide bespoke support tailored to the needs of each company to enable growth and sustainability. You can read about our service here: http://bit.ly/1plikEq

Justice Upheld Justice Upheld is a UK registered charity that provides legal support and advice to individuals that are falsely detained or captured in overseas countries.  Over the coming months Empower will be working with Justice Upheld to increase their presence in UK & India, identify & secure income and strengthen their management systems. You can follow the work of Justice Upheld via:  Twitter: @Justice_Upheld   FaceBook: Justice Upheld

WHAT NEXT?

Empower will be in Wales (UK) for a couple of months to strengthen and build our UK operations.  

In the next few weeks we will be:

  1. Hosting our first board meeting with our 3 directors.
  2. Working with Wales Co-Op to finalise our legal structure and agree further support over the next few years.
  3. Meeting local Assembly member & Welsh Government Minister, Lesley Griffiths to promote our work and seek partnership opportunities to address the poverty agenda in Wales.
  4. Attending university events across Wales to recruit volunteers. 
  5. Meeting with new organisations and partners to expand delivery of our services.

To keep up to date follow us on Twitter: 

https://twitter.com/empower_BTC

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