Branching Out: Skills Training for Young Women
We’re offering four free sessions on podcasting for young women in the Lancaster district, aged 17-24.
Case Study: Rachel Gristwood
Rachel Gristwood provides proofreading services, searching out spelling mistakes, grammar that needs to be improved, along with punctuation and formatting errors.
Growing Club Stories: Claire Stephenson
Claire is an Accredited Public Relations Practitioner and runs a PR and communications consultancy, working on a global basis. She focuses on ethical communications, helping the third sector, CICs, environmental organisations and small businesses, to tell their story with power and authenticity.
Case Study: Paula Eales
Paula Eales is plus-sized clothes designer and maker, based in Lancaster, Lancashire. She has taken part in the Roots and Shoots business training course with The Growing Club and also works for the organisation as an administrator.
Our Brand-New Online Business Training Hub is Live!
We’ve launched our brand-new bespoke courses onto an online platform where women-in-business and aspiring women-in-business will be able to access business and skills training wherever they are located.
Peer Listening Project: Our Second Course Launches
Sometimes, we just need to talk and be listened to, without interruption or judgement. Our Peer Listening Project is a chance to explore how to create a space for others, how to listen and how to take care of ourselves whilst listening to others
Case Study: Kelly Akister
Kelly Akister is a qualified teacher, specialising in advanced early years education. She’s been running her own business – Reading Fairy Lancaster – for over a year now.
Case Study: Hayley Cooper
A case study on Hayley Cooper, who runs her own lettings and property management company, managing a portfolio of properties in and around Lancaster and Morecambe. Hayley is on the Bloom and Grow course with The Growing Club CIC.
Case Study: Laura Blakeley
Laura is a flower farmer in Lancaster and does floristry as well. She came across Jane and The Growing Club through the Market Trading team at Lancaster Charter Market.
Young Women Branching Out
Our latest course, Branching Out, will help unwaged young women to explore skills and training options available to them. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted young women particularly hard, resulting in reduced employment and future job opportunities. Young Women Hit Hardest in COVID-19 Pandemic ...
Women & Money: Exploring Savings & Investments for Beginners
We have an excellent event coming up this month, led by money experts Cleona Lira and Rebecca O'Connor. They'll be talking about financial investments that aren't just for the rich. Worries about money and financial independence affect most women. And with the change of the pension age many wom ...
How Do You Ask For What You Want?
The Growing Club's Wellbeing Officer, Sarah Ludford, talks about when, why and how you can ask for what you want. We're also running a workshop, led by Sarah, on this topic. Information and booking is at the end of this article. Sarah Ludford Helping Others to Help Ourselves Some of us are ...