Bloom and Grow Goes Global!
Are you a woman running a small business which has been impacted by the pandemic? Then we have some good news! Pandemic problems We don’t need to tell you that the pandemic has been hard on all of us who run small businesses and not-for-profit organisations. Many of us had a crash-cou ...
Back Her Business
In September 2019, The Growing Club became a regional business support delivery partner for the NatWest Back Her Business Initiative. It has been a big concern for us that women starting a business can't get seed funding, and if someone is starting a business from being on state benefits, which ...
Peer-to-Peer Mentoring for Women in Business
It’s widely recognised that women thrive from mentoring and therefore mentoring is recommended as a strategy in supporting recovery and long-term sustainability for women in business and leadership. However, most mentoring offered is short-term, only around 12-hours and in reality, findin ...
The Growing Club Stories: Wendy Jones
My name is Wendy Jones and I run WJ Cleaning Company. My journey started in 2013 when I suddenly and unexpectedly became a single mum. At the time, I was a stay-at-home mum who volunteered in my son’s school. It was a very traumatic time for both myself and my son and the will to ...
The Growing Club on Radio Lancashire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG7pdpXnMrc Catch up on Jane Binnion's Radio Lancashire interview, recorded on the 23 June 2020, where she talked with Brett Davison about COVID-19 and the negative impacts on women in business, creating a further gender imbalance.
Coronavirus: Have Women Fallen Off The Business Agenda Again?
The Growing Club runs employment and enterprise training for women in North West England. When coronavirus hit, we were unable to continue with our training programme in our usual face-to-face delivery, in small groups. However, we have continued to work from our homes and we adapted quickly to ...
Growing Club Stories: Amanda Gallagher
My experience of being a woman in business during Covid-19 pandemic My name is Amanda Gallagher and I am the owner of Tinbox Angel, which is a micro-manufacturer of handbags and accessories. Tinbox Angel workshop In January 2016, I joined the first cohort of women who had applied for a pl ...
Women-Only Business Groups Fail to Empower? Not Here They Don’t!
An opinion piece from our founding director, Jane Binnion. Happy International Women’s day for March 8 2020! (To save you asking, International Men’s Day is November 19th.) Did you know the first International Women's Day took place in 1911, supported by over one million people? Understa ...
Growing Club Stories: Amanda Topps
Hello, my name is Amanda and my business is called Amanda Topps Consultancy. I run a health and social care consultancy, which means my day-to-day work involves research, evaluation and working with clients in person. I’ve been involved in the Growing Club since 2017 when I discovered the Sowi ...
Sowing The Seeds for Business in Morecambe
We are really excited to be offering once again, a fully-funded six-week skills training course for women in the Morecambe area, starting on the 15 January 2020. 'The Sowing Club' course has been funded by the European Union’s Social Fund. The course will benefit women who are currentl ...
SIMRA, Social Innovation & The Growing Club
SIMRA For the last three years, The Growing Club has taken part in the Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas programme, or SIMRA, for short. The project is an EU-funded scheme under the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme. The description of the Horizon fund is: “Ho ...
Growing Club Stories: Mandy Blackwell
It was at this meeting I realised The Growing Club may be a great option for me as a business training course.