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
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 ...
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Kate Manders Hi, I’m Kate Manders and I own and run the Wagtail Deli Café in Arnside and the Wagtail Kitchen at Lakeland Food Park, Plumgarths, nr Kendal in partnership with my husband Steve. Kate Manders I’ve known Jane Binnion for a few years now. We initially met around 2014 when ...
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Janet Hampson In the next in our series of blog posts introducing Growing Club women, we meet with Janet Hampson of JHPM to chat about taking the plunge into starting her own business and how The Growing Club has played a role in her success. Janet first heard about The Growing Club onlin ...
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 ...
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It was at this meeting I realised The Growing Club may be a great option for me as a business training course.
Growing Club Stories
Ginny Koppenhol For me, The Growing Club came along at the perfect time. A few months before I started the very first Growing Club course as a member of ‘cohort 1’, I had taken a huge leap. I had worked for the NHS in mental health service for 14 years and decided to finally start work a ...
Learn How to Have a ‘Healthy You, Healthy Biz’ With The Growing Club!’
Healthy You, Healthy Biz Last week, we received a grant from Sport England, to fund a brand-new project: fitness and relaxation for women running small businesses. Women and fitness is not a new concept of course, and there are many examples of initiatives aimed at getting women and gir ...
MEET THE FOUNDER: JANE BINNION
The co-founder of The Growing Club, Jane Binnion, is a finalist for a Lifetime Achievement Award from She Inspires. Here, Jane tells us a little about herself, her background and how she came to create a successful social enterprise to help women in business on all levels. Tell us about some ...
PUTTING DOWN ROOTS AND SHOOTS: BUSINESS START-UP TRAINING FOR LANCASHIRE’S WOMEN
Roots and Shoots We're delighted to announce the new course intake dates for the second delivery of Roots and Shoots - a funded start-up course for women who would like to start and grow a sustainable business. Could that be you? Beginning in June, our Roots and Shoots course ...
Meet Your Trainer: Katie Birks
Introduce yourself, please! My name is Katie Birks from Katie Birks Branding & Design. I spend my time doing all things creative, from website design, branding, book covers to hand lettering and map illustrations. When I’m not perfecting one of my design projects, you might find me on th ...