November at The Growing Club: What’s On?
As the autumn creeps in with its beautiful colours and cooler temperatures, we are now in the second lockdown in the UK, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, our work at The Growing Club continues, albeit mostly virtually! You can find all of the workshops and courses that are on offer ...
Support for Women-in-Business – in Lancaster, Lancashire & Beyond
Something for every woman-in-business in Lancaster, Lancashire and beyond. Affordable and funded support for you, and your business We know this is the hardest of times and so many of us are weary, but if you have started to turn your attention towards your business or employment possibili ...
WISE Woman of Lancaster: Jane Binnion!
We're delighted to announce that our founding director, Jane Binnion, has been nominated for the Women of Inspiration list: The WISE List 2020, where 100 leading women have been nationally recognised for their contribution to UK social enterprise and impact investing d ...
Lancashire Women’s Peer Network
The Growing Club CIC is delighted to be part of the government initiative, Peer Networks, which brings together a diverse group of business owners and senior leaders as a group in a safe space, to discuss business challenges and how they can be overcome. The initiative will be delivered through ...
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 ...