Training Courses
What the heck is The Sowing Club?
What the heck is The Sowing Club? The title, The Sowing Club, was a deliberate play on words. It is a short course with a
September 9, 2022
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Lancaster’s women’s changing needs through the pandemic
We recently had a new report commissioned, to identify the changing needs of women in the district during Covid 19 pandemic. The findings suggested that women now have a greater need for social connection than previously, along with increased concerns about wellbeing and finances.
June 1, 2022
News
Lessons in Boundaries (from a grumpy old Rottweiler)
Jane Binnion writes on working out & setting our personal boundaries and how to communicate them, using lessons learned from her Rottweiler.
May 15, 2022
Training Courses
Wanted: Growing Club Mentors!
Our successful mentor training programme is running again, aiming to train existing women in business to support other women who are beginning their business journey with their own startup, after they complete their Roots and Shoots programme.
May 13, 2022
News
Can you help with our Auction of Promises?
We need you! If you have received support from The Growing Club CIC in the past, or maybe you just like what we do, we need
April 22, 2022
News
Auction of Promises!
On the 20th May 2022, The Growing Club CIC are organising a fundraising event – an Auction of Promises – where donated promises are auctioned off, with money raised to create a Seed Fund to support women’s business start-up costs.
April 9, 2022
News
Where Are They Now?
As part of the celebrations for International Women’s Day 2022, we spoke with four women who took part in the first-ever cohort of The Growing Club CIC’s business training course in 2015. The programme is now called Bloom and Grow, helping women who are running their own businesses to do it sustainably and with strong peer support.
March 13, 2022
Business education
The Art of Grasping Nettles
A blog on courage, preparation and giving it a go by Jane Binnion When I bottled my first brew of nettle cordial years ago, it
February 4, 2022
News
Voices From The Frontline: A Film
Lancaster’s The Growing Club CIC has launched a short film as part of the Lancashire Innovation Festival. Voices from the Frontline is a thought-provoking film by women aged
December 7, 2021
Meet Your Trainer
Meet Rebecca Batstone: The Growing Club’s Coach & Trainer For Women In Business
Rebecca is a Personal and Business Coach and runs her own practice, along with being a one-to-one coach and business mentor for The Growing Club CIC.
November 15, 2021
News
Pay-It-Forward Grant for Female-led Lancashire Businesses
Jane Binnion talks about a Pay-It-Forward grant scheme operating for Women in Business in Lancashire, to help startups & existing businesses.
October 25, 2021
Women in Business
Growing Club Stories: Rebecca Young
Rebecca Young hopes to set up a web design business, with the aim of supporting the work of individuals, small businesses, and non-profit organisations, particularly those in the arts and culture sector.
October 11, 2021
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