I met with Tony from the Platform Project today - they are experts in Enterprise, Employability and Personal Development. They have a proven track record of engaging, motivating and progressing young people into education, work, or self-employment - working with schools, colleges and universities both locally and internationally, to provide bespoke enterprise and employability-based workshops, training and development programmes.

www.theplayformproject.co.uk

I met with Family Enrichment Services today. They are a wonderful CIC doing amazing work in their community.

I met with the lovely Zoe today who facilitates Soulful Circles for Women. 

Zoe is very passionate about supporting women who need to take that time for themselves.

Find out more about Zoe - Root and Rising in this episode.

https://www.facebook.com/share/16B57x3cmEs/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Today I was very honoured to have Jeff Tucker co-founder of Best Mates at my house to record the next episode on the podcast.

A simple concept but SO impactful. They are doing Stirling work. What a charity to be a part of.

Here is what Best Mates is all about ….

Having all been through tough times, it was apparent that seeking help with ease from readily available services was not as easy as it sounds. It takes courage, confidence, and knowhow to take those steps and that is of course if you know where to turn.

We continually recruit volunteers that we call “Mates” these are people who have ALL been through their own unique situations, people who have managed to navigate and seek the help they have needed to get their lives back on track.

When you reach out to us and tell us what you are going through we will then match you up with one of our “Mates” who will make contact and spend time to meet up or talk over the phone to allow a non-judgemental conversation, but full of understanding and information of what they did to pull themselves out of their situation.

They will be there to guide and support you and help to change your life for the better.

Have a listen …

I was joined by the lovely Jenny from SEND Community Connected today! They are a Community Group for SEND families in Swindon. This is run by SEND parents who volunteer their time and offer support and advice to families. They also run some inclusive community events. Helping families feel less isolated with the SEND journey they are navigating. 

Yesterday Sarah from Wiltshire Treehouse was a guest on the podcast! We had such a lovely chat on and off the podcast. Please do have a listen and find out about the wonderful work they do and exactly how they support bereaved families. They are always after Volunteers and Charity Champions to support them so if anyone is interested please do get in touch with them. 

Well today I got to spend a lovely couple of hours with the dynamic duo that is JoBa! Jo and Barry are the wonderful couple who work on my garden. But Gardening is just 1 of the things they offer. They do so much in our community to help people. House and Garage Clearances, Cleaning, Odd Jobs. AND they have The Clearing where they offer holistic treatments and workshops. Wonderful people doing wonderful work to help others. It doesn’t get much better than Jo and Barry. 

I had a fab time visiting Rachel and some of the other ladies at The Beauty Source and Wellbeing at the Barn today in Cricklade. Absolutely gorgeous setting and a place that I worked at for a while last year. There are so many women offering all types of wellbeing services and I was able to take some time to talk to 4 of them today about what they do and why they set up.