MEMBER ZONE BE CAREER CONFIDENT


Chamber of Commerce member Charlotte Sykes, of CWR Consultancy, and Ruth Forster, member of the Lichfield & Tamworth Chamber, have collaborated together to launch a free weekly Crowdcast event to support individuals with their careers. As coronavirus sent the world in


to a spin, careers support has become even more important - supporting students feeling lost, assisting those furloughed or facing redundancy was a task Charlotte was keen to step up to. In response to this heightened need for support, Charlotte and Ruth, who have been working together for the past seven years, wanted to do more and help as many people as they could. With only so many hours in the day for personal careers support, the answer was to create easy to access, online workshops.


Charlotte and Ruth’s mission is to make you career confident


Launched in July 2020, the Be


Career Confident series ran weekly on Crowdcast; each session is a 30 minute workshop where individuals can join in or simply observe as Charlotte and Ruth share their experience, advice and knowledge enabling people to take control of their career journey through motivation and action based learning.


SESSIONS INCLUDED: • Motivation while job seeking


• How to find the right job


• CVs – How to get your message across


• Networking – the new way


Charlotte said: “After working together delivering business workshops as well as supporting schools delivering Gatsby Benchmarks, creating a series of online workshops to support redundant workers was a natural sit for us. Ultimately, we want to use our experience to help people become Career Confident.”


For future events, please see: www.crowdcast.io/ruthforster&cha rlottesykes Visit: www.cwrconsultancy.co.uk


FUNDS TO FEED THE COMMUNITY


During the lockdown a local support group grew from zero to 3,000, helping families in need of support for food. They have now partnered with members Sol Haven, based in Moulton, Northampton, to carry out food deliveries to homeless people in hotel accommodation, people in safe houses due to domestic abuse, people with learning disabilities, and older people unable to leave home. Thanks to funding they have


just received from The National Lottery Community Fund, together with very generous sponsorship from a national pasty brand to help with the provision of meals, Sol Haven has established an emergency food-bank and launched a box delivery service under their The Loving Chef brand, for those rough sleeping in the streets. They are also working in partnership with the Northampton Hope Centre, delivering food currently once a week although at the time of print discussions were underway to expand this to provide food twice a week. In July they had already


The team at the Cransley Hospice Coffee Shop in Kettering REOPENING FOR HOSPICE SHOPS


Autumn is a busy time for Cransley Hospice and this year is no different as they continue to face the challenges of coronavirus and lockdown. They have had to postpone or switch many of their events to virtual events to ensure the safety of their supporters, volunteers and staff, but would like to thank everyone that has supported the events, those taking part in the events and everyone that has held their own fundraising initiatives!


CRANSLEY HOSPICE SHOPS Cransley Hospice shops at 2 Horse Market, Kettering, NN16 ODG, are open for business again. The coffee shop is serving takeaways Monday–


Saturday, 10am–3pm, telephone your order on 518111 The Retail Shop is open, Monday–Saturday 10am– 3pm, with social distancing measures in place. We are


gratefully receiving donations by appointment only, please telephone 01536 414343 during opening hours to book an appointment.


CELEBRATING HOSPICE CARE WEEK Cransley Hospice is celebrating Hospice Care Week from the 5–11 October. Anyone donating to Cransley Hospice during Hospice Care Week will receive a pack of lupin seeds as to plant and enjoy in the spring as a thank you. The hospice has specifically chosen the lupin as it stands for overall happiness and is said to bring the energy of inner strength to recover from trauma.


You can keep up to date with news from Cransley Hospice via the website www.cransleyhospice.org.uk and our Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.


delivered 60 food boxes to 60 people; Sol Haven has also delivered food to the homeless who are currently in temporary housing. Sol Haven’s service is providing healthy vegan food that is made from natural ingredients and filled with love; all the packing is compostable to be friendly to the environment. They are currently looking


for other companies who would like to help those in need by supplying vegan food, drinks, or items to create a food bank such as storage units, fridges etc. All this will help Sol Haven to create a food bank that will be a calling point for people in need.


For further information about how you can help Sol Haven please contact Natasha on 01604 307 783 or visit www.solhaven.co.uk


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