Making a difference Ever since I was 4 years old, I have had a passion for photography. Hardly a day goes by when I don’t have a camera in hand, capturing the stories of people, places, and our world – This is my story.
Making a difference From launching the UK’s first Ethical Careers Service to building my own ethical marketing consultancy business and becoming a jeweller by accident – here’s my story.
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Making a difference I created The Maternity Pledge because of my own experience with the transition to motherhood. I struggled in different ways when I had both of my children and it was only after therapy, lots of conversations with other mothers and my own research that I found the term matrescence, which is the driving force behind The Maternity Pledge.
Community I started Knowledge Pool with just a laptop and about 20 learners. But three years on, the organisation has supported over one thousand people, donated tens of digital devices and internet access and won many awards.
Community This is a story of how a girl from Scunthorpe ended up on the road to finding meaning and growing a business with purpose.
Making a difference Bethia Stevenson-Paul and Jess Carter, two Devon based entrepreneurs are working to empower the next generation of environmentalists. Jess Carter, co-founder of Planet & People CIC, tells their story.
Making a difference I started nookary on the belief that we all need to come together to make the changes needed to save our planet. The challenge is hugely overwhelming, but if we start to make small changes consistently they will add up to a big impact on the environment over time.
Making a difference As a traditionally risk averse person I would never have imagined the life I have now. Starting your own business or taking any risk on yourself is scary. But is it not much scarier to continue an unfulfilling and joyless life? Continuing the risk of not being happy and working for an organisation that did not align with my values was much scarier, it wasn’t really a risk at all.
Giving back After finishing my degree in product design, I received the job position which I expected to get (a CAD designer) however I felt utterly unfulfilled in the role. At first, I thought perhaps changing companies would help. So I bounced around different companies for a while and felt the same way.
Making a difference When I tell people my job title, Head of Global Happiness, people often think I’ve made it up (I have!) but they also ask “What does that mean?” Once I’ve explained my story, I find many people ask how they can become Head of Happiness in their organisation.