CEO of Chance to Shine, the UK wide children’s cricket charity
Joined January 2012
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👋. It’s been a while, but back here to talk about @Chance2Shine and enabling all young people to play, learn and develop through cricket 🏏 💛🖤
Fashion as a force for good. Just about readable backwards in the mirror. Thank you so much to @Clearpay_UK and @BFC for such a fantastic evening of collaboration, ideas and inspiration.
Pinch punch first of the month - and the last weekend of the Smart Works pop up shop at 20 Floral Street. September has been such a difficult month for so many reasons, but the Smart Works team have been totally brilliant and haven’t missed a beat 💪💪💪
What an incredible experience. A week spent on behalf of @SmartWorksHQ st Harvard Business School studying Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management (#SPNM – if you know, you know) with 150 Charity CEOs from 43 countries around the world.
Harvard Business School deliberately puts you in diverse living groups, and the real learning often takes place in these peer sessions, so a call out to my Living Pod 35. And to The London Kates (@KateChhatwal and Kate Varah) for being the best home team posse.
Thank you to the @harvardhbs Social Enterprise faculty and staff who built a fantastic blend of stretch and support to inspire us all.
Above all, I am left full of hope.
Here is to changing the world for good.
🇺🇸 Made it to Boston, and so proud to be representing @SmartWorksHQ at Harvard Business School this week. Its a 14 hour-a-day course on the strategic management of charities, so no emails, family, friends or social media from now on in. Cannot wait, and see you on the otherside
Thank you for having us @BBCWomansHour to talk about how to get more women into work, alongside @mimsdavies and @DWP. Here is to helping women be their best and change their lives 💙
Did you catch our CEO, @byKateStephens, on @BBCWomansHour this morning? Listen from 35 mins to hear about the Smart Works service & how we’re working with @DWP to help more women into work: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0016p…
Thrilled to make the first public mention of our forthcoming Smart Works Female Unemployment Index today, which will be publishing later in 2022.
We are so grateful to Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex and Archewell Foundation for their support of Smart Works’ mission and growth.
On the first day of Women's History Month, we're pleased to announce that Archewell Foundation will be supporting Smart Works with a grant to help enable an important research project on female unemployment in the UK.Find out more on the Archewell website. bit.ly/3HwudQ3
Whether in person or remote, we are dedicated to providing women with the tools they need to feel confident at such a critical moment in their lives, and the research we are undertaking will shine a light on the challenges they face.
Full details are here:
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Happy new year! So excited to launch our Grad Training Scheme today. The brilliant community of Smart Works trainees past and present (you know who you are💥💥💥) are the best. Come and joint their ranks, and be part of something incredible. smartworks.org.uk/wp-content…
Finally together.
Yesterday, the staff teams from all our Smart Works centres were reunited to share our hopes, dreams and ambitions for this brilliant charity of ours. I was quite excited. Bring on 2022 🌟
Team Smart Works celebrating the most glorious day as charity partner of The Magnolia Cup at Goodwood. We know it’s raised a huge amount, and will find out the big total early next week.
Thank you to Isabel for making this her mission for at least the last six months, to the exceptional team at Goodwood for organising the day with such aplomb and to the Smart Works team for a truly swan-like performance. It was a privilege to share the day with you all 💙
Thank you @Goodwood_Races for backing @SmartWorksHQ. The funds couldn’t be more needed or timely.
Summer is here😎. Thanks to Somerset House for the best preview of Dodge, which opens tomorrow. We all properly laughed on the dodgems, and the setting, food and drink was perfect as ever. London, you are back! instagram.com/p/CRUvswKn9bK/…
Come and join us. We are looking for people for two major new roles: looking after our volunteers and looking after our centre (and me 😁). We have the highest expectations, but guarantee job satisfaction, an unbeatable sense of purpose and fun every day lnkd.in/dYY7GMe
We’ve been reflecting on the year that’s just gone - and what a year it has been. This brilliant film brings the last 12 months to life, and my blog talks about our new service, inspired by adversity. And relax, happy bank holiday all 💙☀️
Finding inspiration from adversity ✨
This week our CEO, @byKateStephens , has been reflecting on the transformation of our service over the last year.
And that’s a wrap. 25 days of the Stella and Smart Works pop up at Bicester Village and we’ve loved every minute. News about total raised coming soon and in the meantime thank you to everyone who has made it possible @telegraphstella @SmartWorksHQ @bicestervillage
