Support for Women
CCD support for Rural Women
Women Do Business
Calling all ladies
The Women Do Business programme enables you to gain free support, advice
and training locally to ensure you are successful in achieving your business aims,
whatever they might be. It also provides the chance to link up with other likeminded
women to share ideas and make contacts.
We now have host groups in Kingsbridge & Salcombe, Kingston & Modbury with a new one possibly in Dartmouth, South Molton, North Devon, Mid Devon and Greater Dartmoor, to view more information please go to our new website at -
http://www.womendobusinessdevon.org.uk/
You can register on the website, this enable you to view pages relevent to the area you live in - south Devon Coastal, Greater Dartmoor and Devon.
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A new Women Do Business network is setting up this area and we would like you
to come and join us.
To find out more about Women Do Business, call in for drinks and nibbles on:
Thursday 3rd December
7.00pm - 9.00 pm
The Seven Stars
Kingsbridge
or
Tuesday 8th December
8.00pm - 10.00pm
The White Hart
Vines Restaurant
Okehampton
For more information and to let us know you are coming, please contact Gail Hickson at
The Community Council of Devon, Email: gail@devonrcc.org.uk, tel: 01392 382403
Hear about some low cost techniques for winning new clients and business opportunities
Funded by European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in rural areas
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Thinking about setting up in business but don’t know where to start?
Wonder if running a business could be for you?
Just started but not sure where to go next?
Women Do Business are holding a practical day for women who want to start a business
Wednesday 18th November
(‘Global Womens Enterprise Day’’)
9am for 9.30am till 4.30pm
The Watermark Centre, Ivybridge
[download flyer here]
For more information or to reserve a place contact:
Gail or Theresa on 01392 383443
or Email: gail@devonrcc.org.uk or Theresa@devonrcc.org.uk
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WAM has now finished,
CCD has for the past few years supported women in rural Devon to access business development services in addition to increasing skills and employment opportunities. Much of this work has stemmed from an original piece of research undertaken in July 2005, by Hannah Cameron. See full document report [Here]
WAM BUSINESS AWARDS GALA DINNER 2009 [Here] - Information about the Business Awards Gala Dinner on 12th February 2009
WOMEN'S PROJECTS [Here]- description of WUP' Women on the up' and WAM 'Women & Micro - Enterprise Project.'
WOMEN'S BUSINESS NETWORKS [Here]- list of host groups show casing individual businesses.
BUSINESS AND PERSONAL SUPPORT FOR WOMEN [Here] - Links to useful resources.
DIRECTORY OF WOMEN'S BUSINESSES IN DEVON [Here]
NEWS [Here]
BOOK REVIEWS [Here]
Project officers, Olivia and Jan are the women's team delivering these projects on the ground.
Jan delivers the WAM project. Jan's background is in training, development, life and corporate coaching. She has worked for many years with women in a business and personal setting. Jan used to run a large management training centre in Hertfordshire before setting up her own business in the South West. This specialised in consultancy, training and coaching, in addition to running personal development workshops for women. In her sapre time Jan adores the countryside and spending time beach combing. When asked what her favourite quote is, Jan sites Orson Welles, 'Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making somone else's movie.'
Olivia works with community groups to support them in becoming "Learning Hosts", providing support and community-based learning opportunities to women in North Devon and Torridge.
