Sustainable and inclusive development is critical for a peaceful and prosperous world; and gender equality is key to achieving sustainability. At Catalyse Change we focus on ways we can inspire and skill young women to be the next generation of change-agents. By providing them with inspiration and knowledge ‘to be the change they wish to see' in the world, we seek to tackle gender equality and sustainability by working with the very people who will realise that change.
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An inspiring, empowering & skilling programme for girls and young women – aged between 14- 24 years – who want to create a more sustainable future. This includes the three day residential ‘Catalyst Bootcamp’, which provides young women with the inspiration, confidence, skills and mentors they need to make a positive difference. For those who are interested in a career in sustainability but aren’t yet sure how to achieve it.
Gender inequality remains a key challenge. Britain has one of the worst records on gender equality at work, and men continue to fill the majority of the highest paid and most senior roles. Women also continue to be under-represented in leadership roles, in particular, those that influence policy. Yet, as identified by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, gender equality is key to creating an inclusive and sustainable world.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aims to end poverty, combat inequalities and promote prosperity while protecting the environment. “Women and girls make up more than half the world’s population — and they are on the frontlines — often more deeply impacted than men and boys by poverty, climate change, food insecurity, lack of healthcare, and global economic crises. Their contributions and leadership are central to finding a solution.”
Traci has developed and delivered many successful environmental and sustainability change programmes – across the EU & SW England – with diverse range of people from organic farmers, Local Authorities to community groups. She now runs her own change agency Sustain-Live Consulting Ltd working with innovative businesses and social enterprises to achieve ‘One Planet Living.’ She lives in Bristol with her teenage daughter Kira and enjoys good food, festivals and camping in Devon.
Jenna is an adept gender researcher and practitioner with a keen ability to develop and implement strategic gender specific and gender-responsive programming. She has significant experience working with UN Women and the International Labour Organization, developing policy with a particular focus on women migrant workers’ rights. Her current research focuses on how the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development can be used to promote and protect the rights of women.
Helen is a Food Technologist turned environmentalist. She worked with several top food brands before joining the Soil Association in 1999, to lead their organic certification and Business Development teams. She later ran the organisation’s events and took over the charity’s fundraising. In 2010 Helen became Ambassador for Ecotricity and was CEO of its football club, Forest Green Rovers, when first promoted into the league. In 2018 she founded One Blue Marble to help environmentally-focussed organisations fulfil their full potential.
Julie is a passionate advocate of social enterprise, starting her first social venture in the 1980s! After completing an MBA she specialised in social enterprise business support and was MD of Social Enterprise Works CIC. Julie now delivers enterprise education to students in Higher Education and contributing to the development of an ecosystem of support for social entrepreneurship. She now also runs her own social enterprise Make It Studios – a shared enterprise and workhub – in Stroud, Gloucestershire.
We are delighted that Helen Taylor has joined our Board. Here she shares some of the learning from her own remarkable green career journey. “I’m really delighted to be joining the Catalyse Change Board. This is the perfect fit for me, given I passionately believe in providing young people with the opportunity to build their skills and experience and flourish in their career. Plus, with sustainability at the heart of all I do, this is a fabulous way for me…
Thank you for joining us! Wow. What an incredible time we have had at the Catalyst Summit, thank you to everyone for joining us. We’re blown away by the inspirational women that we met. This includes those that are already sustainability professionals, and the Catalysts because they make the future look so much brighter with them in it! We’d like to take this time to summarise the event for those who want to reflect or couldn’t attend. Catalsyt Summit Day…
We’re very excited about our upcoming Catalyst Summit, which will empower young women to start their journey as changemakers. In this blog post, you’ll get to meet our Catalyst Summit Mentors. They will help guide our changemakers for up to 6 months after the summit. The event is taking place over three days in July – 8th, 15th and 22nd. If you attend all three days, you will get matched with your own mentor who will be a sustainability professional.…
MY ENVIRONMENTAL CAREER Name: Lola Okunrinboye Job title: Environmental Manager at Dragados UK and Women in Sustainability Network Aberdeen Hub Lead Qualifications: Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) , MSc(Eng) Environmental and Energy Engineering, BEng(Hons) Chemical and Process Engineering. Why did you go into an environmental career? Growing up, I loved everything to do with the environment and always wanted to make a difference and impact. What was your first environmental job? When I completed my MSc in Environmental and…
Access a growing and diverse network of dynamic young women, set to be the next generation of sustainability leaders and changemakers.
Make a real difference to the futures of young women, and mark yourself out as a leader for progress.
Train mentors with the skills to guide young women along their career paths, while fostering mutual understanding between the young women and your organisation.
Increase your brand recognition with the most connected, socially minded, and environmentally conscious generation in history.
Supporting more young women to gain access to our programme content – both in person and online.
Producing content designed around your organisation and brand.
Offering to mentor a young woman, or working with us to develop a mentoring scheme tailored to your organisation.
Supporting you to identify suitable interns, and opportunities to develop pathways to internships that are unique to your organisation.
