Catalyse Change - Empowering young women for sustainable futures.

Catalyse Change CIC is a Bristol-based social enterprise supporting girls and young women to develop sustainability skills and knowledge for ‘healthy, happy and green’ communities, careers and planet.

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Catalyse Change

Our mission is to ignite the ambitions of young women with the skills and belief to catalyse the change they want to see in the world.

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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What We Do

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Catalyst Bootcamp

An inspiring, empowering & skilling programme for girls and young women – aged between 14- 24 years – who want to create a more sustainable future. This three day residential ‘Catalyst Bootcamp’ will provide 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.

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Why Women?

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.

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By 2030…

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.”

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Who We Are

Catalyse Change CIC has three directors, we are:

Traci Lewis

Green project manager

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 Holliday

Jenna Holliday

Gender rights

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.

Julie Ellison

Social Enterprise

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.

Advisory Board

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Events & Programmes

Catalyst Bootcamp Mentors & Speakers

Catalyst Bootcamp & Mentoring

Catalyst Programme – events & outreach

Could you be a Catalyst 4 Change?

May 1, 2019

Inspiring & empowering young women in South Bristol. Catalyse Change CIC are running a new mentoring programme, providing six months of support, guidance and mentoring for young women, aged 14-19 years, from disadvantaged backgrounds in south Bristol. It is funded through Bristol City Council’s Youth Sector Support Fund, run by Quartet Foundation. Mentoring is a proven and effective method of impacting the ability of young women to develop their confidence and to assume leadership and management positions later on. This…

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My journey from Sustainable Food to Fashion

April 10, 2019

Amelia Twine tells us about her varied career journey, working in many different areas of sustainability, from food to fashion..”I really enjoyed hosting the Catalyse Change Meet Up. Together, we sat around a table in a cosy – albeit a little chilly – yurt in the centre of Bristol to talk about sustainable food and potential career paths. I loved having an opportunity to talk about my career journey to date – this is a little flavour of what I…

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How I transitioned to a Green Career

April 9, 2019

Heloise Balme – a member of our Catalyse Change Advisory Board – tells us all about career journey and transition to sustainability through a Masters in Sustainable Development at UWE. Tell us a bit about your background and reasons for your interest in sustainability. My career in sustainability is relatively new, but I’ve long held an interest in the field due to my love of the natural world and strong belief in social justice. Four years ago, these personal values…

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