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Catalyst Voices: My first green job

May 12, 2021

Emily is from Sheffield and works as an Admin & Communications Coordinator for the Sheffield Climate Alliance. She is also volunteering for us at Catalyse Change, helping us with our digital communications and social media. Here she tells us about her journey to getting her first green job. Tell us a bit about your educational background. I’ve always been more interested in humanities subjects, rather than science-related subjects that might lead more naturally into a climate career, and before I…

Welcome to our new Ambassadors

April 27, 2021

Traci Lewis

Welcome to our new Catalyse Change Ambassadors! We are so delighted that some of our fabulous alumni – who previously attended our programme – will be helping us to inspire and empower other young women – to be sustainability leaders & change makers. They have all shared why they want to be an ambassador and the importance of helping us to further our mission. “I am a Catalyse Change ambassador to promote the benefits of your work, as most people…

Could you mentor a young woman?

April 17, 2021

Traci Lewis

We’re delighted to announce that applications for our Catalyse Change 2023 Mentoring Programme are now open, ahead of our 3-day Catalyst Summit taking place this July. As a professional woman working in sustainability, we want to hear from you. Catalyse Change’s Mentoring Programme offers the chance to inspire and help young women and non-binary people – aged 18 – 26 – to gain the clarity, skills and momentum they need to become the next generation of change agents. We are…

Inspiration for your Green Career

March 20, 2021

Traci Lewis

It’s exciting that catalysts from our programme last year have already found entry-level roles in their dream green careers. In this blog, you’ll hear from Amelia and Megan who are both working fulltime in jobs they love. Also from Annette, who is working part-time in the renewable energy sector, whilst studying a masters’ in sustainable development. Amelia is a CRM marketing assistant at Ecotricity and a Business and Digital Marketing graduate. What are your three top tips for any other…

Catalyst Voices 3 – what have I learnt?

March 17, 2021

Traci Lewis

This month Maya, Rachel and Zara share with us their experiences of last year’s Catalyst Summit, how the mentoring programme has supported them and some of their goals for the future. Tell us a bit about yourself: “I’m 17, I live in Bristol, I am currently doing my A levels and I am going on to have a gap year in September. I enjoy dancing which I do twice a week with my company. We do contemporary along with…

Catalyst Voices 2: what did I learn?

February 22, 2021

Traci Lewis

As our 2020/21 mentoring programme draws to a close, we have been receiving some fabulous feedback and stories from our catalysts. This month Nour, Taryn, Renée and Julia share with us what they learnt from last year’s Catalyst Summit, their experiences of the mentoring programme and some of their goals for the future. My name is Nour Meshref. I’m Lebanese and I’ve been living in France and doing my Master studies here since 2018. My field of study is…

Catalyst Voices – what I’ve learnt

January 29, 2021

Traci Lewis

As our 2020/21 mentoring programme draws to a close, we have been receiving some fabulous feedback and stories from our catalysts. This month Amran, Ewa, Freya, and Maggie all share with us what they learnt from last year’s Catalyst Summit, their experiences of the mentoring programme and some of their goals for the future. I’m 17 and am in my last year of A-levels at school in Bristol, where I’m studying Psychology, Biology and Religious Studies (Philosophy and Ethics). I’m…

Thank You for Joining Us!

July 30, 2020

Traci Lewis

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…