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Catalyst Stories: Transforming Futures through Green Careers & Empowerment

January 29, 2025

As we step into a new year, January is a time for reflection and planning. Looking back at last year’s Catalyse Change programme, we’ve gathered insights from our end-of-programme survey to celebrate successes and shape an even more impactful experience for the year ahead. Through our catalyst stories, we explore the transformative journey they embarked on, gaining confidence, direction, and community support as they forged their career paths in sustainability. Who are our catalysts? Our programme attracts passionate changemakers from…

Catalyst Summit 2024 Highlights

July 24, 2024

Traci Lewis

How do you help nurture a change-maker’s inner journey? What inspiration, tools, and knowledge do they most need? Thank you so much to everyone who showed up at our Catalyst Summit 2024 to help us explore and understand this. We are so grateful for the contributions of experienced changemakers such as Manuella Cantalice and Bianca Pitt, She Changes Climate & Rhian Sherrington FRSA, Founder / Head Coach Women in Sustainability Network, who are already impacting the global stage. Our catalysts…

Catalyst Summit: 10 Reasons You Should Join Us

May 22, 2022

Traci Lewis

Are you a young woman – aged 18-26 yrs – who wants to make a difference? As we have designed a sustainability learning and mentoring programme just for you. Here are just 10 good reasons why you should probably join us: FIND YOUR PURPOSE – Our inspiring, online sustainability & green careers event, which is held over 3 days in July, will help you find your purpose & be a confident change-maker. “The Catalyst Summit gives you the opportunity to…

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 Life S.A.V.E.R.S – Wake Up to your full potential

August 30, 2019

Traci Lewis

At times life can be difficult and we can all do with a bit of support to help us deal with some of the daily challenges we face. Building Resilience So it can be really useful having a toolbox of techniques available to help make it easier to bounce back. This is what is known as resilience.Resilience is defined as “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties” and it is a useful skill to build. Part of building resilience is…

What does it mean to be Body Confident?

August 15, 2019

Traci Lewis

We’re taught from a young age that nothing in life is perfect. Everything comes in different sizes and shapes, so why can’t we accept that when it comes to ourselves? Megan, our communications assistant, has written us this blog on ‘body confidence,’ a subject which affects all women at some stage in our lives. Issues surrounding body image and body positivity have been relevant and widely discussed for as long as I can remember. According to the Mental Health Foundation,…

Do you Want to Help Tackle the Climate Emergency & Social Injustice?

June 17, 2019

Traci Lewis

Be Part of the Solution & Join our Catalyst Bootcamp & Mentoring 2019 It’s a stressful time for anyone who cares about the future of our people and planet. The world is facing serious social and environmental problems and leading climate scientists have warned there are only a dozen years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5C. Beyond which even half a degree will significantly worsen the risks of drought, floods, extreme heat and poverty for…

What is Mentoring & Why is Having a Mentor Important?

June 9, 2019

Traci Lewis

Bethany Stephenson who recently attended our Bristol Young Women’s Catalyst Meet-up has written us a blog about mentoring, to help increase understanding of the process and benefits as we recruit for our new mentoring programmes. “When mentored, you are not just being given advice backed by your mentor’s knowledge, skills and experience but you are also motivated and empowered.” Hi, I’m Bethany and I became aware of Catalyse Change CIC at a networking event run by Babbasa (for more details…