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Catalyst Summit 21

What was the Catalyst Summit like?

Our online Catalyst Summit this summer was a great success. But don’t just take our word for it, here is a summary of the feedback from our follow-up survey. Starting off with how our catalysts would describe it to a friend. “It is a great platform to meet people who share your passions. A very welcoming atmosphere where you are encouraged to speak honestly.” “Great if you want to meet other changemakers, and get some mentoring support for you own…

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Natashca

So what was it like? Catalyst Summit Review

Natascha shares her experiences of attending our Catalyst Summit – a three day sustainability event – at the end of July. Like many young people, I often worry about the future and what I want to do with my life. I have always been interested in sustainability and social justice, but as I’m going into the second year of a History degree, I often find myself panicking about how I will enter the career I really want. When I stumbled…

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Why should I have a mentor?

As part of our Catalyst Summit, we offer a mentoring programme where you are paired with a woman working in sustainability. This allows you to gain advice and support from someone with experience in the industry to help you on your journey, whether education, career or well-being related. In this blog we explore what this involves, the benefits and help answer the questions ‘Why Should I Have a Mentor?’ Our mission is to work towards gender equity and that involves…

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Could you mentor a young woman?

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…

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my green career

Inspiration for your Green Career

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…

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Catalyst Voices 2: what did I learn?

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…

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Catalyst Voices – what I’ve learnt

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…

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Meet our Catalyst Summit Mentors

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.…

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Catalyse Change CIC is a social enterprise working to inspire and empower young women for happy, healthy & green careers, communities, and the planet. The directors, advisory board and mentors are all women working in sustainability, with a combined wide skill set and expertise, supported by an extensive network of other sustainability professionals who provide expertise and mentoring.

*We welcome trans women, genderqueer women & non-binary people.

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