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So what was it like? a Catalyst Bootcamp Review

August 14, 2019

Taryn attended our three–day Bristol residential Catalyst Bootcamp in July – here she provides fascinating insights into what it was like. Bristol is a beautiful city. It’s so full of life, culture, people. It’s also full of colour – in particular, green: in 2015, Bristol was crowned European Green Capital. It’s a real sustainability hub, with people working across sectors to reduce our impact on the environment. If you’re passionate about saving the environment, Bristol’s an exciting scene to be…

Susie’s story: How I became an organic & ethical entrepreneur

July 21, 2019

Traci Lewis

Susie Hewson, founder & CEO of Natracare, who produce ethical & organic sanitary products, tells us the story and inspiration behind her amazing career and business. Why did you become an environment/sustainability professional? I was drawn to a career in sustainability because living in balance with the earth is who I am. My love for nature started very young. As a child, I adored my dad’s allotment. I always had my hands in the dirt and I was…

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…

Could you be a Catalyst 4 Change?

May 1, 2019

Traci Lewis

Empowering & Skilling young change makers Catalyse Change CIC are running a new sustainability mentoring programme, providing up to six months of support, guidance and mentoring for young women, aged 14-19 years. 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 project aims to help raise…

How do we Empower more Changemakers in 2019?

December 11, 2018

Traci Lewis

It’s been a Good Year! We have had a good year at Catalyse Change, highlights being our summer Catalyst Bootcamp, and new mentoring programme, with professional women who work in sustainability supporting 25 young women on their learning journey. We are now busy making plans for next year, building on the learning from this one. In order to help make this happen – we have just launched a fundraising appeal for our Bursary fund – to provide free places for…

Catalyse Change Winter Newsletter 2018

December 8, 2018

Traci Lewis

So How can we Empower more Changemakers in 2019? Can you Help? We have just launched a fundraiser to provide bursaries for girls and young women, from disadvantaged backgrounds, for our 2019 Catalyst Bootcamp and mentoring programme. To help inspire, empower and skill them as confident, resilient changemakers. For healthy, happy and green careers, communities and planet. Any donation will be a massive help towards enabling us to run this programme again next year. Donations can start from as little as…

From Zero to Heroes: how two women transformed their green dream into reality

October 5, 2018

Traci Lewis

This month we’re in…Zero Green! Check out Sophie’s latest interview, this time with pioneers of Bristol’s zero-waste movement, Stacey Fordham and Lidia Rueda Losada. Sophie Harvey-Rich is a member of our Young Women’s Advisory Board. Nestled into the welcoming community of North Street in Bedminster, the zero-waste shop of Zero Green was the first of its kind to come to Bristol when it opened in February earlier this year. Six months on, other waste-focussed outlets are popping up – from…