What we do
This all began when we, Jane (Shaw) and Dave (Howarth), found ourselves faced with a number of challenges; unhappiness at work and a deluge of babies chief amongst them.
We were lucky though. A miserable schooling in both our cases had barely prepared us for working life so we sort of had to make it up as we went along. The outcome of that was varied and interesting working lives but the key decisions we both made were to throw ourselves into self-employment. Jane ran a dance company for many years and Dave used his total lack of money with business and maritime skills to set up a company operating boat trips on the River Tyne.
These experiences led us to recognise what has subsequently become obvious and very important to us; that making great things happen is mostly about attitude and not so much about academic prowess, having money or even about having all the relevant vocational skills.
We believe that if a positive attitude is allied to an understanding of what it means to be enterprising, people can make wonderful things happen. It's a message which seems to resonate because our programmes have become increasingly popular and people we work with regularly go on to do things new and exciting things.
We're not doing all of this on our own of course. The work we do is undertaken on behalf of local authorities, Business Links, Regional Development Agencies and social economy organisations concerned with social and economic regeneration. One of the unexpected pleasures of working with these big organisations is that within them are people who share our passion and recognise that it is not enough for people simply to have the opportunity to participate in enterprise; they must first of all want to participate and believe in themselves and their ideas.
We're a determinedly small organisation with a huge vision and the capacity to deliver thanks to our team, all of whom are entrepreneurs in their own right. They are drawn from a wide variety of sectors and bring great breadth of experience to the mix. This allows us to ensure that participants work with the best people to help them move forward.
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