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One of the 3 strategic goals of Better Connect is to Inspire Change. This involves promoting social inclusion as an essential part of creating vibrant, productive and prosperous communities.
We aim to inspire change in 3 ways:
- Sharing participants stories – Through our projects, our partners have supported thousands of participants. We know that behind these big numbers, each person has their own individual story of how they have been supported to transform their lives. We are delighted that some of these people have chosen to share their stories with us. And now, we get to share those stories with you.
- Thinkpieces and blogs – Our staff and partners have a huge amount of knowledge on lots of issues regarding inclusion, diversity, wellbeing and employment. Some of this comes from their work and education and much of it comes from lived experience. We create and share blogs and thinkpieces written by our staff and partners to raise awareness and contribute positively to the conversation about these key issues.
- Representation – We are honoured to represent social inclusion issues and the voluntary and community sector in multiagency groups and policy formation. We do this by listening to our partners and participants and using our platforms to amplify their voices and perspectives. We connect policy makers with people on the ground to ensure that policies and funding have the greatest positive impact in communities.
Meet Team Impact!
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We are excited to announce that we have a new Impact Team at Better Connect! Hannah and Laura will be responsible for understanding, demonstrating and showcasing the impact that Better Connect is having across its business, programmes and partnerships. Working closely with colleagues, partners, participants and stakeholders, they will be gathering information in a
A Successful RISE Programme Launch
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On Tuesday 18th July, we officially launched RISE– our latest project, with the help of our fantastic partnership and The Marketing Optimist. Hosted at The Balcony Sports Bar in Harrogate, the RISE Partnership came together for the first time to celebrate the launch, share successes, and collaborate on a peer support tool to keep
ATI Participant Stories – Ray
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In honour of Mental Health Awareness week last month, we’re back with another participant story featuring Ray, Orb, a Dancing for Wellbeing class, and a Coordinator with two left feet. Ray joined Action Towards Inclusion (ATI) at the end of October 2021. I had the opportunity to meet with him several weeks ago to attend
Planting dreams, aspirations and hopes from the Action Towards Inclusion Programme
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Following the project’s end on 31st March this year, it’s finally time to say goodbye to Action Towards Inclusion, celebrate six successful years, and make good on our green-fingered promises here at Better Connect. Throughout ATI, our partnership has supported those furthest from the labour market traverse a range of barriers to employment and
ATI Participant Stories – Meet Harry
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Laura works as the Participant Experience Coordinator on our Action Towards Inclusion Programme. She often reads and hears stories from the participants who access the support and has decided to share some of those in a blog series called ‘ATI Participant Stories’.. Today we hear Harry’s story! Harry has been on Action Towards Inclusion
Multiply – Celebrating Year One!
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On Friday 31st March we held an event at Priory Street in York to celebrate our first year of Multiply! You may be thinking.. but you’ve just launched this programme? Well our amazing partnership had only 3 months to deliver on their targets from the date we received the funding in December and we
Multiply – Joe’s top 3 money saving tips
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As part of Multiply, our team will be sharing some top tips around finance, household bills, budgeting and numeracy.. this time we hear from Joe with his top 3 money saving tips! I’ve felt extremely lucky during the cost of living crisis. Although some of my costs have certainly gone up, I’ve not been hit
ATI Participant Stories – Meet Lucy
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This week, in celebration of International Women’s Day and the wonderful women on Action Towards Inclusion (ATI), we’re back with another participant story featuring the lovely Lucy, keyworker Gemma from Orb, and a Sun- Power yoga class. Having joined ATI in May 2022, Lucy has been attending a number of Orb interventions in view of
“To me, humility does not mean thinking less of yourself but means thinking of yourself less” – Sybille’s Story
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Wednesday 8th March is International Women’s Day, today we hear Sybille’s story about moving from the NHS to finding at home at Better Connect. Syb is one of the most caring people and a key member within the team and it is a honour to share her story today.. From being
International Women’s Day – The Cheetah Story
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Wednesday the 8th March is International Women’s Day! This year we will be sharing some stories from our staff team and across our projects of inspirational women. Today, we hear from Hannah who has shared an extract from a book that inspires her daily. American author Glennon Doyle has written many books about her
Multiply – Hannah explains how she uses numeracy skills every day!
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At school.. I hated maths. My brain didn’t understand numbers, algebra, fractions, percentages and because of that I would act out and end up not listening in class! (I know, naughty Hannah!) I scraped a C at GCSE with the support of a maths tutor and many arguments with my parents and felt extremely
Our Finance Director Julie shares her top tips on Personal Budgeting!
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As part of Multiply, our team will be sharing some top tips around finance, household bills, budgeting and numeracy.. first up is Julie our Finance Director! Budgets are not just for business! When I talk to business owners one thing we cover is breakeven points. This is the amount of money they absolutely have to