Elevation Networks

http://www.elevationnetworks.co.uk 

Elevation Networks is a student led initiative dedicated to bridging the gap between underrepresented groups and potential employers. At present we focus on women, students with disabilities, students from non-redbrick universities and ethnic minority groups. The Elevation Networks team endeavours to link ability with opportunity through corporate and social networking events. We believe it is important to identify individual talent and potential regardless of any perceived socio-biological disadvantage that aspiring young professionals and entrepreneurs may be confronted with. As a collective we believe that every individuals dream is important.           
 
Becoming a “Friend of EN”     
Elevation Networks welcomes funding, sponsorship for our events and campaigns and association from corporate bodies. It is extremely rare to have student’s liaising on a one to one basis with individuals from otherwise exclusive companies. Thus a platform where we can provide students with the opportunity to learn first hand knowledge and receive well-informed and educated advice would not only be extremely beneficial to an aspiring young person but to any organisation seeking to have a more diverse workforce.

Supporting Our Campaigns

• Create networking opportunities for the aspiring to be inspired by “visible” women identified as role models

Do you feel there is sufficient awareness of the issues that confront those with disabilities?

Do you believe there is such a thing as the glass ceiling for aspiring female entrepreneurs?

Speaking Up is a multi-award winning charity that exists to give people with learning difficulties, mental health issues or a disability across the UK a voice and control over their lives so they can move away from a position of disadvantage and exclusion.

Our mission can be summed up in the three words: Voice | Action | Change. Put simply, if you give people a voice, they can take positive action and create change in their lives.

Having a voice is the key to unlocking the door to a better life – we have observed big differences in the lives of those people with a voice and those without. We combine innovative projects with country-wide advocacy services. We also share our unique knowledge and expertise through a thriving publications and consulting business.

Speaking Up supports some of the most disadvantaged and excluded young people and adults in our society. Our projects support:

People with disabilities who, in comparison to their non-disabled peers, are:

·         more likely to live in poverty

·         less likely to have educational qualifications

·         more likely to experience hate crime or harassment

People with learning disabilities who, in comparison to their non-disabled peers, are:

·         more likely to have their children removed

·         less likely to be married or have sexual relationships

·         less likely to have contact with friends

·         At any one time one in four adults is facing some kind of mental health problem.

·         Mental health problems often co-exist with other issues including homelessness, poor physical health and learning disabilities

·         Only 21% of people with mental health problems who could work are in employment. Yet, this remains a real ambition for the majority of people with mental health problems.

Speaking Up can offer a range of opportunities for private sector organisations to support our work and help transform the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in our society. This can include financial support towards our projects, volunteering opportunities and gifts in kind.

We welcome organisations to contact us to discuss our work how we can work together on future projects.

Please contact Gemma Platt on 01223 516751 or Gemma@speakingup.org or visit our website to find out more:

Thank you.

We take a teamwork approach to corporate partnerships and CSR. Our team of Corporate Fundraisers support your team as they get together and have fun whilst raising vital funds for us.

With 1 in 25 people affected by blood cancer you will know or work with someone whose life has been touched by leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma or other blood disorders.

To find out how we can help you, please visit www.lrf.org.uk or call 020 7405 0101.

Leukaemia Research

WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO!

The S A F E Foundation is a registered charity which aims to assist poverty reduction in small communities that have little or no access to mainstream aid and assistance. We empower people at grass roots level to contribute to the development and progression of their own communities, rather than accept aid from large agencies that maintain a presence or some element of control over local initiatives. So, in simple terms, this means letting people make their own decisions about their lives. We sponsor indigenously run, community based projects that are under funded and remote, small or overlooked for other reasons. These initiatives are based all over the world. In Wales, we aim to raise awareness about sustainable poverty reduction and development issues, and introduce ways in which youth culture can actively engage with different geographical cultures. The foundation is run by five friends who are proud to be proactive in raising awareness of these issues in a language that young people can understand and relate to, being firmly integrated on the South Wales social scene.

OUR PROJECTS

For the last two years we have been working on the development of four main projects, one of which is now complete, and the remainder being long term projects.

Teens net Ghana.

This is a new project which aims to build a 'centre of hope' in Kumasi city in Ghana to accomodate, educate, feed, clothe and offer access to basic social and medical care to some of the cities orphans. There is nothing like this in the city yet, which has a population of over 2 million people.

MYWA India

This project aims to improve education standards for tribal children who have recently been displaced from their homes in the jungle. The tribes have inhabited the jungle for centuries, but have recently been forced to leave by the government. They have been provided no infrastructure or compensatory resources, so MYWA are working towards facilitating these goals.

GRM-SL Sierra Leone

In many countries women who are divorced or widowed are alienated from their society, so this project is building a cook shop for disempowered women to work in and win back their dignity and security through employment. The food will provide local labourers with their dinner and all proceeds will go towards the school fees of local children who cannot afford education.

 FINANCE!

Since the charity was established by Lucy Dickenson three years ago, the SAFE Foundation has been steadily growing ever since. We receive proposals frequently, some of which we can accept, some of which we cant. Unfortunately we do not have the necessary funds to support one full time member of staff to deal with the administration that comes with these proposals, and all 6 of us are working voluntarily when we can. We are currently seeking funding for one full time salary and some equipment that we need to improve our current system. Until recently we have made all our money through fundraisers, which are amazing awareness raisers in themselves, but extremely time consuming for our voluntary events organisers!

 For more information please contact lucy@thesafefoundation.co.uk