by Lara Sheldrake | Jan 6, 2021 | Business, Community, Entrepreneurship
Unpaid care responsibilities have increased dramatically as COVID-19 has closed schools, overwhelmed health services, and heightened the care needs of older persons—these have both disproportionately burdened women and exposed the fragility of women’s roles in the...
by Lara Sheldrake | Dec 31, 2020 | Business, Community, Entrepreneurship
As the year draws to a close, I want to encourage you to take this time to reflect on the past year, what you’ve achieved and the challenges you’ve overcome, because let’s face it, there have been many this year. I firstly wanted to thank you for being a...
by Lara Sheldrake | Dec 7, 2020 | Business, Leadership & Personal Development, Money, Money & Finance, Wellbeing & Mindset
According to research from Close Brothers “Women fare worse than men across all areas of financial wellbeing.” [Source: The ft] So, why is there such a disparity and how can we work towards creating a healthier financial future for ourselves? On Tuesday 8th December,...
by Lara Sheldrake | Dec 3, 2020 | Business, Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Personal Development, Wellbeing & Mindset
2020 has tested our mental health and wellbeing, we have had to adapt the way we communicate, run our businesses and manage our households. We have been thrown into a flurry of zoom calls, virtual meet-ups and as a nation we are spending more time online than ever...
by Lara Sheldrake | Nov 10, 2020 | Business, Community, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship
A write up of our ‘Leadership & Allyship’ event with Vanessa Belleau by Lara Sheldrake. Two weeks ago (27th October 2020) we discussed leadership and allyship with F&F member Vanessa Belleau aka @vanessabsmiles who is a D&I...
by Lara Sheldrake | Apr 25, 2020 | Business, Entrepreneurship, Money, Money & Finance
Following on from our money panel last week on “Knowing Your Worth” I wanted to share some key learnings for those who were unable to make the live event. Most of us have been there where we’ve undercharged or felt awkward talking about money. ...
