by Geraldine Scott-Smith | January 4th, 2019 | Blog, West Yorkshire
As a quali fied Chef, Lawrence had worked in the catering industry for many years, including 9-10 seasons as a Chalet Chef for ski resorts across Europe. With a combination of health-related conditions, Lawrence found himself unable to work. Being out of work had a...
by Lucy Grant | December 17th, 2018 | West Yorkshire
Forget business plans and funding… make money doing what you love from your sofa! Huddersfield’s Hopeful Families launched the 2018 PopUp Business School last month, opening its doors to a host of budding entrepreneurs who want to make money doing what they love,...
by Lee Pollard | October 15th, 2018 | West Yorkshire
A free PopUp Business School is coming to Huddersfield in October to help local people who are not in employment start their own business. The PopUp Business School approach is the opposite of traditional approaches to starting a business. They don’t believe in...
by Hannah Humphreys | October 1st, 2018 | Blog, West Yorkshire
Hopeful Families have teamed up with Healthy Minds, a local mental health charity that specialises in supporting young people that may be struggling to cope with mental health due to family circumstances. Hopeful Families recognise that families with children that are...
by Hannah Humphreys | August 17th, 2018 | Blog, West Yorkshire
Meet Kelly Kelly is 30 years old and a mother of twins who are due to start full time school in September 2018. Kelly’s aspirations are to work in the NHS, be independent, debt free, with good health and financially stable. Kelly was in care as a child and can find...
by Hannah Humphreys | July 6th, 2018 | Blog, West Yorkshire
The Hopeful Families programme based in West Yorkshire aims to work with families, with a specific focus on people most at risk of social exclusion, who are out of education, or who are affected by unemployment, anti-social behaviour and abuse. Elvis, 17, was seeking...
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