I’m a Patron for The Prince’s Trust’s - Women Supporting Women programme and they need us more than ever. Did you know…

Every single day 377,000 young women in the UK are not in education, employment or training – the majority come from severely disadvantaged backgrounds and are going to be one of the groups hardest hit by Covid19 and mass unemployment.

• 80% of those who have lost their jobs since the crisis began are women and 2/3rds are aged 18-34 (The Times)

• Women are 1/3rd more likely to work in a sector that is now shut down than men (Institute of Fiscal Studies)

I’m sure you are as shocked as I was, so I’m asking for your help. I need as many of the wonderful women I know, to have as many Brilliant Breakfasts as possible. And I’m going to try and join as many as I can!!! All you have to do is get together for a (most likely virtual) Brilliant Breakfast on 13th October 2020 (or any other morning from 12th – 18th October 2020).

HOW DO I ORGANISE MY BRILLIANT BREAKFAST? 

• Register you brekkie here - https://www.thebrilliantbreakfast.co.uk/breakfast

• Invite your friends, clients, colleagues, employees, family. As many as you like. 

• Book it in virtually via Zoom.   

• If you'd like me to join email hello@holly.co with the subject line "Brilliant Breakfast" 

• Brew the coffee, make the tea, heat some pastries or munch some toast.

• You might like to share some incredible stories of Princes Trust young women such as this https://www.youtube.com/watch?edufilter=NULL&v=M7fgkJMF43

• Make new friends, connections, or simply catch up with old ones.

• Share your Brilliant Breakfast photos and stories on your social channels #TheBrilliantBreakfast #ChangeAGirlsLife #WomenSupportingWomen.

• And pop your money where your toast and coffee cup was, with a donation to the Prince’s Trust - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Holly-Tucker1

• We were thinking to try and ask for between £5 - £15 per place. 

What will your donation do?

• £5: could pay for a reading module towards an English qualification for 1 young woman 
• £10: could teach 1 young woman how to manage their money with a day-long budgeting session 
• £25: could help 1 isolated young woman travel to a 2-week course that will help them gain work experience 
• £50: could ensure 1 young woman can travel to work in the month before their first paycheque 
• £100: could buy the equipment that opens up a lifelong career for 1 young woman on the margins of society – for example, to become a chef, a hairdresser, a nail technician
• £250: could provide 1 young woman with the freedom to explore their business idea through a 'will it work' grant
• £500: could unlock 1 young woman's confidence on a 12-week personal development course which builds practical and emotional skill to take that next step into work, education or training
•  £1,000: could give 5 young women struggling to make ends meet during Covid-19 the laptops they need to further their education 
• £5,000: could re-build the confidence and inspire 7 young women from the margins of society on a life-changing residential week
• £10,000: could give 100 young women the equipment that opens up a lifelong career. to help them and their families. 

All the money raised by The Brilliant Breakfast is going directly to these causes, supporting young women across all eight programmes run by The Prince’s Trust. The programmes offered by the charity give vulnerable young people the practical and financial support needed to stabilise their lives, helping develop self-esteem and skills for work. Three in four young people supported by The Prince’s Trust move into work, education or training.

Let's show them how much the #FriendsOfHollyAndCo believe in women supporting women – who's with me?