Rippleacts

Did you know that in our courses we do much more than sitting and talking?

In addition to the more "brainy" parts of coaching, our holistic sessions include practice, , active listening dyads, guided mindfulness practice, video resources, follow-up work experience opportunities, info sessions with , and much more!

12 days to go before our next group coaching course for long-term unemployed people starts in Norwich. We have 4 spaces left.

See link in comments for more information, registration and referrals.

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐞!⁣
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We are excited to welcome Louise Colbridge on board for the delivery of our next group coaching course for long-term unemployed people!⁣
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Louise is a certified and accredited coach with over 1,000 hours experience coaching clients 1-2-1 and in groups. She has supported clients through career change, building confidence and resilience through life changes, and finding calm during mental health challenges.⁣
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We are looking forward to having Louise's vast personal and professional experience, as well as her fresh and sunny nature enrich our work! ⁣
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Our next free cognitive-behavioural group coaching course for long-term unemployed people in Norfolk starts in September. 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧; see link in comments for more info.

𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 for our next free group coaching course for long-term unemployed people!⁣
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Over eight weekly sessions, led by an accredited and experienced life coach, our participants re-connect with their values, visions, and strengths, learn to manage negative thoughts and fears, build self-confidence and gain better clarity about their goals in life.⁣
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𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧: From 11th September 2024, Wednesday mornings ⁣
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: Norwich City Centre⁣
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See link in comments for more info & registration.

Capturing socially impactful work in figures, let alone adding a price tag to it, is difficult. The positive change VCSEs make to individuals and society is multidimensional; it often takes place after we left, or extends to spheres we don't capture. ⁣
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It's still worth trying though!⁣
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At Rippleacts, we are passionate about measuring our impact as robustly and comprehensively as possible. This helps our organisational learning, confident and transparent communication with funders and accountability towards our participants and supporters. ⁣
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Here are some insights from an initial social value analysis, focusing on mental wellbeing, one of the outcomes we care about and work towards with our participants. ⁣
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See link in comments to read more about our impact!⁣
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We are delighted to announce that Amy Griffiths, Matthew Peek, Simon Wingfield and Diane Walker have joined Rippleacts as Non-Executive Directors!

Their expertise and experience spans over decades and includes developing organisations, leading teams, empowering people and building connections in the public, private and third sectors.

We are excited to have them on board and look forward to their contribution to our mission of reducing long-term unemployment in Norfolk!

Read more about our directors here:
https://www.rippleacts.org/about-us-1

We are still looking for a few helping hands to join our newest Ripple Project and support The Puppet Tree with some renovation works.

All costs covered; new skills, confidence gain and good fun guaranteed!

This is an opportunity for long-term unemployed people based anywhere in Norfolk. Get in touch via PM or the link below to learn more and/or express your interest! 😊

Work Experience Opportunity - upgrading Puppet Theatre | Rippleacts Find the latest vacancies and the last news on volunteering in West Runton on Get InVOLved Norfolk.

Voices from our most recent coaching cohort!

We are recruiting a freelance life coach to help us deliver our holistic group coaching course to long-term unemployed people and make a positive social impact.

See link in comments for more details! 😊

We are a freelance coach! Know any qualified and passionate life coaches who might be interested in supporting our innovative course delivery for long-term unemployed people in Norwich?

We'd love to hear from you!

Congratulations and curtains up for...the partner organisation for our next pro bono Ripple Project: The Puppet Tree! 😊⁣
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The Puppet Tree is an arts and theatre social enterprise located in West Runton, North Norfolk. They run accessible puppet-based workshops that involve drama, storytelling, and other art forms for the community; with a special mission is to reach marginalised children who are disabled, ill, neurodivergent or from low-income families with the aim of improving their well-being. The organisation is run by the lovely Karen Crane, a retired children's nurse who has put her heart and soul into making it a truly magical space.⁣
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Over the next 2-3 months, a team of our long-term participants will work under professional guidance to help Karen and her team transform and improve her premises. This will give them the opportunity to expand their creative offer. More to be shared soon!⁣
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We have a few spaces left to join this opportunity and are open to referrals from professionals working with long-term unemployed people in Norwich or North Norfolk. This is an excellent opportunity to gain work experience and confidence, accompanied by 1:1 coaching. Tasks include maintenance and woodwork, painting and decorating, but can also be shaped according to participants interests. Transport costs and all expenses can be covered. ⁣
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It's a big joy when participants get in touch some time after taking part in our activities and let us know what they're up to!

We love to understand people's journeys once they left us, and many of them actually stay connected and volunteer or freelance for us or our partner organisations.

These are just some emails we received (unprompted) over the last few months.

Norfolk non-profit friends!

The call is open for our next Ripple Project with Rippleacts CIC where we support a local organisation for to expand their .

A team of our long-term unemployed participants will work over 2-3 months in weekly sessions to deliver a previously agreed product for you. The work is led by a professional in the relevant trade/sector. All labour and materials will be provided for free.

Previous examples of our successfully completed projects include the creation of a stylish training venue for Fresh Start Future Enterprises and the development of an outdoor community space for user-led charity Opening Doors.

Read more about these examples and the ripple impact they made to both our participants and clients on our website (link in comments).

Have you got any hands-on tasks to do that can lead to a tangible result within a couple of months?

Reach out and let us know your ideas by 𝟮𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝗖𝗢𝗕 via this short form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_dyu_xI2chV4gxV8NNEcS_GmTnKcBSSQLRT-yT8n0j8ul-g/viewform

For any questions or an informal chat, DM! :)

Photo: Opening Doors members enjoying their new community space

Our most recent pro bono Ripple Project with Opening Doors has just been completed!
Congratulations to our brilliant volunteers for creating a beautiful community space for them.

Read more about it and apply to take part in our next round of free support for Norfolk-based non-profit organisations here:

https://www.rippleacts.org/blog

Ripple Project successfully completed: Creating a community space for learning disability charity Opening Doors It's a wrap!After three months of perseverant work, our recent coaching participants have finished their "Ripple Project". They created an amazing outdoor community space for user-led charity Opening Doors.In weekly sessions, under the guidance of professional maintenance firm 247 Residential, the t...

Some voices of our current group coaching participants as our course is coming to an end over the next two weeks. 😊🙏

“𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐈 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧, 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐛. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭.”

“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥 [𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭] 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞! 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨.”

“𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝.”

As always, it is a pleasure to witness such a wide variety of people from different ages, backgrounds, career histories and personal situations come together and re-connect to themselves as they connect to each other.

As next steps, they will be able to engage in and our next Ripple Project to further build their skills and confidence.

Our next course starts in Autumn 2024 (exact dates tbc), early expressions of interest will be taken up on our waiting list via [email protected].

Food banks in Norwich and beyond

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🟠 We're recruiting

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Last opportunity to grab one of the few remaining spaces on our group coaching course, starting next Thursday!

There are still spaces left on our next coaching course for long-term unemployed people, starting on 25th January!

Here are some of the things participants from our previous cohort said.

Get in touch now to express your interest, refer a person you know and/or have an informal chat!

Contact via DM or weblink in comments.

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Registrations are open for our next round of group coaching!

Start: 25th January, for eight Thursday mornings in Norwich city centre.

As usual, free of charge but with limited availability.

See more below and at https://www.rippleacts.org/blog

Looking forward to starting this journey with our next cohort!

In November, Rippleacts turned 1! 🎉🎂🥂🪷⁣
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A lot has happened in this year, and we are proud of and grateful for the progress we have made hand-in-hand with our participants and partners.⁣
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😊 35 long-term unemployed people supported through our coaching courses, and charitable work experience projects. ⁣
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😊 Proven positive impact on self-confidence, wellbeing and the reduction of fears (see more in our brochure below)⁣
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😊 Around 70% of our participants moved on to active job search, volunteering, training or employment⁣
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😊 approach: Repeated revision and improvement of our course based on participant inputs⁣
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😊 Helped Fresh Start Future Enterprises create a new training venue to create positive for their clients⁣
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A huge heartfelt thank you to our volunteers, funders, supporters and friends UnLtd, University of East Anglia (UEA), FUSE Norwich, 247Residential, Norfolk Community Foundation, Rob Dodsworth Photography, Yawn Marketing, to mention just a few!⁣
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We look forward to much more to come in 2024! 🌟⁣
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Download our brochure here for more info https://tinyurl.com/rippleacts ⁣
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P.S.: Brochure design by Bloom Creative; photos by Rob Dodsworth Photography!

Congratulations to Opening Doors Norwich for having been selected as a beneficiary for our new Ripple Project!

Opening Doors is a user led organisation run by and for people with learning difficulties.

Over the next eight weeks, our team of participants, under the professional guidance of 247Residential will convert their outdoor area it into a wheelchair accessible, safe and appealing community space! Lots of ideas have already been discussed, and the team has come up with participatory ways to involve Opening Doors' members in the process.

One participant emailed after the first session:

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘏𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥."

Monthly group coaching sessions accompany the team's work and help to manage any personal and interpersonal challenges.

We are excited and looking forward to seeing how they are getting on!❤

A huge thank you to UnLtd Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs for helping us make rippleeffects by funding this work!

Final countdown for our project applications! Norfolk VCSEs - get in touch if you haven't done so yet, and let us know what you need! Looking forward to hearing from you! 😊

New Ripple Project launch: Free support for Norfolk-based non-profit organisations Expressions of interest are now open for our next Ripple Project, where we will deliver an agreed work package for a local non-profit organisation completely for free. Our long-term unemployed participants have a range of skills that are currently not used. Putting those skills in practice with a ta...

Places still available on our programme.

The programme encourages men to come together on a weekly basis to experience the learning and bonding associated with groupwork in a safe and nurturing environment.

Week by week various topics will be covered around men’s wellbeing. Examples of this include, ‘How do we cope with changes in life?’, or ‘What helps with our motivation?’. The aim is for participants to share life experiences (if they wish) around the topics covered.

The course will enable men to better manage and meet life’s challenges, equipping them with emotional skills and resilience to feel less isolated and more able to face life’s challenges.

is open to all men aged 18+.

Each session will be carefully facilitated by Paul Howes, an experienced groupwork facilitator and qualified BACP Accredited Counsellor.

Starting: Monday 16th October for 10 weeks.

Time: 6-8pm.

Location: central Norwich.

To register an interest: please email [email protected] in the first instance, with your name and contact details, addressing your email to Paul, with the subject line: application.

Quarterly Ripple News

News Roundup October 2023 Welcome to our quartlerly Newsletter! Rippleacts is a social enterprise empowering long-term unemployed people in Norfolk since 2022. In quarterly updates, we are sharing what we and our participants are up to. You are receiving this email because you subcribed for it, or because you expressed your....

Have you subscribed to our newsletter yet? Check out our most recent Quarterly Ripple News below and subcribe for future news at the bottom on our website https://www.rippleacts.org/

Read newsletter here: https://rb.gy/ukjnc

Expressions of interest are now open for our next FREE Ripple Project for Norfolk-based non-profits. We are looking to help a charitable cause over two months with materials & labour fully covered. Read more below and get in touch via PM with any questions! :)

New Ripple Project launch: Free support for Norfolk-based non-profit organisations Expressions of interest are now open for our next Ripple Project, where we will deliver an agreed work package for a local non-profit organisation completely for free. Our long-term unemployed participants have a range of skills that are currently not used. Putting those skills in practice with a ta...

💸 Financial stability and sustainability remain among the biggest challenges for non-profit organisations - now more than ever!⁣
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👥🥂 Join us for our 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 and let's jointly "look beyond grants" to discuss creative financial models for social enterprises, charities and community organisations in Norfolk.
This event is organised in partnership with Empowering Communities. ⁣
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👥🗣️🧠🍩 Inspiration, enriching conversation, new connections and tasty bites guaranteed! ⁣
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𝗪𝐡𝐞𝐧: Tuesday 19th September, 5:30pm⁣
𝗪𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: The Forum - Gallery; Norwich⁣
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✅ Booking required, tickets are limited. Book your free ticket now here:⁣
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fuse-networking-beyond-grant-funding-tickets-705304253007?aff=oddtdtcreator
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💛 We look forward to seeing you there!

We are almost fully booked for our September course!

Thanks to everyone who got in touch - we are in the process of contacting everyone who expressed their interest so far for an initial chat. Very few spaces left, get in touch if the below sounds like you!

For more info, see link in comments.

We have several job vacancies including:

🔸 Part-time role at our Waterloo Park café
🔸 Part-time Marketing & Events Coordinator

We are keen to fill these roles quickly so follow the link for full details & how to apply:

https://thefeed.org.uk/about-us/careers/vacancies

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Well done Morrisons 😍😋