Royal Borough of Greenwich

📢 Last call for local businesses! 📢 ✅ Want to make your business more sustainable? Then the Greener Greenwich Business Breakfast - taking place tomorrow at Tramshed Woolwich - is for you 🫵 💷 Discover how greener business practices are also good for your bottom line 💚 Develop carbon reduction plans in your journey to net zero 👓 Learn from leaders in sustainable business practices 🤝 Network with like-minded business entrepreneurs and find out what business support is available 🎫 Grab your free ticket now: https://lnkd.in/eY55vV4m

📢 Calling all local businesses! 📢 ✅ Want to make your business more sustainable? Then the Greener Greenwich Business Breakfast this Thursday (20 March) at Tramshed Woolwich is for you 🫵 💷 Discover how greener business practices are also good for your bottom line 💚 Develop carbon reduction plans in your journey to net zero 👓 Learn from leaders in sustainable business practices 🤝 Network with like-minded business entrepreneurs and find out what business support is available 🎫 Grab your free ticket now: https://lnkd.in/eY55vV4m

Today marks the start of Social Work Week, an opportunity to express our gratitude to our dedicated social workers. 💚 Social workers help ensure our health and care services support people to live fulfilling and independent lives. Their compassion and professionalism makes a profound difference in the lives of many, helping to create a safer and more inclusive society. Their work not only transforms lives, but strengthens our community. At the Royal Borough of Greenwich, we are proud to recognise and appreciate the incredible work our social workers do every day. Thank you for your empathy and resilience, and for being the backbone of our support system. 🤝 #SocialWorkWeek #OurGreenwich

📢 Calling all Greenwich businesses 📢 ✅ Want to make your business more sustainable? Then the Greener Greenwich Business Breakfast on Thursday 20 March at Tramshed Woolwich is for you 🫵 💷 Discover how greener business practices are also good for your bottom line 💚 Develop carbon reduction plans in your journey to net zero 👓 Learn from leaders in sustainable business practices 🤝 Network with like-minded business entrepreneurs and find out what business support is available 🎫 Grab your free ticket today: https://lnkd.in/eY55vV4m

Helping everyone feel at home 🌟 We know that language can be a barrier to feeling part of a community and accessing essential services. Come along to Greenwich English Language Fair, a free event to help people improve their English and find local support. If English isn’t your first language, this is a chance to discover classes and resources that can help you feel more confident and connected. 📅 Tuesday 25 March ⏰ 10am to 1pm 📍 Woolwich Centre Library, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ Language should never be a barrier to opportunity. Come along, meet others, and take the next step towards feeling at home. Thank you to our partners working on this with us: Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network, Creating Ground CIC, Her Centre, London South East Colleges, Community Systems, Supported by the Mayor of London, Volunteer Centre Greenwich, GCDA- Greenwich Co-operative Development Agency, GLL, English for Action London , Trinity Vineyard Church, Ripe Learning UK and Community Money Advice

✨🎞️ Having just celebrated all our amazing local businesses, check out the winners of this year's Royal Greenwich Business Awards and hear their moving stories. 🏆 Congratulations to all our winners and thank you to everyone who took part in the public vote. 👉 For more information, please visit https://lnkd.in/dCcdrTgu #GreenwichBizAwards 

To celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March, we caught up with four women leading brilliant businesses in Royal Greenwich. Brooklyn Banjoko – Founder and Creative Director of Inclusive Stories Books – won Entrepreneur Over 30 and Business of the Year at the most recent Best of Royal Greenwich Business Awards. Eve Daniels is Co-Founder and Operations & Business Development Director of More2Nurseries, a pioneering small group of community-focused nurseries in Greenwich. More2Nurseries was a finalist in the Staff Development category at the most recent Best of Royal Greenwich Business Awards. Zuzana Fratrikova is the CEO of Mama2Mama, a bank for baby essentials. Mama2Mama collect new and pre-loved items for newborns to 3-year-olds from the local community and give them to families who are in urgent need of help. Nadine Hagen is CEO of Nadine Hagen Agency, which helps women get ahead in business and leadership roles and supports women from the Africa diaspora. The agency promotes Made in Africa business, linking African artisans and goods producers with sellers in the UK. Read their inspirational interviews in full: https://lnkd.in/ezQuGS4Q

📷We loved celebrating International Women’s Day at the launch of Caribbean Social Forum's free exhibition, ‘The Way We Were: Women Pioneers of the Caribbean'.👭 Don’t miss your chance to see it! 📍Tramshed, SE18 6ES 📅Until Saturday 15 March https://lnkd.in/etWhtugp

We're flying the flag for #InternationalWomensDay 🎉👭 Get inspired this International Women’s Day with events and activities across Royal Greenwich. With funding from the council, Caribbean Social Forum will honour local women in a free exhibition at the Tramshed, 51 to 53 Woolwich New Road, SE18 6ES. Head down to celebrate tomorrow at the launch of the exhibition, plus live music, refreshments and storytelling! 📅 5pm to 10pm 📍 Tramshed, 51 to 53 Woolwich New Road, SE18 6ES https://lnkd.in/etWhtugp

Has your organisation signed up to the Women’s Safety Charter? We want women and girls to feel safer in public spaces, so we're asking local businesses and organisations to sign the Women’s Safety Charter pledge to send a clear message that the safety of all women and girls is your priority. By signing up your organisation will be given promotional materials, access to Welfare and Vulnerability Engagement (WAVE) training and ongoing support from our officers. The pledge principles will help to ensure that your organisation provides an equal, inclusive and safe environment for women and girls. Find out more and sign at https://lnkd.in/etssH52d #InternationalWomensDay