Me evidently, nothing new there
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The women’s centre looks to me like a drop in cafe for women. I think given the size and what they’ve done with the set up, that back room is for people in the community (therapists etc,) to rent out to see clients in. The rest of it is a coffee shop where women can go to get a drink and advice. So I expect Emily will be doing a lot of signposting women where to go if they do need proper help. I know they said they were planning to do freedom project workshops but I can’t see it being on a grand scale as there really isn’t enough space. I think it will be coffee, cake, a bit of shoulder to cry on and then passing out leaflets/ websites etc so that the women can access the correct help. The washer & drier, I suppose could help local homeless people clean up maybe??? I’m not sure what the homeless situation is in the area, but that makes sense to me.
The room at the back covers the community interest part of the CIC as she’s hoping the community will use it. Any money she makes of coffee and cake will be minuscule anyway. Setting it up as a CIC means that she can fundraise if they run low on cash for the staff AND she can also apply for grants etc if she wants to expand. I think the remaining PayPal Direct Debits that people still pay probably covers PA Jo & Emily’s wage. The people who still donate to that can’t be helped. If they can’t see something off now, they never will.
Looking at the expense she’s gone to with the refurb of the place, I think she’s possibly paid for a bit herself. It looks like it’s haemorrhaging money already. I don’t think any of the women are business savvy, but that’s where Jordan and Ceri come in. They are trying to build entrepreneurially. I think Rach will just try to follow them.
At first the women’s centre concerned me, but I don’t think she will have access to peoples notes or situations, unless they give her it. There’s nothing anyone can do to stop that, it’s on the person involved. However, I think she will find out quite quickly that it’s more problematic/ hard work than she has thought. She should’ve opened a florist or something
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I know it seems serious, but I really think it’s much ado about not much. Like the book. Not many sales, off into oblivion.
At this point I’m only here to see how long it takes her to realise why after this little bit of success, she’s still waking up unhappy. I’m hoping it’s sooner rather than later