Personal & Climate Finance for Ladies!

Hello ladies!

This event is design by Friends of the Earth and hosted by me. All ladies in and around Bristol are welcome to join us for session 1 tomorrow evening. It will be informal and fun; a brilliant opportunity to learn more about our own relationship with money; and a chance to pioneer a national movement!

So, we all know that:

1. Women are strongly motivated to do good with their money
2. Women control a growing proportion of the world’s wealth (more than men by 2025!)
3. Women still lag behind men when it comes to savings & investments (check out this post for a pensions example!)

But this is about more than female empowerment. This is about putting our money to work for ourselves and the planet.

What is this group?
#Ownit1.5 is a peer support network, making it simpler for women to use their money to take climate action - however much they have. Over 3 informal sessions, we’ll explore how we can put our money to work for a healthy planet (and bank balance)!

Lay out the plan:
Session one: Dreaming
This first session is all about coming together as a group and creating a safe space where we can talk openly about our finances without fear of judgement. It’s designed to help us gain new understanding about our own choices, behaviours, and hopes for the future.

Session two: Brainstorm
This second session is designed to act as a bridge between dreaming and a more practical mode where each of us leaves with lots of ideas about what practical action we could take.

Session three: Take Action
This final session has the strongest emphasis on taking action. It’s designed to help us visualise a future we would like to aspire to and come away with some practical steps we can take toward reaching that future.

I have a tonne of hosting resources and exercises that have been tried and tested in a previous pilot so I’ll come to the sessions with a step-by-step guide to make them super valuable to everyone… and to make me appear super organised! That said, we can be flexible and work to a plan that suits the group. I’ve received coaching training for this too so if it feels right we can work some of that into the sessions as we go 😊

At the moment, these sessions have been designed for anyone who identifies as a woman. I'm sure events for other identities will be coming along soon!

Please bring a form of photo ID and call me if you have any trouble in reception +447411686878. Please try to arrive 5 minutes before so I can collect everyone at the same time at 6pm to take you to top floor.