Charity of the Month: Sistah Space

The charity of the month this August is the one and only Sistah Space. I have been following the amazing work of this charity for many months after reading about the team in a book on coercive control, and I am happy to finally feature Sistah Space. For those who have never heard about Sistah Space, it is a charity that works with African and Caribbean women and girls who are victims of domestic violence or who know people who have experienced domestic violence.

Sistah Space provides advice and support to victims of domestic violence. The charity also provides practical help by providing hygiene products such as sanitary pads, panties, bras, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soaps and other essentials.

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Charity of the Month – Sistah Space

This charity was founded in November 2015. It is a community-based non profit initiative set up to bridge the gap in domestic abise services for African heritage women and girls.

The Mission of the Charity 

Our mission is to encourage African heritage survivors/victims to report abuse by providing a safe cultural venue for victims to disclose abuse in a confidential environment, and to encourage community integration. 

It is always great to see a domestic violence charity dedicated to women from black and minority ethnic groups. Sistah Space is doing an amazing job by providing a safe place for women to come in and speak up. Many women are suffering in silence, this is why it is so important to talk about issues openly, so that does who need support can access them safely.

How to support Sistah Space

You can donate to the charity. No amount is too small and every little helps. To donate, click here. Also, fundraising is a great way to support the charity. You can find out more info on fundraising, click here.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a lovely day.

How To Hire The Best Team For Your Company

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But what is the most efficient and cost-effective way to attract a good team? If you take a close look at the reasons why your business is not growing the way you would like, you will probably find that you are missing the sales component. Since you can not duplicate yourself to increase sales, you must hire a sales team if you want to spread your business. Basically, hiring the right people is vital to your business’ success. 

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Provide training

In order to be successful, you must provide thorough training to salespeople based on commission sales strategies. A commission-based sale will only work if “the sales process in your company is established and you can train the sales people to find quality leads and sell your services.” The training should include a thorough review of your product or services as well as an explanation of your customers and what affects them. Also, add an overview of your customers’ previous ways of purchasing.  Sometimes you will find that your workers have come from abroad. In this case, you should encourage training for communication and english and look at what you need to hire them. Such as a ukba sponsor licence application. 

When you advertise the job, make the resume submission process a test in which you can see if the candidates can follow instructions. Do not make the resume submission process too easy as sending a message directly from the ad. Candidates who do this will disqualify themselves immediately. This will save you a lot of time dealing with higher quality candidates. 

Get to know them well 

If you seriously consider the candidate in front of you, you would expect them to have researched your company. The candidate is prepared, has the answers to your questions and knows what to expect about the company as well as its culture, vision and mission. If you want to hire the best workers possible, study their resumes carefully, visit their online social profiles, assess their technical tests, and more. Get to know their hopes, their wishes and what they want in their career. Get to know how they could help the company and fit into the team. This will help you get the best out of your workers!

Involve employees and check their skills 

The person you are going to hire will have to integrate into a team. You can facilitate the integration of this new employee by involving the teams from the moment of recruitment. Do they like the person you’re thinking of recruiting? It is a way of making our teams more accountable and guaranteeing successful recruitment. In addition, this additional responsibility will strongly motivate the teams.  Another important task is to thoroughly check their skills. You want to be sure that you have hired the right person. Before recruiting a candidate, it is therefore important to check their statements from the start to ensure that we have given our trust to the right person. Look at their LinkedIn profile and also their references. 

 

How to Challenge Yourself in Life

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Everyone needs to find a new challenge in life from time to time. If you’ve found yourself lacking motivation and you want to find a new way of challenging yourself going forward, now is the time to make that happen. It’s never too late or too early to challenge yourself and add a little added spice to life. We’re going to talk today about some of the ways in which you might do that, so keep reading.

Create Goals That Scare You

When you’re setting goals for yourself in life, you should try to create goals that really scare you and make you want to run in the opposite direction. Those are the kinds of goals that force you to leave your comfort zone and maybe even learn more about yourself. In short, they’re exactly the kinds of goals that are worth setting.

Unleash Your Creative Side

It’s never a bad time to express yourself creatively, and it’s often something that we overlook or ignore in life as well. We all need that creative outlet from time to time, and it might be a good idea for you to find a way to express yourself too. Finding a project or a creative skill to learn might give you the outlet for expression that you’ve been searching for.

Take on a Physical Challenge You Have to Train and Prepare For

Taking on a physical challenge is something else you might want to consider. For example, some people make it their aim to climb a particular mountain or to run a marathon. It all depends on what you want to do, but having something that you have to prepare for and get in shape for will give you purpose as well as a real challenge.

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Start a New Life in a New Place

Starting a new life in a completely new location is one of the most drastic and daunting things you can ever do. But it’s nevertheless something that you might want to do if you’re looking for a real challenge in life. If you are going to do this, take into account legal requirements around immigration and indefinite leave to remain processing time 2017. Laws will differ depending on where you’re interested in moving to.

Make an Effort to Make Connections and New Friends

Finally, you should make connections a priority. If you often struggle to meet new people and put yourself out there, challenge yourself to do precisely that. Making connections and being more social than you’re usually comfortable with being is something that might really pay off for you. You’ll make new friends and enhance that side of your character.

If you ever feel as if life is not challenging you anymore, it’s up to you to create your own challenges. At the end of the day, this is all about finding the confidence to leave your comfort zone and pursuing things that’ll help you to grow as a person and experience new things as you do so.

 

 

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