Simply Fancy Frocks

Some photos of me getting my award for being Highly commended (and John McLean for winning) in the Ready to Start Awards from Angela Burns AM.

We both went up to the House of Lords on Monday for the final ceremony so more pictures to follow!

PRESS RELEASE                                                             26 October 2009

 

 CAMARTHENSHIRE DISABLED ENTREPRENUR PICKS UP HIGHLY COMMENDED AWARD

Marian Gill, a disabled entrepreneur from Laugharne in Camarthenshire has been highly commended in national competition called the Ready to Start Entrepreneur Awards.

Marian from Simply Fancy Frocks was presented with a certificate by Angela Burns AM.  

She picked up the honour as a former client and to celebrate the success of Ready to Start, a three year business start-up initiative run by Leonard Cheshire Disability in partnership with Barclays.

Marian Gill, said: “It is a great honour to receive this highly commended certificate and to have Simply Fancy Frocks recognised in this way.  

Support from Ready to Start has meant I have been able gain the skills to make the business grow and overcome the fear, prejudice and misconception that often stand in the way of disabled people."  

Marian has been able to grow her business acumen thanks to support from Martin Moore, Ready to Start Regional Co-ordinator for Wales & West.

Martin Moore, said: “Initiatives like Ready to Start play a vital role in empowering disabled people to realise their dreams of running their own business.

“Many disabled people find working for themselves an ideal way to earn a living as they can choose to work from home and arrange hours that suit them.”

To find out more about Simply Fancy Frocks visit: www.simplyfancyfrocks.co.uk

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Please call Pete Lewis at Leonard Cheshire Disability press office on 0203 242 0265 or pete.lewis@LCDisability.org    

 Notes to editor

• Ready to Start from Leonard Cheshire Disability was a partnership with Barclays which sought to enable 600 disabled people to start their own business over three years. A community investment of over £3m was provided by Barclays which enabled Leonard Cheshire Disability to deliver the initiative in 27 towns and cities across England and Wales. In three years 1009 clients who took part and completed the programme with positive outcomes, 735 started a business and 235 got a job, went into further education or became a volunteer.  
• Leonard Cheshire Disability supports over 21,000 disabled people in the UK and works in 52 countries. We campaign for change and provide innovative services that give disabled people the opportunity to live life their way. Visit www.LCDisability.org

• Barclays is a major global financial services provider engaged in retail and commercial banking, credit cards, investment banking, wealth management and investment management services, with an extensive international presence in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs over 140,000 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for over 49 million customers and clients worldwide. For further information about Barclays, please visit our website www.barclays.com.

Pete Lewis
Press Officer
Leonard Cheshire Disability
Telephone: 020 3242 0265
Email: pete.lewis@LCDisability.org

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