A fantastic feature on PCF founder Jane Walker for the Huffington Post: "Purple Community Fund’s Jane Walker MBE On How She Wants To Solve Britain’s Reoffending Rates Problem" by George Bowden. ...
Oh What a Night
Last night we had our UK launch in the Westbury Hotel in London in partnership with Bronzegate, the leading head-hunters and advisors for financial firms, and what a fantastic evening it was. With over 60 people in attendance from a selection of high powered companies, we told them about our new ...
Can Liz Truss reform with her White Paper?
With violence in prison reaching record highs, it’s reassuring to see Justice Secretary Liz Truss committing to recruit 2,500 more prison officers. But with pay being £9 an hour, only 10 weeks of training and no requirement of minimum qualifications, fears are that it won’t be enough and according ...
Cross Border Stitching in Pakistan
A small group of desperately poor women in Faisalabad Pakistan heard about our Cross Border Stitching group in Hampshire and asked for our help. It is difficult for uneducated women to find sustainable employment. Sadly some of the women have been raped by their employers and are fearful to alert ...
Coca Cola 5by20 programme
The Coca Cola Corporation has asked Jane Walker to be one of their Ambassadors for their 5by20 programme. This programme is committed to empowering five million women entrepreneurs by 2020. To date, over 1 million artisans in 60 countries have benefited from the 5by20 programme through access to ...
