MEMBER DIRECTORY
Tracy Burleigh
MPWR Business ClubBiography
Avorium provides luxury desk accessories in matching pastel colours that can be personalised with names, initials or even logos! We have a physical store in York as well as an online shop. We also design and print a full range of wedding and event stationery.
Caroline Chapman
Grounded HR ServicesBiography
Working with independent business owners, to provide fantastic, straight forward and practical HR Support.
I work closely with you, so I can understand your business to be able to offer the most effective practical solutions.
Proven ability to write employment contracts and HR policies, which are easy to use and up to date with legislation and best practice.
Over 20 years HR experience.
Detailed knowledge of Employment Law, complex employee relations cases, mergers, TUPE, redundancy situations.
CIPD Qualified
Elena Chow
Words By ElenaBiography
Website words wiz + storyteller for passionate, can’t-sleep-on-my-big-idea business owners
Jackie Crawford
Jackie Crawford Image ConsultantBiography
The transformational Image Consultant dedicated to helping women in business develop an authentic image through dressing confidence.
Via a number of empowering services, I guide my clients through a process of positive change with their appearance that creates visual impact, promoting well-being and confidence.
My desire is to help you feel empowered, excited and confident in your clothes and my nurturing approach supports you to make more successful dressing choices.
We are each unique, let me help you develop dressing confidence that not only projects your personality but enhances your visibility.
Let’s chat! I shall look forward to that.
Annina Diston
Annina Diston – Creative Direction & Graphic DesignBiography
I’m Annina Diston: a creative director and designer with over 20 years’ brand-building experience. I’m Annina Diston: a creative director and designer with over 20 years’ brand-building experience.
I pride myself on producing striking, detail-led design for clients ranging from household names like Universal Music and Playstation to start-ups and social enterprises.
Although most of my work involves creating and reinventing brand identities, I’m also an accomplished creative director, illustrator, occasional painter and a miniature-maker. I offer a range of services from establishing your brand’s visual voice with logo and asset design to overall creative direction for media productions – music videos, short promotional films and more.
I started my career at an advertising agency in my native Switzerland, then rose through the ranks to become Head of Creative at a leading Brighton design agency. I went freelance in 2011 to allow me to be more flexible around my family and I now work for a range of UK and international clients from my studio just outside York.
When I’m not at my Mac, you’ll find me stripping wallpaper, volunteering at our local community shop and obsessing over vintage typography.
I love the potential of a blank page and believe that anything is possible with a good coffee in hand. GET IN TOUCH
Angie Doig-Thorne
York HypnotherapistBiography
Angie Doig-Thorne is a highly sought-after motivational Hypnotherapist and Coach based in Yorkshire. Being an expert in change, she believes that anyone can change their mindset and change their life, if they truly want change. The power of the mind is a phenomenal tool that can be used to reach your goals using your conscious mind and with Hypnotherapy accessing your unconscious mind to create positive change. Angie is also an EFT Practitioner with many year’s experience helping people to de-stress and let go of trapped negative emotions.
Angie specialises in Stress Therapy and Weight Management. Most of her work is one to one, but she offers Stress Management workshops to businesses and has successfully worked with schools, radio stations and local businesses.
Angie continues with her professional development in many areas of Hypnotherapy and mental wellbeing, to enable her to offer up to date techniques. Having come from a health and fitness background with many years’ experience as a Personal Trainer, Angie works with both mind and body. Her passion is about change, helping stressed and anxious people become calm, collected and in control. Working with unhappy, unhealthy, stressed, overweight people to change their lifestyle and relationship with food and exercise.
Angie will challenge the way you think in a straight-talking way, but she is professional, empathetic and passionate about the work that she does. Angie’s favourite saying being, “You are what you think you are!”
Karen Evans
Kestrel CoachingBiography
Education and Life Coach at Kestrel Coaching UK.
Empowering young people to make decisions that are right for them. Supporting them and their parents with education, life and career choices. In addition to education, coaching, safeguarding and mental first aid qualifications, I am DBS checked and fully insured.
For more information my website is https://www.kestrelcoachinguk.uk/
Proud member of Coaching York.Still active in the Army Reserve, where my focus is on mental health and well-being, developing Army Educators and championing innovative teaching and learning technologies.
Eleanor Fletcher
Riverford Organic FarmersBiography
We are the local team for Riverford Organic Farmers, covering York, Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire. Your friendly local team are here to help you choose organic through our broad range of veg boxes, fruit, milk (plant and dairy), eggs, bread, extras and meat.
- no delivery charge
- minimal packaging, no plastic for our fruit and veg!
- order weekly, fortnightly or as and when
- standard veg boxes or build-your-own-box
- one of our vans serves your area every week
Kate Ford
MamaLippys Beauty & ColourBiography
Hey! 👋 I’m Kate, it’s so nice to meet you! 🤝
I am a full time mummy to my little mushy (who is plotting world domination I’m sure! 🤣)
BUT… I also help ladies regain their confidence and feel amazing using colour.
I hangout online at MamaLippys Beauty Lounge – Colour, Makeup, Skincare & Image for ladies 40+ – why not come over & join us!
🤩 It’s my F.R.Ee group for Beauty loving ladies where I show ways to use colour and makeup to improve your confidence with your products and in yourself.
🎨 I’m a Makeup & Skincare expert and Colour specialist, and believe that for anyone, Colour can be an answer to most of life’s little challenges.
But why listen to me? 🤔
🥇 I was a 2019 finalist in the Women Mean Business awards in the Fashion, Hair & Beauty Business category.
🏆 I launched MamaLippys in 2016 teaching ladies makeup & skincare techniques to get the most from their products, giving up my ‘day job’ of business support to follow my passion for colour.
🎖️ I have a 5* rating on google from my clients and some lovely reviews on my website http://www.mamalippys.com feel free to check them out.
🥰 So lovely to connect with you, I’m looking forward to getting to know you more! Find the link above and I’ll see you in there soon!
Kate 💋
Biography
I’m Katy Garner, a holistic mind body coach, hypnotherapist & fertility yoga teacher.
My TTC journey began 12 years ago at the age of 30.
I’ve had 4 miscarriages, one failed round of IVF & have 1 Fallopian tube remaining
Due to my chromosomal abnormality & my age, my chances of having my own biological baby now are teeny tiny!
If I had known long ago what I know now, I could have got through those many two week waits with a some sanity in tact, saved myself years of mental & emotional torture
& lived my life freely instead of waiting for the baby to magically appear & ‘make me better’
On the other hand, I would also not have become an Advanced Hypnotherapist, wellness Coach, or a 500hrRYT specialising in fertility Yoga
… and I would not currently be here, ready and eager to help you!
I can help you nourish your body, rewire your mind & harness your thoughts & emotions to have regain control & have an empowered & positive TWW & TTC experience
I can’t guarantee a baby – but I can equip you with a strong resilience and a peace of mind that assures you feel once again like the capable, competent woman you know you are
When you’re looking for support from someone who knows what it’s like to walk in your shoes, I can help
DM me now
Julie Genney
Julie Genney CoachingBiography
We all deserve lives we love…life is a journey and so if we aren’t enjoying it, do something, anything else! I am a change specialist. A Mindset Coach
I help women, be the confident, self assured, authentic women they want to be, loving their life, personal, business or work.
The women I work with have one thing in common…they are stuck, frustrated and silently cross with themselves for not having sorted ‘IT’ out…whatever the IT is.
I get it.
It’s hard to ask for help. And what you need is an expert in thinking to help you see ‘IT’ differently. As your coach I hear you, and can be the friend who you trust to challenge, and support you as you make the changes you want in your life.
Curious? Book a Curiosity Call and talk to me about what change you want in your life.
Me, new to Yorkshire, loving life, meeting new folk, chatting over coffee and cake, walking cycling, crochet, music and laughing
Michelle Jamieson
My Virtual Personal AssistantBiography
I am a highly professional Freelance Virtual Assistant who can provide ongoing business support.
With over 15 years’ experience of high-level business administration and managing the admin and
schedules of numerous company directors, I have a full understanding of what a business needs to run efficiently. I am confident at finance administration (account reconciliation, credit control, expenses payroll and invoicing), recruitment administration, meeting planning and minute taking, letters and mailshots, and much more.
If you need an administrative assistant but don’t have the space or full time / permanent need then I can definitely help.
Working remotely from my office in Poppleton, York on a time schedule that suits your needs I can help give you the support you need at the level that you require. From ad-hoc to regular hours a week, I can work the hours to fit in with your schedule.
If you’re running at capacity and could do with more hours in your day then feel free to get in touch.
Biography
Halina integrates a wealth of people experience with practical business knowledge in public & private sector leadership roles including HR with M&S, senior positions in education & media; MA in Applied Educational Research, UEA/Cambridge Institute of Education; Mastery of Business Coaching, International Mozaik, Paris. Catalyst, inspirational strategist & coach she works with senior management teams, leaders at all levels to encourage thought-provoking development for individuals, teams & organisations.
Specialising in strategic planning; building dream teams; unleashing potential by changing mind-set; 360’s perspectives to expand horizons; understand behavioural preferences. Known for her innovative approach; big picture thinking; attention to detail she sets the scene for leaders, teams & organisations to create consistency, communicate clearly, collaborate excellently deliver great outcomes.
To enable her clients to turn uncertainty into a powerful tool for change and growth is a key deliverable for this inspiring coach especially in challenging & unprecedented time in our world. Always creating & holding a safe place in which clients can think deeply & explore current challenges.
Compassionately ruthless say her clients & ‘be halina’d’.
Annemarie King
The PhodographerBiography
I help bold solopreneurs, creatives, makers and outdoorsy adventurers, just like you, show up online by creating naturally beautiful images to support their brand messages. Whether you need a quick but AMAZING headshot to get you started, a seasonal refresh of your imagery with a mini branding shoot, or delve a little deeper with my full service personal branding package, I can help.
The Phodographer offers fun pet portrait experiences for people who love their dogs, the great outdoors and beautiful photography for their home.