ABOUT THE WILLOW COLLECTIVE
We're a Community Interest Company, working in collaboration with likeminded partners, friends and family, with a mutual passion for creating innovation spaces and resources from underused indoor and outdoor locations. We are building a sustainable business model for supporting our work in social entrepreneurism, holistic education, whilst also boosting the local economy.
OUR STORY
Launching a Blended Business
The Willow Collective was founded in December 2021, as the World was emerging from the Covid Pandemic. We instinctively knew that focusing on developing a local initiative with a global ecology, conservation, and planet above profit perspective, was an exciting prospect from which to build a platform, and establish a new brand. We set about creating our business model, blending place based, with online activities, building a business offer whilst operating in a safe and healthy way.
OUR VISION
We Care about our Environment
There is no better time than NOW, to explore how we contribute and take action to improve community facilities, bring people together to become more knowledgeable, more responsible, and more equipped to improve both natural and built landscapes, whilst understanding the environmental challenges we face regarding economics, ecology, climate change and carbon footprint.
WELL-BEING OF FUTURE GENERATIONS ACT
We support Welsh Government's strategy and aim to embed the following goals.
There are 7 connected well-being goals for Wales. They are:
- A prosperous Wales
- A resilient Wales
- A healthier Wales
- A more equal Wales
- A Wales of more cohesive communities
- A Wales of vibrant culture and thriving Welsh language
- A globally responsible Wales
AUTISTIC SPECTRUM CONDITIONS
We are committed to finding solutions that will:
- Promote Neurodiversity
- Offer meaningful transitional support for school leavers
- Create opportunities that enhance the unique talents and skills of neurodivergent individuals
- Raise funding to invest in skills building and vocational training for those who are high functioning autistic
- Provide work based learning opportunities
- Develop a bespoke apprenticeship framework to support neurodivergent gifted and talented.
YOUNG CITIZENS
Helping to shape Wales' Future Generations
Giving young people opportunities to take more responsibility:
- By creating spaces, virtual and place based where young people come together and share their views as community activists.
- By providing them with opportunities for greater input in civic life
- By removing barriers to participation and engagement
- By encouraging innovative ideas that will help inform our organisation's development
- By promoting diversity, equality and inclusion
