{"id":6517,"date":"2025-06-07T18:19:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T17:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/?p=6517"},"modified":"2025-06-07T18:19:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T17:19:31","slug":"more-than-skin-deep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2025\/06\/07\/more-than-skin-deep\/","title":{"rendered":"More Than Skin Deep"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>South Lancashire\u2019s Soroptimists focussed on women\u2019s opportunities at their summer meeting.<\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6519\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2025\/06\/2025-06-Soroptimists-with-r-Hayley-Darroch-of-Funding-Futures.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6519 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2025\/06\/2025-06-Soroptimists-with-r-Hayley-Darroch-of-Funding-Futures-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2025\/06\/2025-06-Soroptimists-with-r-Hayley-Darroch-of-Funding-Futures-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2025\/06\/2025-06-Soroptimists-with-r-Hayley-Darroch-of-Funding-Futures.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hayley Darroch (r) with Soroptimists Denise Parker and Yvonne Gibbon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hayley Darroch explained how her company \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/fundingfutures.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Funding Futures<\/a> \u2013 is transforming the lives of many women.<\/p>\n<p>This initiative grew from her own career in the beauty industry and a realisation that some \u2018qualifications\u2019 were worth little more that the paper the certificates were written on. In 2021, through contact with high schools in Bolton and Wigan, Hayley recognised that young women from personally-challenging backgrounds could benefit massively from high quality training opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Funding Futures CIC developed from this idea. As a \u2018social value initiative\u2019, it offers women the means to grow their careers in the beauty industry, develop transferable skills and be supported long-term.<\/p>\n<p>Various training programmes last from 6 to 10 weeks. They cover, for example, wellbeing and skills \u2013 including digital competence, budgeting and confidence-building \u2013 plus practical beauty treatments. Mentoring is built into the programmes. Dozens of disadvantaged women \u2013 of all ages \u2013 have now been engaged and empowered through the company.<\/p>\n<p>The Soroptimists responded to Hayley\u2019s presentation with a range of questions. She was therefore able to expand on Funding Futures\u2019 current work \u2013 and to outline plans for expansion in order to be able to offer yet more opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Region Programme Action Officers Yvonne Gibbon and Denise Parker organised the session. They were delighted with members\u2019 response and congratulated Hayley on her valuable work which shows that beauty is so much more than skin deep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Lancashire\u2019s Soroptimists focussed on women\u2019s opportunities at their summer meeting. 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