Success for Small Businesses!

Community Catalysts is a UK-wide social enterprise programme, delivered in partnership with Worcestershire County Council offers help for older or disabled people in their homes or through community-based opportunities.

It helps to create more choice and control for people looking for support, while supporting people to use their skills and creating attractive local employment options.

The Rainbow Hill Community Centre, is one of the first small businesses in Worcester to achieve the ‘Doing it Right Standards.’ These are quality standards to ensure business operate correctly in line with regulation and legislation requirements and safeguard customers or people accessing the service. 

The micro-enterprise run from the Rainbow Hill Community Centre helps older and disabled people learn the benefits for yoga for their mobility, resilience and mental wellbeing.

Councillor Marc Bayliss, Cabinet Member with Responsibility for Economy, Infrastructure and Skills from Worcestershire County Council said: “It is wonderful to hear that small local businesses/community microenterprises, like Rainbow Hill Community Centre, help support and care for local people.”

Launa Brooks of Community Enterprise Catalyst said: “I love being able to support people to feel excited about their work and to help their community. It’s a lot easier than people think to set up as self-employed offering care and support – you don’t need any business or professional care experience. What you really need is to know what good care looks like.”

For more information on the scheme contact Launa Brooks is employed by Community Catalysts. Contact Launa at launa.brooks@communitycatalysts.co.uk or on 07741 260 676 or visit the Community Catalyst website.

The programme is delivered in partnership with Worcestershire County Council to help support local people use their skills and experiences working in care to set up small community enterprises.

For more information on help start your own business, please visit the Enterprising Worcestershire pages on the County Council website.