The Catalyst Collective

@TheVoiceNews Thank you to The Voice for spotlighting our journey and community. We’re proud to celebrate five years of mentoring for Black girls ran by Black women!✨

The Catalyst Collective: Black Women transforming Black Girl Futures Through Mentorship This professional Mentoring Programme, now in its fifth year, is helping to transform the lives of Black girls aged 14-18. #blackgirlmagic voice-online.co.uk/news/community…

Calling all Black women! ✨ Applications for our 2025-26 programme year are now open! ✨ Open to professional Black women across all industries. ⏰Takes less than 2 minutes to apply. 📥 Apply or learn more here: airtable.com/appeT9L2F8nvy7…

Are you signed up for our first ever fundraising event yet? The Catalyst Big Quiz Night is just £10 (for a few days more!), BYO drinks, some great raffle prizes and a chance to get together with friends or meet new ones and support our work. Tickets here: lu.ma/xaee9o93

This weekend is a great time to take 15 minutes to apply for your place on our upcoming Mentoring Programme! 7 months of free mentoring with a professional Black woman, plus invites to enrichment trips and activities, including our 2 night residential! thecatalystcollective.co.uk/becomeamentee

To find our more info, visit our website or even better, come and join our information evening - for parents, teachers and potential mentees: lu.ma/zrxss73p

This year we've got mentors from academia, audio production, non-profit sector, media/comms, digital marketing, education, law, pharmacy, recruitment, quantity surveying and veterinary medicine!

Exciting to see applications coming in for our next Open Access Mentoring programme! OAM is our 1:1 mentoring programme for Black girls in Year 12, running from Jan-July 2025. We'll match you with an amazing professional in your field of interest. thecatalystcollective.co.uk/becomeamentee

This is the first step of our Catalyst Connects programme, where we’re rolling out careers support, connections and opportunities to Black women aged 18-25! Watch this space for more upcoming events this academic year!

📆: Monday 7th October ⏱️: 6-7.30pm 📍: On Zoom Registration available here: lu.ma/7dpbpnff

First up: “I’ve Graduated, now what?” This is for final year students and very recent graduates. We’ll be talking through that pre and post graduation panic, and helping you take tangible steps to progress with the hunt for meaningful work.

We’re starting something new at @The_CatalystC! Introducing our Now What? series - events designed to help young Black women make sense of their career paths: lu.ma/7dpbpnff

We're hiring! Looking for a Recruitment Coordinator to run this year's upcoming Mentor Recruitment season. If you're a people-person, organised and looking for a flexible role building a community of Black women, we'd love to hear from you! tiny.cc/yokkxz

@Parise_CM @Jessica_D____ @ArtAgainstKnive @Partisan_cic @MilkHoneyBees @PowerTheFightUK @Abianda1 @Youth_Realities @ExistLoudlyUK @KidsOfColourHQ @PHOEBEIPS Thank you!

Please @ any UK community orgs you know that are working w/ &engaging Black girls & young women. So far I have @ArtAgainstKnive @Partisan_cic @MilkHoneyBees @PowerTheFightUK @Abianda1 @Youth_Realities @ExistLoudlyUK @KidsOfColourHQ @PHOEBEIPS but I know there are many more! Tysm!

So excited to have you with us @BakitaKK !

Final day to apply for a mentor! If you’re a Black girl in year 12, you’ve got until midnight to get your application in! Places are filling up fast so don’t miss out! Here’s what a few of our girls had to say about the programme… Apply here: thecatalystcollective.co.uk/becomeamentee

ONE MORE DAY TO APPLY! 🚨 mentoring for Black girls in year 12!

@blackteachersco @YBTN_uk @BlackMenTch @NABSS3 @RekindleSchool @hilltopcentre @simoneducation - would any of your students benefit from a free mentoring opportunity?

3 days left to apply to our first Open Access Mentoring Programme! For Black girls in year 12, thinking of becoming a social worker, dancer, vet or public health/research + policy - don't miss out... and best part the programme is completely free! 1/2

For more information, and to apply - it's thecatalystcollective.co.uk/becomeamentee Any questions - just drop us a line!