Page & Bloom is a social enterprise supporting women who have experienced domestic abuse. This means we are a profit making company, but our social purpose is central to everything we do and the majority of our profits are reinvested back into our work supporting women.

 

Over the last five years we have supported women in a number of ways: 

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• Jobs. We have employed women who are rebuilding their lives after domestic abuse, to make our lovely flowers. Most women work with us for around a year, some longer, and during their time at Page & Bloom we help them develop transferable skills that will help them in future jobs. In 2022 we created 6 jobs for survivors of abuse; our 2023 stats are coming soon!

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• Training. We have run a training programme to help women build the skills to move into paid work. Delivered by Page & Bloom staff and specialists from our corporate and charity partners, the sessions cover transferable skills and practical advice to help with job hunting and settling into a new job. To date we have provided training for 19 women. 

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• Work experience. Many of the women we have trained have continued into paid work and volunteer work experience placements, to help them gain the first stepping stone into, or back into employment. Participants work alongside our team (either making flowers for sale or for donation to local charity partners), learning new skills and putting them into practice in the real world. At the end of the work experience, some people continue into jobs at Page & Bloom, while others move into employment elsewhere. 

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In the current economic climate, we have unfortunately had to pause our training and work experience programme. We hope to be able to start it again in some form in the future. In the meantime, we continue to support women affected by domestic abuse by donating at least 50% of our annual profits to charities supporting survivors. We also run free flower making workshops for women's organisations to support wellbeing and creativity.