North West based, social enterprise, Girls Out Loud, announces three new hires to the team’s portfolio as demand for the company’s vital work grows
Girls Out Loud, the not-for-profit organisation founded by Jane Kenyon in 2010, has announced expansion plans with the hire of three local women, Jodes Salt, Dawn Clarke and Rachel McDermott, to help take the social enterprises’ vital work to the next level into 2023 and beyond.
Girls Out Loud, which is passionate about inspiring and empowering teenage girls to find their voices, harness their self-belief and maximise their potential, works with schools across the North-West, offering early intervention initiatives including the Big Sister mentoring programme which has helped thousands of girls since inception.
With demand for the social enterprise’s work growing and the services they provide becoming increasingly more urgent, Girls Out Loud, has bolstered the team with three new women to take on the roles of Business Development Manager, Local Lead Big Sister, and Marketing Manager.
Jodes Salt, a qualified executive coach and specialist in leadership development will take on the role of Business Development Manager, where she will work alongside Jane Kenyon to drive corporate sponsorship from companies in the North West, support the work around the Shining Stars fund raising Ball taking place in 2023 and partnering Jane to deliver training for Big Sister mentors.
Alongside a No1 bestselling book, Woman Up, published in 2021, and dedication to empowering and supporting women through an online membership club, Jodes is also the mother of three teenage daughters, and so, is well versed in the challenges facing the next generation of female leaders.
Dawn Clarke, a qualified Mediator, counsellor, mentor currently studying to achieve an NLP coaching qualification, will take on the role of Lead Big Sister.
Following a chance encounter with Girls Out Loud whilst hosting one of the Big Sister graduation ceremonies at Salford College, Dawn joined the next Big Sister programme as a mentor and has now stepped up to manage her first Big Sister programme at Great Academy Ashton, where she’ll look after 20 Big Sisters as well as managing and leading the launch, workshops and graduation.
Rachel McDermott, with 12 years in advertising and a passion for helping young people get the best possible start in life, will take on the lead of part-time Marketing Manager, where she will develop and promote the use of a brand-new, company-first digital app offering support and motivation to teen girls, in addition to leading The Big Sister Club, a network for past and present Big Sister mentors, and work with Jane to support and engage her team of 18 Ambassadors.
Now as a team of seven-strong, 2022 has been a record year for Jane Kenyon and the Girls Out Loud team, impacting the lives of over 700 girls and 330 female role model volunteers, through delivering Role Model Relay events and Big Sister mentoring programmes in a minimum of eight schools, as well as international growth following their success in Dubai.
In May 2022, Jane launched the first ever international Girls Out Loud Big Sister programme at Dubai College campaigning for gender equality in this challenging region, with a successful programme prompting a second-year programme due to open for recruitment in 2023 with Dubai college, as well as interest from several schools in the region to help support their young students.
Since inception in 2010, founder, Jane has worked tirelessly to raise over £1M to run Girls Out Loud with little or no financial support from schools or the public sector.
Without continuous fundraising efforts, Girls Out Loud would not be able to deliver any of their intervention programmes at a time when teenage girls need support and guidance more than ever.
Girls Out Loud’s work has touched the lives of 20,000+ girls in 50+ diverse schools across the North-West, and Jane has personally coached 100+ teen girls and 200+ female entrepreneurs over the past decade.
Girls Out Loud Founder, Jane Kenyon said;“We’re thrilled to welcome these three inspiring women on to our team who are just as dedicated as we are to raising the aspirations of teenage girls in the UK.
“It’s time to take our work to the next level and we’re certain that Jodes, Dawn and Rachel can help us to do that going forward.
“Our programmes are all about embedding more confidence, emotional resilience, self-assurance and self-esteem and we hope to expand Girls Out Loud going into 2023 to reach more of the UK’s teen girls who really need our support”
