Liz on Inspiration to Greatness It’s been five very long years since I founded Future Intentions, a social enterprise. I founded it back in 2016 to help women returners like myself to return to work after years on a break. Liz on Losing Her Identity With my strong sense of professional identity slowly diminishing week Continue Reading

Are You a Woman Entrepreneur? Growing numbers of women returners are braving the potential uncertainty of entrepreneurship, with many ideas growing out of hobbies and interests, many setting up from the kitchen table or the home office. Does this sound familiar? What Type of Woman Are You? Are you an ideas woman or a woman Continue Reading

Our Success Story by Liz Hempshall Taking a leap of faith Taking a leap of faith is very thought provoking and great for getting the adrenaline pumping, the kind of adrenaline that wakes you up at three in the morning with your mind buzzing with ideas, it is the buzz that makes you want to Continue Reading

For many the reality is not having the capacity to move forward due to their lack of confidence and self-belief. For some women this often leads to mental health issues and an experience of feeling trapped in a cycle of social isolation, loneliness, discrimination and poverty. Working closely with communities of women returners across York, Continue Reading

For some women returners they feel the need to leave their paid employment after the demands of the job become too overwhelming whilst struggling with mental health issues. At Future Intentions we promote our motto “It’s OK, to not be OK, we engage and support women to practice self-love and acceptance of any mental health issues they may be experiencing and Continue Reading

I have been volunteering at Future Intentions since January 2018 as a Social Media Assistant. My role involves creating posts for Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn – this will often include designing graphics for the posts. I also put together the email newsletter and help maintain the Future Intentions website. I started volunteering because I had Continue Reading

For National Mental Health and National Volunteers Week I would like to share how volunteering for Future Intentions has changed my life. I met Liz Hempshall (founder of Future Intentions) when I signed up to do the confidence building course in January 2019, my initial meeting with Liz was a one to one meeting to Continue Reading

After leaving the workplace due to illness and being ‘out of the loop’ for quite some time, my confidence and self-esteem were at an all-time low. I was trapped in a cycle of depression and anxiety with no clear way out. I was told about the Confidence Building for Women Returners course provided by Future Continue Reading