Small Businesses For Change

Kate Stansfield has been a freelance French/Spanish to English translator, copy-editor and proofreader for over eleven years. She has dipped her toes in the corporate world as a translation project manager and with the translation of corporate communications, in the world of international organisations as an intern at the UN in Vienna, and in the not-for-profit sector as a charity administrator and later volunteer translator.

A few years ago, she decided she wanted to combine her passion for languages with her passion for environmental and social issues, and she has since set about learning everything she can about the impact we are having on people and the planet.

She works with clients who are driven by a desire to make a positive change in the world, whether they are ethical businesses, NGOs or researchers.

She is also on a mission to maximise her own positive social and environmental impact, and to make sure ethics and sustainability are at the heart of everything she does in her business.

Kates's resource list that she  created after her webinar to give attendees further info on reducing their environmental impact through their business. 

It's particularly aimed at freelancers but most info will be fairly applicable to small business owners in general:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/15EYb8-s0qV9VPCAuKzsdj5fTOkJZVWoM/view?usp=sharing

Organisations that provide language support for NGOs etc:

https://charitytranslators.org/
https://translatorswithoutborders.org/

Information on language support for the Ukrainian crisis:

https://www.iti.org.uk/ukrainian-crisis.html

Another organisation working to provide communications in global languages, often responding to crisis situations:
https://translatorswithoutborders.org/

Another NGO I worked with as a volunteer some years ago, which is worth a look if anyone would like to support other business owners all over the world, via micro loans:
https://www.kiva.org/

And the project I talk about with Scientists Warning Europe:
https://www.scientistswarningeurope.org.uk/

Lisa introduces the podcast and it's vision. Small Businesses For Change is a space for business owners who want to make a difference and contribute to a better world. She is joined by her husband and partner in some crimes Nik, together they discuss how empowering it is to come together as a human race and take a stand for our children's future (and our own). We want everyone to know they can all play a part in change. There is hope.