ABOUT THE WILLOW COLLECTIVE
We're a Community Interest Company, working in collaboration with likeminded partners, friends and family, with a mutual passion for creating innovation spaces and resources from underused indoor and outdoor locations. We are building a sustainable business model for supporting our entrepreneurism, holistic education, whilst boosting the local social economy.
OUR STORY
Blended Business
The Willow Collective was founded in December 2021, as the World was emerging from the Covid Pandemic. We instinctively knew that focusing on developing a local initiative with an ecology, conservation, and local economy perspective, was an exciting prospect from which to build a platform, and establish a new brand. We set about creating our business model, blending place based, with outdoor activities, building a business offer whilst operating in a safe and healthy way.
OUR VISION
We Care about our Environment
We contribute and take action to improve community facilities, bring people together to become more knowledgeable, more responsible, and more equipped to improve both natural and built landscapes, whilst understanding the environmental challenges we face regarding economics, ecology, climate change and carbon footprint.
WELL-BEING OF FUTURE GENERATIONS ACT
We embed this strategy with the following goals.
There are 7 connected well-being goals.
- A prosperous Wales
- A resilient Wales
- A healthier Wales
- A more equal Wales
- A Wales of more cohesive communities
- A Wales of vibrant culture and thriving Welsh language
- A globally responsible Wales
AUTISTIC SPECTRUM CONDITIONS
We are committed to finding solutions that will:
- Positively Promote Neurodiversity
- Offer meaningful transitional support for school leavers
- Create opportunities to enhance the unique talents and skills of neurodivergent people
- Invest in skills building and vocational training for those who are high functioning autistic
- Provide work related learning opportunities
- Develop a bespoke framework to support neurodivergent gifted and talented.
YOUNG CITIZENS
Helping to shape Future Generations
Giving young people opportunities to take more responsibility:
- By creating spaces where young people come together and share their aspirations.
- By providing them with opportunities for greater input in civic life
- By removing barriers that impede personal development
- By encouraging innovative ideas to help inform our organisation's development
