Thank you so much for coming today EWA CIC 💜 I appreciate your kind words and support 💕

And thank you for being such a big part of our event WE:ARE(Women’s Empowerment And Recovery Educators) 💜 Your poignant words, your honesty and the words of the women through poetry was so moving 💕 We’re doing this for organisations like you and the amazing work you do 💜

And our event wouldn’t have happened without you Judy Dyke MBE, TEP 💜 Huge thanks for your support of our launch, we all had a wonderful afternoon 💕 xx

Mayor of Solihull Heart of England Community Foundation Shahin Ashraf MBE Tina Costello OBE Kudos to everyone involved in getting this up and running 🙌

Thanks James Murphy 💜

It was a real pleasure to meet you Mayor of Solihull 💜 Thanks so much for being a guest at our launch, look forward to meeting again soon 💕

Thanks Calum Nisbet for being a great trustee and supporting the foundation on a personal level - you’re a ⭐️

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