My Background
My name is Lucy Wood and I have always been motivated by helping people. I finished a sport degree at university and spent a while in Brussels working for a dyslexia charity (I’m dyslexic) called Dyslexia International Tools and Technologies. Since then I’ve worked for the public sector, and spent a couple of years working for the Inclusive Fitness Initiative, making gyms inclusive for disabled people. I did a postgraduate certificate in disability studies alongside that, and set up a website looking at the Media Representation of Disabled People. In August 2007 I started work as a Development Manager for a fantastic organisation called UnLtd. Every day I worked directly with social entrepreneurs, helping them to set up and develop their social enterprises. In March this year (2008) I decided to take some time out to visit and work with a range of social projects in Southern India. I learnt alot from the country and the inspiring individuals that I met there. I spent time helping a women’s self help group establish a Spirulina business to provide jobs for local people, worked with NGO project workers to revise management structures and business processes and visited many projects including child rights, education, street kids, mental health, employment, womens, disability, human rights, reforestation, arts, environmental etc.

What I Do Now
I am now back working at UnLtd as their Sports Relief Development Manager. This time round I am working with young people, 11-21 yr olds, helping them to set up and run projects that use physical activity to tackle social cohesion and conflict resolution issues. I am still learning a lot about the social sector, more recently I took a University course about Social Enterprise, and I have set up this website to share my knowledge, help other social entrepreneurs and get to know other people in the sector.

About Me
I love being active and doing things-I play tennis every week, run and walk when I get a chance. I love helping people and working with others to improve things.

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