Barbara Burton - Championing Artisans For The Circular Economy Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, Gb

A creative entrepreneur with a passion towards reducing reoffending by up-skilling women, who have been to prison. Barbara uses her ambition and experience as a role model for her goals to provide employment and self-employment opportunities for her clients. She has created a brand for people with a sense of responsibility, has concerns for the problems and injustices of a society that brings people together, connecting them publicly and emotionally.BehindBras connects those who appreciate the finest lingerie with women in prison by providing a unique training programme that enables these former prisoners the chance to be financially sustainable in their chosen careers or business women supporting themselves and their families, whilst allowing our customers to continue looking and feeling fabulous!The brand empowers economically challenged women who have been to prison to become part of her vision of producing the finest intimates for true lingerie addicts. As a self-starter with clear priorities, Barbara contributes to her cause by forming strategic alliances towards collaborative projects.Barbara has had a varied career with over 30 years experience in roles ranging from personal development within the telecoms industry, as a property trader and a brief period training as a life coach. Most recently her career has taken on very different challenges. She has reached a new stage in her life as an impact driven entrepreneur in the fashion industry specialising in lingerie. With the love of all things associated with fashion, specifically lingerie, Barbara now uses this passion towards reducing reoffending by up-skilling women, who have been to prison - this is basically what makes her tick!

CEO of BehindBras Group (the Group), trading as BehindBras, a lingerie and underwear design and retail brand which uses UK manufacturers to create made-to-measure products and a range of ready-to-wear products. The Group has two subsidiaries – BehindBras Fashion Enterprise (the Enterprise) and BehindBras Fashion Academy (the Academy) – both of which are Community Interest Companies (CICs). The Academy trains female prisoners and former prisoners to make underwear, while the Enterprise manages the manufacturing of underwear in prisons and in the wider community employing former prisoners.

London, England, Gb

London, Gb

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I attended my very first Media Trust workshop getting into the swing of social media content creation at their #StrongerVoices masterclass with @mccannlondon

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On the 21st November, we held the latest in the annual Chelmsford Cathedral Days. The Theme this year was the efficacy of the penal system. The day was organised in conjunction with Ivor Moody at the Cathedral and Sarah Sullivan at Brentwood Ursuline School. We had advertised this conference on the AQA Sociology Teachers Page on Facebook. We had a number of schools from Essex, Suffolk and London. Over 300 delegates in all. Students listened to a number of presentations; from a former gang member - Gavin McKenna, from the former Governor of Wandsworth and Highdown Prison - Ian Bickers and from Barbara Burton, the founder of a company called Behind Bras. Barbara has been in prison and shared her experiences of the prison system and how it is particularly chaotic for women. In addition to these adult and professional presenters Antony Nash Y13 at Drapers’ Academy gave a presentation on the topic of media and crime, and, a small group of students from Brentwood Ursuline gave a presentation on Nature vs. Nurture debate. All presentations were developed by students discussing the content in groups, then this was followed by questions from the floor addressed to the presenters. The day was very well received by students and staff. Students were professional and academically curious. Fantastic observations were offered and insightful questions delivered. Some students used the opportunity to network and spoke to the professionals about careers in their respective fields. Most of the students (not Drapers’ Academy or Brentwood Ursuline) who attended were charged £5. After we have taken away our costs we will have generated a surplus of £400. We will split the between a charity dedicated to penal reform and the rehabilitation of offenders and a local food bank in Harold Hill.

London, Gb

London, England, Gb

London, Gb

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