The Sapphire Employability and Wellbeing Academy LTD

14/09/2026

14/09/2026

🎙️💙 THIS SUNDAY | SJW PODCAST – EPISODE 26

We’re getting ready for another powerful conversation — and this week, our guest is the incredible Mildred Talabi.

✨ Writer
✨ Speaker
✨ Former journalist
✨ Author
✨ LinkedIn Top Voice
✨ Community builder with 50,000+ followers

But behind the achievements is a story of courage, change, resilience and purpose.

Mildred shares what she has learned about becoming visible, building confidence, knowing when to move on, reinventing yourself and finding purpose.

One message particularly stands out:

“Opportunities rarely find people hiding.”

So if you’ve ever felt professionally invisible, unsure of your next step or afraid to put yourself forward — this episode is for you.

🎧 SJW Podcast – Episode 26
🎙️ Mildred Talabi
📅 Sunday 20th September 2026

🔗 Listen here:
https://thesjwpodcast.buzzsprout.com

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Start Being Visible: www.startbeingvisible.com

Make sure you’re tuned in! 🎧💙

12/09/2026

If your family gets free school meals, you can get free, brand-new school uniform.

Earlier this week we announced we're giving thousands of free school uniforms to children in Southwark.

We can now confirm the details for collection.

Drop in sessions will be taking place at the Ann Bernadt Centre from 10am-1pm on:

Tuesday 15 September
Wednesday 16 September
Thursday 17 September
Tuesday 22 September
Wednesday 23 September
Thursday 24 September

You do not need an appointment or referral.

For more information see the link in the first comment.

10/09/2026

🐐💙 New Goats, New Beginnings & New Members! 💙🐐

We’re delighted to share some wonderful news from our Sapphire Women Group!

Two more families have received goats, creating new opportunities for income, food security and a brighter future. 🌱🐐

And there’s more to celebrate — new members have joined our Sapphire Women Group! 🎉💙

Every new family supported and every new woman welcomed strengthens our community and helps build a future where women can thrive, support one another and create lasting change.

✨ Two families. New goats. New group members. More hope. More opportunity.

Thank you to everyone who continues to support and believe in the women and families we work alongside. Together, we can make an even greater difference. 💙

10/09/2026

🌟 Empowering Women to Learn, Grow & Thrive 🌟

We carried out a special Wheel of Life Assessment with our fourth group of women, creating a valuable opportunity to reflect on the different areas of their lives and understand where they are today. 💜

The Wheel of Life tool helped participants identify:
✨ What is going well
✨ What areas need more attention
✨ Practical actions they can take
✨ How to build accountability
✨ Opportunities for personal growth and positive change

The training session lasted 5 hours and provided a safe space for reflection, learning and development.

And this is just the beginning! 🙌

We will continue the journey next week, building on what was explored and supporting our women to turn reflection into meaningful action. 🌱

💜 Learn. Be Accountable. Grow. Thrive.

📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.sapphirecommunity.org

The Sapphire Employability and Wellbeing Academy LTD

10/09/2026

📢 FREE LIQUID SOAP-MAKING VOCATIONAL SKILLS WORKSHOP

Are you ready to learn a practical skill that can support self-reliance and income generation? 🧼✨

The Sapphire community group is hosting a FREE Liquid Soap-Making Vocational Skills Workshop, designed to equip participants with practical, hands-on skills in liquid soap production.

📅 Date: Saturday, 12 September 2026
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
📍 Venue: Heling Stream Ascension Ministry off Civil Defense Office, Karu, Abuja FCT

What you will learn:

✅ Introduction to liquid soap production
✅ Practical, hands-on soap making
✅ Basic costing and potential income generation
✅ Practical skills for self-reliance

Participants will be divided into groups for practical production under the guidance of a trainer. Liquid soap produced during the practical session will be shared among beneficiaries.

Come and learn a skill that can make a difference! 💪🏾🧼

📧 Email: [email protected]
🌐 Website: www.sapphirecommunity.org

05/09/2026

✨ HELLO SEPTEMBER | A NEW MONTH. NEW OPPORTUNITIES. GREATER IMPACT. ❤️

September is here, and at Sapphire Employability & Wellbeing Academy, we’re stepping into the new month with the same mission but an even greater determination to create lasting change.

From employability and wellbeing to skills development, youth empowerment and community support, our focus remains simple: creating real opportunities for real people and helping communities thrive.

🌍 Our Sapphire community continues to grow across the United Kingdom 🇬🇧, Nigeria 🇳🇬, Kenya 🇰🇪, Malawi 🇲🇼, India 🇮🇳 and Cameroon 🇨🇲 — different countries, cultures and backgrounds, united by a shared belief that opportunity should be accessible to everyone.

September is another opportunity to take action, open doors, build partnerships, support one another and make an impact that lasts.

Whether you want to volunteer, partner with us, refer someone, support our programmes or collaborate internationally, there’s a place for you within the Sapphire community.

🌐 Get involved: www.sapphirecommunity.org⁠

Here’s to a September filled with purpose, progress and possibilities.

Stronger Together. Brighter Futures. ❤️

04/09/2026

🧴 LIQUID SOAP MAKING TRAINING — FIRST SESSION COMPLETE! 🇨🇲✨

On 29th August 2026, our Sapphire Cameroon Team successfully delivered its first Liquid Soap Making Training session in Douala! 👏🏾💙

This practical community initiative was designed to equip participants with skills they can use to generate income, explore entrepreneurship and become more economically independent.

During the training, participants learned:

🧴 Essential safety procedures
🧪 Key ingredients and their different purposes
🫧 How to achieve the right texture, foam, effectiveness and fragrance
⚙️ The step-by-step liquid soap production process
🏷️ Labelling and packaging techniques
📦 How to identify reliable suppliers
💡 Ways to turn their new skills into an income-generating opportunity

For Sapphire, empowerment isn’t simply about giving—it is about equipping people with practical skills that can continue creating opportunities long after a programme ends. 🌍💪🏾

We are incredibly proud to see this work growing in Douala, Cameroon, and this is only the beginning. More community training sessions are coming! 🇨🇲

💙 GET INVOLVED WITH SAPPHIRE CAMEROON

Whether you’d like to volunteer, partner with us, support a future programme or participate in our activities, we’d love to hear from you.

📧 [email protected]

Together, we can continue creating opportunities, developing skills and strengthening communities. 💙🌍

03/09/2026

🇲🇼🌍 SAPPHIRE MALAWI | COMMUNITY CLIMATE ACTION 🌱

On 29 August 2026, Sapphire Malawi welcomed over 200 participants to our Community Action Climate Campaign at Mchenga School Ground, Balaka.

The campaign brought together young people, women, farmers, traditional and political leaders, government representatives, CSOs, community groups and development partners to explore practical, community-led responses to climate change.

🌱 Activities focused on:

* Climate awareness and resilience
* Droughts, floods and deforestation
* Sustainable farming and food security
* Tree planting and environmental conservation
* Climate-resilient livelihoods
* Briquettes as a sustainable alternative to charcoal

🔥 FROM BRIQUETTES TO GREEN ENTERPRISE

Our community has progressed from making briquettes by hand to using a simple machine. Our next goal is to secure electric or fuel-powered machinery to increase production, train more people and create sustainable income opportunities while reducing pressure on our forests.

The campaign was led by Sapphire Community Organization – Malawi, in partnership with Zipporah International Foundation, with participation and support from The Movement for Community-Led Development (MCLD), Azipola Foundation, government representatives and other community organisations.

🌿 Through our GREEN HANDS PROJECT, we are focused on growing greener communities, restoring our environment and building resilient livelihoods.

We are calling on development partners, funders, businesses and environmental organisations to work with us to expand this important work.

💚 Interested in partnering with Sapphire Malawi?
📧 [email protected]

🇲🇼 Local action. Sustainable solutions. Resilient communities.

02/09/2026

🇰🇪 SAPPHIRE KENYA | COMMUNITY, CONNECTION & IMPACT 💙

Wednesday was a truly special day for Sapphire Kenya, with two meaningful moments that reflect exactly why we do this work: empowering people, strengthening communities and creating opportunities for the future.

👩🏾‍💼 Empowering Women & Building Sustainable Futures

We had another wonderful opportunity to meet with women from two local women’s groups as we continue developing the systems and support that will help them build greater stability and independence.

Our areas of focus include business management and entrepreneurship, exploring ways to support access to health insurance coverage, and developing opportunities around an education fund.

We don’t simply want to provide short-term support. Our goal is to work alongside women to establish sustainable systems that can strengthen their businesses, families and futures.

🧒🏾 A Special Day at Kisumu Children’s Remand Home

Wednesday also marked our first day of activities with the children at Kisumu Children’s Remand Home.

Together with other partners, our Sapphire Kenya team spent time sharing, playing and creating positive moments with minors who are in conflict with or in contact with the law.

Sometimes impact begins with something as simple as showing up, listening, playing, encouraging and reminding a young person that their present circumstances do not have to determine their future. 💙

🎓 Celebrating Beverly

The day was also bittersweet as we said goodbye to Beverly, our intern, who has spent the past two months on attachment with Sapphire Kenya.

Beverly, thank you for your time, energy and contribution to our work. We are grateful that you chose to spend this chapter of your journey with Sapphire, and we wish you every success as you take your next steps.

Once Sapphire family, always Sapphire family. 💙

We are incredibly proud of what Sapphire Kenya is achieving as we continue establishing our work, partnerships and community programmes across Kenya.

There is still so much more to build — but every woman supported, every child encouraged, every young person developed and every partnership created takes us another step forward.

🇰🇪 Want to connect, partner or support Sapphire Kenya?
📧 [email protected]

This is Sapphire International.
Local action. Global impact. 💙🌍