Meet our members


Members constantly tell us that meeting talented, like minded people is an unexpected bonus of membership. Each guided workshop will allow you to build your network whilst you explore your future career options.

Member outcomes 9-12 months after joining:

Over 30% negotiate changes to their work: e.g. moving to a new department or role
Nearly 20% make a total career change: different job, different sector
Over 25% secure a similar job in a different sector
Around 20% make no change for varied reasons


The make up of our members:

Over 80% join for 'positive' reasons: curiosity, a desire to explore their options and wanting to meet new people
- 40% work full-time
- 20% contract or work part-time
- 18% are actively looking
- 14% are entrepreneurs
- Over 90% have a higher education qualification
- Many have Masters, PhD's, MBAs or chartered professional status

- 40% are men
- 60% are women

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Our Brave Starters

These are just a few of our awesome members who have been through our programmes and found what their next steps can be with the support our community!

Natalie Hayes

Meet Natalie, who worked in a large corporate and is now working for a smaller local business. Natalie is a mum who returned to work after a previous career in corporate marketing and decided to move to a more all encompassing marketing and customer engagement manager role at a smaller local business.

Natalie Hayes
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Greg Scott

​Meet Greg, who is 64 and has had a varied career, including Medical Microbiologist, Management Accountant, Software Developer, and Head of ICT in secondary schools. Greg recently retrained in Data Analysis and is now working as a Data Analyst at the NHS.

Greg Scott
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Rachel Cockett

Meet Rachel, who was the Director of Development at Birmingham Museums Trust and is now freelancing as a Business Planning Consultant and volunteering as a charity Trustee.

Rachel Cockett
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Graham Heddle

Meet Graham, who was a partner in a private equity business for 23 years, and is now a charity trustee + explorer of many paths. Hear about his journey from leaving his old career behind, feeling lost about his next career steps, joining Brave Starts, and discovering that the right jobs will find you when you're going in the right direction.

Graham Heddle
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Andrew Chalinder

Meet Andrew, who had an illustrious career in International Development, working for Oxfam, UNICEF and Save the Children in several African countries. After joining Brave Starts, Andrew attended one of our workshops, which led him to explore the option of franchising. He is now running his own travel franchise!

Andrew Chalinder
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