Raise Her
A six week coaching led programme helping final year women step into their next chapter with more confidence, clarity and community. You do not need a polished idea or a business plan. Curiosity is enough.
For women aged 20 to 22 in their third or final year of university. Maximum 30 participants.
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If you were ten per cent braver, what would you do?
You may already have ideas, ambition and the skills to build something of your own. The harder part can be trusting yourself enough to start.
Raise Her is designed to help you build confidence, find your voice, reframe failure and take the first imperfect step towards the future you want. The sessions are led through coaching, discussion and practical challenges, not long lectures. The group stays small so everyone can take part.
“If I were 10% braver, what would I do?”
Who it is for
The cohort is intentionally small, with a maximum of 30 participants from universities across the UK. Small enough that everyone gets airtime.
You are aged 20 to 22 and in your third or final year of university
You are curious about entrepreneurship, even without a business idea yet
You want to build confidence and get clearer about what comes next
You would like a supportive community of ambitious young women around you
The programme
A live kick off opens the programme. An in person celebration lunch closes it. These four workshops sit between them.
Kick off
A live online session to meet the cohort and set the tone for the weeks ahead.
We start together. You meet the women you will spend six weeks with, set a few intentions and get a feel for how the programme works. Nothing to prepare. Just come as you are.
Session 1
Confidence starts with self awareness.
Explore your strengths, values and the stories you tell yourself about what you can and cannot do. Most of us carry a few of those stories for years without ever questioning them. This session is where that starts to change.
Session 2
Entrepreneurship is a mindset, not a business plan.
Learn to notice problems, think differently, experiment and take action before everything feels perfectly worked out. Waiting for the perfect moment is usually just a slower way of not starting.
Session 3
Confidence is not fearless. It is speaking anyway.
Build confidence in expressing your ideas, having difficult conversations, networking and showing up in the room. The skills you practise here will follow you into interviews, first jobs and every meeting after that.
Session 4
Small actions create big futures.
Turn what you have learned into a practical 90 day plan, and decide what you are ready to stop waiting for permission to do. You leave with something concrete, not a folder of notes you will never open.
How it works
This is not a programme where you sit through hours of presentations. Each session is interactive and built around five themes. You will take part in coaching exercises, small group conversations, personal reflections and practical challenges you can carry into the week that follows.
The kind that survives a bad day.
Trusting your own judgement first.
Knowing who you are, not just what you do.
A way of thinking you can use anywhere.
People who remember your name and your plans.
Meet the women leading Raise Her
From psychology and leadership to entrepreneurship and founder experience, each session is led by someone who brings both professional expertise and real life perspective to the conversation.
Lecturer in Psychology, Birmingham City University
Leading: Who am I becoming?
Talent Strategist and Founder, Hirehoot
Leading: Thinking like a founder
Global Executive and Leadership Coach
Leading: Finding your voice
Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Birmingham City University
Leading: Designing your next chapter
The closing event
We finish the programme together in person. The closing lunch is a chance to reflect on your six week journey, share your 90 day plan and reconnect with the cohort, peers and mentors.
You will also reopen the letter you wrote to your future self at the very beginning of Raise Her. It is usually a good moment.
By the end of Raise Her, here is what you leave with.
A clearer understanding of your strengths, values and story.
More comfort with curiosity, imperfect action and learning through failure.
More confidence speaking up, networking and advocating for yourself.
A practical next step and the accountability to take it.
Relationships with ambitious women from universities across the UK.
Places are limited to 30 participants.
Application
Raise Her is designed as a small, highly interactive programme, so places are limited to 30 participants.
Applications are not first come, first served. We review every application after the deadline and select a cohort based on fit, motivation and a good mix of experiences and perspectives.
You do not need a business or a fully formed idea. We are looking for women who are curious, open to taking part and ready to make the most of the six weeks.