Check out some of our success stories!
Yorkshire Angels
I left my job having worked within public service (for 18 years) in 2024 to take up other paid employment which didn’t work out. I didn’t know what to do or what I wanted to do with my career moving forward. Then I found Freedom Providers. What I did know was that I wanted…
Dawn’s Home Help
As a former nurse of 45 years I was feeling burnt out. I had a stressful job in mental health, overworked, long client list with limited resources – until I decided to pursue self-employment. I wasn’t sure what form that was going to take but having stumbled across Freedom Providers, my life as a…
Helping Hands
I have worked for the local authority in a care setting for 25 years supporting vulnerable children and adults. My Mum became ill with dementia 11 years ago and sadly has passed away. I looked after my mum with my sisters, but we did need some respite. Our family found it extremely difficult to…
Jennifer Weston Artist, Designer, Writer
I am a multi-disciplinary creative artist living and working in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. I hand produce gemstone jewellery and art for public events and exhibitions. I have been collaborating with Denise for the last couple of months. We worked on developing my jewellery range for wider commercial appeal and to reach a larger market by…
So Visualise
We spoke to the lovely Lisa Borrie of So Visualise about what’s going on during lockdown in her business. “We’re still out there being strong, positive and colourful on social media. Even though lockdown has meant we can’t work with our clients in their retail and physical spaces, we’re still doing client work and innovating…
Thistledown Flowers
Hello, my name is Jenny and my business is Thistledown Flowers. I grow seasonal British flowers for gift bouquets and create bespoke arrangements for any occasion! I care passionately about the environment so I don’t use any nasty pesticides or herbicides and our flowers patch is full of bees, butterflies, and insects galore. All our…
Property Letting
We are Caroline and Philip May. Our Property Letting Business has been established for over 20 years – starting small we now have 15 properties over Scarborough, home to a range of people, singles, couples, families and students. The Student side of the business is branded under “Student Housing Scarborough” on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.…
Recovering Kindred Spirits & Covid 19
This week’s Business showcase highlights the impact of Covid on a business overnight, alongside 10 years business support provided by… Recovering Kindred Spirits supplies achievement tokens to people recovering from addiction to alcohol, drugs, food, gambling and so on. The bulk of our business comes from the Anonymous Groups of members of, for example AA,…
Creative Coaching Creative Cultures
Creative Coaching Creative Cultures supports individuals or business that are looking to change, improve or transform through personal, team, or leadership and management development. I first came up with the idea when i was at a major change time in his life. I had experienced 3 deaths in the family and what I saw as…
Waiting Room
Rob was a senior director with several global organizations. His role before taking on the Waiting Room was as a member of the senior management team for a large European automotive supplier. Sue was the deputy head for a residential special school based in Lancashire. The idea was to develop a MicroPub selling real ales,…