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Your community, your magazine...<br />
<strong>November</strong> <strong>2013</strong> Edition<br />
Inside: Local stories,<br />
people and businesses<br />
PAGE 4 PAGE 9 PAGE 10<br />
Local events<br />
PAGE 12 PAGE 14 PAGE 7<br />
Rapid Sales Growth<br />
PAGE 15 Theo Ross<br />
Sales Coach<br />
PAGE 5 PAGE 6<br />
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unique introduction<br />
“<br />
Hello everyone and welcome to <strong>November</strong>s edition of <strong>Unique</strong> Cheltenham the<br />
Community Business <strong>Magazine</strong>. Really happy with the reaction to our first magazine<br />
which was launched in July 13, thank you for your kind support and wise words. It is<br />
great that we have got some quality local business and trades people now advertising<br />
with us in <strong>Unique</strong> in addition to our sponsored charities Winstons Wish and Emmaus.<br />
We still have some advertising space available for local business owners and I also<br />
help local businesses get additional sales and support at <strong>Unique</strong> Business Networking<br />
which is held every Wednesday from 06:45 - 08:30am in Gloucester. If you are<br />
interested in advertising or want to come along to see what <strong>Unique</strong> Networking is all<br />
about please call me on 07731 899854 for more information.<br />
Please also send in your personal and local community stories and events as we<br />
really want to hear from you! Please email your stories to steveunique@yahoo.co.uk<br />
<strong>Unique</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> will donate a minimum of 25% of Profits to our sponsored<br />
charities Winstons Wish and Emmaus. Now that is <strong>Unique</strong>, come and join the<br />
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Steve Taylor, Founder<br />
inside...<br />
PAGE 4 charity<br />
PAGE 14 what’s on<br />
PAGE 5 business coaching PAGE 15 recruitment<br />
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printing<br />
business security<br />
advertising benefits<br />
coffee and cake<br />
charity<br />
recommendations<br />
photography<br />
business of the month<br />
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Winston’s Wish is<br />
asking runners to put<br />
their best foot forward<br />
for Cheltenham’s<br />
Half Marathon <strong>2013</strong>.<br />
Winston’s Wish, the leading charity for childhood bereavement, is very excited to have been<br />
nominated as the official charity partner for the new Cheltenham Half Marathon. Runners will hit<br />
the streets on Sunday 15 September through the very heart of Cheltenham in this exciting new<br />
race. Runners who join Team Winston will be helping to raise vital funds to support specialist<br />
bereavement care for children confronted by the death of a parent or sibling.<br />
Catherine Ind, Acting Chief Executive at Winston’s Wish said: “We are honoured to be involved<br />
with this new half marathon and for it to be on our doorstep! This is a great challenge and we hope<br />
people will be inspired to run, raise money for Winston’s Wish and give bereaved children hope and<br />
confidence for a brighter future. We are looking forward to supporting all our runners and cheering<br />
them on as they cross the finish line!”<br />
With months to go before the big day, there’s plenty of time to train for the race, even for complete<br />
beginners. Our runners always find that running for a charity provides that extra motivation and<br />
inspiration to stick to a fitness plan. Winston’s Wish has a wonderful running ethos and we will<br />
be there throughout your race journey providing support, training advice as well as cheers and<br />
encouragement on race day.<br />
We believe that Cheltenham’s wide streets and beautiful tree lined regency architecture provide the<br />
perfect running track for a traffic-free road race. The proposed route has even been designed to be<br />
mainly flat, to suit all abilities; meaning no excuse, this is definitely an event not to be missed!<br />
Each year over 24,000 children will receive the life changing news that their parent or sibling has<br />
died. With the support of Team Winston runners, Winston’s Wish will continue to strive to meet the<br />
ever increasing demand on its services. Winston’s Wish supports many thousands of children<br />
and their families every year through our in depth, specialist<br />
bereavement programmes.<br />
For more information visit www.winstonswish.org.uk.<br />
To join Team Winston and be a part of this exciting new event then<br />
don’t delay, email community@winstonswish.org.uk or call 01242<br />
515157 today and bag your place before they are all snapped up!<br />
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uniquecheltenham.co.uk/charity
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Hilary and Rob of Emmaus Cheltenham<br />
a unique approach to homelessness<br />
Tucked down Henrietta Street,<br />
behind the Brewery the Emmaus<br />
Charity Shop might look like any<br />
other, selling furniture, bric a brac<br />
and clothing. But did you know that<br />
this shop is part of an international<br />
movement that has a UNIQUE<br />
approach to homelessness?<br />
Emmaus Gloucestershire is one of 26<br />
communities in the UK providing homeless<br />
people with a place to live and work.<br />
The shop in Cheltenham is one of four in<br />
Gloucestershire that supports 23 formerly<br />
homeless people, called companions. It is<br />
UNIQUELY staffed - in return for board and<br />
lodging companions give up the right to state<br />
benefits and work 40 hours in the shops and<br />
furniture warehouse.<br />
We have a UNIQUE way of using the surplus<br />
that we generate – we give it to others<br />
who need it more than we do. This can be<br />
local charities, individual families in need,<br />
and international aid projects. Currently we<br />
are supporting homelessness services in<br />
Gloucestershire and several projects in India.<br />
It’s not about the money we generate and<br />
the excellent shops we provide in four<br />
communities, it is about changing lives.<br />
We have believe that in helping others we<br />
help ourselves, and that meaningful work<br />
restores dignity and inclusion in society.<br />
The perception of people who are homeless<br />
is that they are a drain on society, but the<br />
residents of Emmaus Communities turn this<br />
perception on its head. Not only do they work<br />
to support themselves, but they also work to<br />
help others.<br />
It is a UNIQUE and successful business<br />
run much like a co-operative. All goods<br />
are donated and are sold on at low prices<br />
with a high turnover of stock. We don’t<br />
sell new goods or pay for our stock. The<br />
people of Gloucestershire generously give<br />
their unwanted goods and larger items are<br />
collected free of charge. Emmaus rarely<br />
says no to goods offered and we dispose of<br />
the things we can’t sell in way that doesn’t<br />
damage the environment – last year we<br />
saved 415 tonnes from landfill.<br />
It is a UNIQUE business and successful<br />
business model. In 2011 UK research<br />
(Just Economics) forecast a Social Return<br />
on investment (SROI) of £11 for every £1<br />
invested. The savings to taxpayers for every<br />
companion living and working at Emmaus<br />
Gloucestershire is calculated to be £47,442.<br />
The first Emmaus Companion, living with<br />
the founder Abbé Pierre in 1948 in France<br />
helped to build temporary homes for those<br />
in need, first in the priest’s own garden,<br />
then wherever land could be bought or<br />
scrounged. He later said; “Whatever else<br />
he might have given me - money, home,<br />
somewhere to work - I’d have still tried to kill<br />
myself again. What I was missing, and what<br />
he offered, was something to live for.”<br />
It’s UNIQUE – but it works! It works because<br />
companions work 40 hours a week to make<br />
us independent and surplus generating. It<br />
works because the people of Cheltenham<br />
and Gloucestershire provide us with the<br />
goods to sell and come and buy from us.<br />
Most importantly it works because we work<br />
for others and make a difference to lives<br />
home and abroad.<br />
visit us at 19 Henrietta St Cheltenham GL50 4AA Tel: 01242 269734<br />
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Voted for by<br />
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These are just a selection of the many<br />
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THIS MONTH’S TOP 3 LOCAL<br />
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unique<br />
business of<br />
the month...<br />
Rapid Sales Growth<br />
Theo Ross<br />
Sales Coach<br />
Every month we choose our business m. of 07973 the 898982 month and<br />
create this feature highlighting a great local company.<br />
This month we have chosen SMBC13.<br />
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SMBC13 is a business consultancy which concentrates on accelerating clients sales immediately to<br />
increase their profits. They work with small and medium sized companies where they give them an<br />
honest appraisal on how they see their business strengths and weaknesses and how they can take<br />
them to the next level.<br />
SMBC13 help business owners from evaluating their business plan/strategy and then create a<br />
Bespoke Action Plan with 3/4 key drivers to ramp up your Sales and Profits. They then review and<br />
recommend a marketing plan and reduce costs into the business.<br />
They work with business owners on short-term one-off activities or can work within the business to<br />
achieve long-term profitability.<br />
SMBC13 specialise in:<br />
Rapid Sales Growth<br />
Business Coaching<br />
Rapid Sales Growth<br />
Marketing Strategy<br />
Social Media<br />
Steve Taylor<br />
Owner of SMBC13<br />
Areas of expertise:<br />
Rapid Sales Growth<br />
Identifying key money making drivers<br />
Excellent Customer Service<br />
Business networking<br />
Improving Small and medium sized businesses<br />
Call smbc13 on 01242 699752 (don’t forget to mention unique!)<br />
“At unique we like SMBC13 because they help other local<br />
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Find out more, visit... smbc13.co.uk<br />
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unique cheltenham<br />
events in <strong>November</strong><br />
A selection of events & happenings<br />
in the local community including<br />
business launches and functions:<br />
Everyman Theatre<br />
Cheltenham<br />
Room on the broom<br />
Fri 1st Nov - Sat 2nd Nov<br />
Coyote on a fence<br />
Fri 1st Nov - Sat 2nd Nov<br />
The Complete Works of<br />
William Shakespeare<br />
Fri 1st Nov - Sat 2nd Nov<br />
Last Night of the Proms<br />
Sun 3rd Nov<br />
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Tue 5th Nov - Sat 9th Nov<br />
Chin Chin<br />
Mon 18th Nov - Sat 23rd Nov<br />
The Emperors New Clothes Mon 25th Nov - Fri 29th Nov<br />
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Centaur<br />
Cheltenham Racecourse<br />
Jools Holland & his rhythm & blues orchestra Sat 9th Nov<br />
Got an event you want to see featured here?<br />
Please email us at steveunique@yahoo.co.uk<br />
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