The Bee Tree Community CIC

The Bee Tree Community CIC is an online community centre created and run by 2 women who between us have a background in nursing, midwifery, counselling, teaching and public health. We hope to support people who are unable for whatever reason to socialise outside of their homes via a continual timetable of group zoom sessions and activities. We understand the lack of resources available to people in our healthcare system currently that could support them on a day to day basis to connect, belong, be creative and practice self care. From personal and professional experience, we understand that going out and having a social life is not as easy as it sounds, and yet is vital for physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being, particularly in terms of supporting people before they reach crisis point. And so, with the help of incredible hosts providing us with a packed, zoom based timetable, this online community centre was born! A place where members can connect with others over their shared interests from their beds if they want to, where they don’t need to be showered and made up, where they can connect with their video and microphone off if they don’t want to actively take part/be seen, where they are physically able to access our sessions without needing to leave their home. Where they are also supported and safeguarded in every session by us as the creators of this service. They are in control, they do what feels right for them in the moment and they become part of a community based in kindness, acceptance, creativity and support. At only £10 monthly for access to all zoom sessions (with the first month free!) we have tried to ensure that our service is affordable and therefore accessible too. We also run and moderate WhatsApp groups that are each associated with our timetabled zoom sessions. This means our members can stay in touch with each other and be a part of our community even when they can't attend every zoom session. We are an ideal resource for health and social professionals to refer people to who could benefit from a social resource like The Bee Tree Community eg social prescribers, counsellors, GPs, practice nurses, mental health teams etc. As well as LinkedIn and Twitter you can find us on Facebook and Instagram @thebeetreecommunity

May 31, 2022

We are a small Community Interest Company created in 2020 by 2 women who are not business or marketing experts by any stretch but created The Bee Tree Community due to understanding how sorely it is needed. We have built and run this online community centre that hosts a huge variety of group Zoom sessions everyday for people who can't or don't want to leave their homes to socialise. Our Zoom sessions currently include: Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Storytime, Art, Bingo & Quiz Night, Knit & Natter, History, Family History, Film & TV Club, Over 60s, Creative Writing, Wordplay, Craft Club, Cooking, Gardening, Book Club. We have done everything ourselves through learning as we went - branding, the website, social media marketing, business maintenance, business management/development, networking etc but given that we are 2 volunteers running this around our other small businesses, families and studies we are struggling. We are absolutely exhausted to put it bluntly! Bee Tree is 2 years old in November 2022 and we are finding it really difficult to be seen by those who we know we could benefit. We are not a charity and not a large CIC and both of those aspects do prevent us from getting the funding we'd ideally use to launch a proper marketing campaign/hire a marketing expert. We therefore need someone with marketing experience to come along and work with us so we can gain more exposure in any way they suggest. We'd like to grow our members by around 100 people every 6 months-1 year to ensure Bee Tree's growth and therefore survival. We currently have 20-30 members. While we can't pay, we will offer free membership, feedback, references, portfolio development etc - anything at all needed by anyone joining us to further them in their career/studies. Our current members would be happy to offer any feedback too as they are passionate about Bee Tree and it's continued running and would be as grateful as we'd be for any assistance in getting us out there and known. Please get in touch if our little community is one you feel you'd like to help. You can read all about us on our website and myself and Debbie would be very happy to Zoom with anyone interested. We live in Prescot (near Liverpool) and Freckleton (near Preston) so if you're close we would be more than happy to meet face to face too for a chat. Thank you Clare x

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The Bee Tree Community CIC

Skills Required

  • Web Development
  • Marketing
  • Strategic Marketing
  • Advertising
  • Seo
  • Business Development
  • Networking
  • Social Media Marketing
  • Concept Development
  • Pr
  • Customer Insight
  • Branding

Posted on Mar 16, 2022

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