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Sonya Lennon

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
164 total appearances

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The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

A country agency because they think in different scale to us, you know.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

So we broke away from them, called it work equal and also dress for success.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

Men were allergic to it because they felt it was a kind of a woman's thing.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

Whereas now we've had so much more men involved in it.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

in both funding and service delivery.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

Our board is 50-50, all of that kind of stuff.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

And so now we get out into the regions, we hit town with a truck full of clothing, a gang of HR volunteers and career guides, and we can serve up to 200 women.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

in a sitting, individually bespoke to their needs.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

Well, we won two, actually.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

We won our category, which was inclusive workplaces, and then nobody was more surprised than us to win the overall award because our team is tiny.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

And, you know, I'm not operationally involved.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

I founded it, I was on the board.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

There's a team of four that create an infrastructure for

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

We've served almost 10,000 women back into work at this stage since we began.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

And those numbers are growing year on year.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

I'm so incredibly happy for the team and proud of what they've achieved.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

So there's that part of you, the social entrepreneur, but then you keep the design side alive as well, don't you?

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

Well, I do, but how I frame design now in my life has very much changed.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

So I suppose about three years ago, I realised with a bit of an epiphany that I was much more interested in concepts, positive impact and social change than I was in stuff.

The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Sonya Lennon

So where I keep my design alive now is...