{"id":1942,"date":"2016-05-20T11:27:43","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T11:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happiness-speaker.co.uk\/?p=1942"},"modified":"2016-05-20T11:27:43","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T11:27:43","slug":"time-is-running-out-for-hopeful-south-yorkshire-entrepreneur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/building.happiness-speaker.com\/?p=1942","title":{"rendered":"Time is Running Out for Hopeful South Yorkshire Entrepreneur"},"content":{"rendered":"

Date: 20th<\/sup> May 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time is Running Out for Hopeful South Yorkshire Entrepreneur<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"FrederikaSouth Yorkshire businesswoman Frederika Roberts and her colleagues have just 3 days left to gather enough public votes to go through to a \u2018Pitchathon\u2019 organised by Richard Branson as part of the Virgin Media Business VOOM 2016 competition.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cIt is not ok that suicide is the most common cause of death for boys aged between 5 and 19, and the second most common for girls of that age.\u00a0 It is not ok that nearly a quarter (23%) of children being referred to CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) are being turned away.\u00a0 We believe the answer to the children\u2019s mental health crisis lies in prevention through social and emotional learning programmes and we are urging Yorkshire residents and businesses to vote for our VOOM pitch in order to help us reach more children with our \u2018Resilience Wellbeing Success<\/a>\u2019 programme\u201d says Frederika.<\/p>\n

The RWS programme was founded by Laughter Yoga leader and happiness & resilience expert Frederika, triple Paralympic Medallist Elizabeth and double Blood Cancer Survivor Jayne.\u00a0 It runs in primary schools for up to 11 weeks and early results from pilot schools show that pupils who have been through the programme are happier, better at focusing on tasks and at overcoming life\u2019s challenges, and have learnt how to set and achieve goals.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u2018\u2018Virgin Media Business VOOM 2016 is all about seeking out, supporting and celebrating the UK\u2019s and Ireland\u2019s most exciting businesses. It\u2019s the biggest and most valuable pitch competition out there – we\u2019re hoping everyone will find a way to get involved!\u2019 says Sir Richard Branson.<\/p>\n

As well as showing your support for a local business, your votes could result in Virgin Media Business crowning South Yorkshire as Britain\u2019s most entrepreneurial county \u2026 so get voting now!<\/p>\n

Voting for VOOM 2016 is now open at www.bit.ly\/RWSVoom<\/a><\/p>\n

ENDS<\/strong><\/p>\n

For more information, contact:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Frederika Roberts, fred@rws.today<\/a>, t: 07984 806 651<\/p>\n

Jayne Snell, jayne@rws.today<\/a>, t: 07757 699 935<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Wright, liz@rws.today<\/a>, t: 07532 046 242<\/p>\n

www.rws.today<\/a><\/p>\n

Twitter: @RWSuccess<\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook: \/rwsuccess<\/a><\/p>\n

Notes for Editors<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The RWS programme was developed by Frederika Roberts (The Happiness Speaker<\/a>), Jayne Snell (Parachute of Dreams<\/a>) and Elizabeth Wright (The Goal Journey Coach<\/a>) to bring a combination of inspiration and a practical Resilience, Wellbeing and Success toolkit to pupils, their teachers and their parents, in order to better equip the next generation for the strains and stresses of life and enable them to make the most of what life has to offer.<\/p>\n

In developing the programme, Frederika, Jayne and Elizabeth sought advice and feedback from educators and other associated individuals and their programme has been described as being very much needed in schools and as being \u2018robust\u2019.<\/p>\n

Children’s Mental Health Crisis*<\/strong><\/h4>\n