Give it Away was formed with the sole purpose of trying to
make profits from the property market in order to support a variety of
Charities. Since its beginning in 2006, I have built 8 new houses and supported
over 12 different Charities. Building houses is not traditionally a work
place where you find an abundance of women but I often think that with a
feminine approach to the detail of how a house needs to be finished (and on time)
in order to make a good sale, it is an area well suited to us!
In terms of choosing which Charities could benefit from
these donations I took a similarly detailed approach. By researching
those who supported children with multiple physical and mental challenges in
homes where finance was strained together with finding concerns who mentored
young people out of difficulty to face a better future, I formed the basis for
Give it Away. Donations are made to “projects” and because I choose the smaller
Charities working locally I am able to see exactly how these monies make a
difference to many families.
I am a firm believer in trying to create career
opportunities for young people and to develop skills and interests they may not
know they had so that they are less likely to face a crisis in their formative
years. SATRO do this at a time when there is considerable need for young
people to focus on technology and innovation giving them practical experience
in a range of related subjects they may never have considered exploring . If
this happens to include more young girls taking an interest in non-traditional
career roles so much the better – I have not found it a problem!
If I could exhort more people in their middle years to use
their valuable experience and resources to “earn” money or offer “time” to help
young people find a better future, I will have achieved something!
- Charlotte Grobien, OBE
