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Hello, I'm Georgie Corrish Cole, the founder and CEO of Shillux, and welcome to today's In Conversation with Podcast.

Today, I'm joined by Natasha Finlayson, OBE, and CEO of Working Chance.

Working Chance is the UK's only employment charity solely for women with convictions.

Regular listeners, viewers, readers will know that giving people with convictions who haven't always had the same opportunities as others,

a chance to get into employment, not to be offended,

is a cause that is really close to my heart, has been for many, many years.

And I'm really thrilled that we're now working with Working Chance.

They work with organisations of all sizes across all sectors to find opportunities for women

that align with their skills and aspirations.

Since 2009, Working Chance has supported thousands of women

into employment and many more on their journeys towards financial independence. Natasha,

it's amazing what you do. I'm so thrilled to be working with you. We held a workshop recently

with a handful of women or with previous convictions who came into office, spent the day

with our team and it was a great success. I'm thrilled that we've had some on the back for

work experience already. Also delighted to be joined by Ade Adio, Adiogu, who is 40 years of age.

She received a prison sentence of 18 months, but was released

after six months for good behaviour. She encountered working chance in 2016 and most recently

came back to them to see if they could help her find a new role. And today she is working

with a company called Social Value Portal where she was appointed

as Social Value Support Ministerate in October 2021 and is thriving in the role. Welcome, Ade.

Thank you. Nice to meet you. You too. Also, I'm thrilled to be joined by Bethany Mackey.

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