Whether they’re embarking on a new career as a freelance journalist, life coach, web designer or counsellor, Lotus Courses provides a complete bespoke Home Business Start-up Programme and ongoing support service for UK mothers hoping to set up their own home-based business.
Each Lotus programme combines home-study training and a range of workshops and online courses, with home business support and mentoring for this new breed of savvy ‘business-
Solely targeted at women who value both quality family-time and meaning and purpose in their work, Lotus offers training in a wide range of subject areas, from aromatherapy to child day care and from interior design to fiction writing, as well as fundamental business skills. In addition to this, Lotus also provides a support hub in the form of home business mentoring, life and confidence coaching and access to a growing network of like-minded business-mums to provide inspiration and encouragement.
A recent study* revealed that more than a third of business-mums chose a career that enabled them to work from home so that they could be a stay-at-home-
Leigh Hunt, Founder of Lotus Courses and herself a successful business-mum, says: “Lotus is committed to supporting women in their search for a better balance between life and work. Through coaching, training and home business support, it’s our mission to arm women with the vision, confidence and skills to run their own home based business and, more specifically, businesses that can work in harmony with family and personal commitments. In today’s society, many women feel a work/life imbalance and with it a perpetual feeling of guilt. At the core of Lotus’ philosophy is the belief that all women should be free to live a full and balanced life, finding fulfilment in personal, family and work commitments – guilt-free”.
Lotus’ unique Home Business Start-up Programmes are designed specifically for women who have made the exciting decision to retrain and become their own boss. Each four-step Programme includes: success coaching to identify strengths; home-study leading to a recognised qualification as well as training in essential business areas such as bookkeeping and marketing; start-up mentoring from an experienced business-mum who can offer advice and support to get the business off the ground and finally ongoing home business support which offers access to discounts on further professional development courses and lifetime membership to Lotus’ growing community of business-mums. The Programmes cost just £695 and are currently available for women choosing to start their own home based business in the following areas (with more to be added in the future):
Freelance Journalist
Interior Designer
Web Designer
Life Coach
Virtual Assistant
Child Day Carer
Aromatherapist
Counsellor
Bookkeeper
Fiction Writer
Combined Writer & Journalist
For those women who are already in the early stages of starting their own home based business, for example, freelancing in other sectors, buying a franchise or launching an online shop, Lotus has also designed the ‘Plan for Success’ Start-up Programme. Again including success coaching and home business mentoring, this particular Programme aims to help with the thorough planning required to maximise start-up success and incorporates the Business Planning Diploma to guide budding business-mums through creating, and finishing, their business plan to turn their dream enterprise into a reality.
To find out more about how Lotus Courses can help you get your own home business off the ground, visit www.lotuscourses.com or call 0845 094 5889.
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To arrange an interview or for further press information, please contact Lesley Singleton at Lesley@lsmedia.co.uk or 07926 160 389.
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* Study conducted by Yellow Pages (in conjunction with the London School of Economics), September 2006
