The Circle is an award winning ‘More Than Profit® organisation that supports businesses to make a difference to communities by providing affordable consultancy, training and work-spaces, within an inclusive and friendly community.Â
I believe business needs a new model. I call it More Than Profit ®. The More Than Profit ®  approach is about leadership that embodies strong values, a collective culture, and a dedication to promote diversity, accountability, and transparency. With this approach to business, we can change our society locally and globally.
Kirsty’s story
When my younger sister Elaine was diagnosed with profound and multiple learning disabilities as a child, our family received amazing support from several charities. Organisations such as Barnardo’s and PAMIS helped us face the challenges posed by Elaine’s Microcephaly diagnosis, especially as she requires 24/7 care.Â
My biggest challenge was
There are still plenty of challenges ahead and these continue to face us and all organisations working in the third sector with funding cuts and changes in policy. We need to keep The Circle going, while staying flexible enough to deal with change, and problems – such as Covid, cost of living crisis, energy, managing buildings. The pandemic slowed us down and just when we thought we were getting things moving the energy crisis hit and we need to keep being resilient and reacting to what is required from our community to ensure their services and the communities they impact continue to get the support from us they need to do the good they are doing.
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