About Us
The Women's Employment, Enterprise & Training Unit (WEETU) was set up as an independent voluntary agency in 1987 in Norwich and is a not for profit Company Limited by Guarantee. WEETU helps women take control of their economic lives. We offer advice, training and support to develop employment and enterprise opportunities.
Our Mission and Objectives
WEETU helps women to take control of their economic lives through offering advice, training and support to develop employment and enterprise opportunities.
To help us achieve our mission we aim to achieve the following objectives:
To provide information, advice and support to women on education, training, employment, self-employment and related issues and to assist them in making informed decisions about career plans
To lobby both public and private sector organisations and communicate to them the needs of women in education, training and employment issues
To facilitate education and training initiatives in the public and private sector and if necessary to provide training from within the unit
Our Values
Empowerment
We will always strive to empower people both socially and economically
Focus
We will always focus on our customers and put them at the forefront of our services and delivery
Specific
We will always design our services primarily with women in mind to address the barriers they face
Our Impact
Read about the impact our services have by clicking on the links below
The Impact of Peer Lending for Women Borrowing for Enterprise
Financial Capability for Women Pilot Training Course
WEETU: Social Return on Investment Analysis
Retirement Planning: Increasing Financial Awareness for Women
Staff
Weetu has 9 members of staff along with an army of associate trainers and advisors.
The new team is very enthusiastic and are enjoying developing existing training and support programmes while also piloting new services to meet the changing needs of the women we support.
"It was evident,
through interview discussions that all staff and associates are passionate
about the support that WEETU delivers and how the organisation can make a
difference to women's lives"