KAREN CRUISE —

BOARD MEMBER

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Karen is the founder and director of an award-winning international, Social Enterprise – Flourished Minds Ltd – who specialise in coaching young people to be their very best – socially and emotionally. 

Karen knows only too well what it feels like to have low self-worth after being written off at school, yet with the proper support and mindset achieved lots of successes in her life: she became a senior manager for one of the largest social housing companies in West Yorkshire, attended university and gained a Batchelor of Arts degree aged 36, passed her GCSEs at 52, and now owns two successful coaching companies.

Karen started Flourished Minds just before lockdown in 2020 and since then has been awarded nearly £80,000 in grants to coach children in primary and secondary schools.

Her company also coaches college and university students, as well as parents and teachers alike. Her company is on a mission to positively change millions of children’s lives.