Community space
WISE Community Boutique & Lounge
Our first physical home: a welcoming lounge and pre-loved clothing boutique where women can meet, share stories, find clothes for interviews and special occasions, and access support.
Impact
Just getting started — and counting honestly.
WISE is a brand-new CIC. Rather than inflate numbers, we're sharing what we're building, what we're learning, and how you can help shape the impact ahead.
Year 1
Building cohorts
Our first training and mentoring cohorts are being shaped now with women in Woking.
Open
Boutique & lounge
A community space already welcoming women to gather, browse and connect.
Seeking
Founding partners
We're inviting councils, philanthropies and corporates to back our first programmes.
2025–26
First impact report
We'll publish baseline outcomes and learnings at the end of our first full year.
Founder stories
Behind every metric is a woman, a venture and a community.
Training
Enterprise Skills (in design)
A practical first cohort being co-designed with local women — covering business basics, finance, digital skills and sustainable practice.
Mentoring
Mentoring Circles (launching)
Small peer circles paired with experienced founders and advisors, opening for sign-ups as we build our mentor network across Surrey.
Our approach
How we measure
Outcomes, not outputs
We focus on what changed in women's lives, not just how many attended.
Co-designed indicators
Participants help us define what 'success' looks like at the start of every cohort.
Open data
Annual impact reports published with anonymised data, methodology and limitations.
Independent review
Our impact framework is reviewed yearly by an external academic partner.