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SERVICES OFFERED

We offer the following services to our members

	Support structures	More info....
	Networking	More info....
	Role Modelling/Mentorship	More info....
	Increase Accessibility & Training	More info....
	Entrepreneurship	More info....
	Collaboration	More info....
	International Labour Organisation (ILO) Empowerment of Women in the Tourism Industry - Women in Finance are represented on the Steering Committee.
	Women in Finance are represented on the Steering Committee
	ILO Non-Profit Organisation – Corporate Governance Workshops
	BUSA/ILO FAMOS programme for targeted assistance and special benefits for women entrepreneurs

SPECIAL BENEFITS

WIF Youth Committee - WIF has a Youth Committee which looks for opportunities to give support to youth (under 25’s) initiatives through connection and collaboration.


The focus is on initiatives which:
·	Assist grade 9’s, 11’s and 12’s with their subject, career and study choices.
·	Help prepare and skill school leavers and graduates for the adult working world.
·	Help young people develop practical entrepreneurial abilities and overcome the pitfalls of being self employed.


We use our network of members, and their networks, to connect existing youth initiatives to other organisations or to our members for:
·	Mentorship opportunities
·	Access to information about different business sectors
·	Access to programme sponsorship
·	Opportunities for work experience or internships

	Click here for more information (PDF)

Support structures for women empowerment

	To encourage a supportive environment which will give individuals the confidence in taking on new challenges by being a member of a larger group of people operating within the industry;
	To provide a national vehicle that brings together women and small business to address the challenges faced by those women;

Networking

	To provide networking opportunities for individuals to meet other people from other organizations that they would ordinarily not have met, to make contacts and use these to either develop mentoring opportunities or business contacts;
	One example of these is our very successful Hot Tables Event that have been run monthly since July 2006 including 9 or 10 hosts that are experts in their various fields and approximately 90 – 100 members and non-member of Women in Finance.
	The idea of these evenings is to offer guests an inspirational discussion with an expert in their field in an intimate, small group environment. Events are run as learning and networking opportunities. Events are open to all women and men whether they are in a corporate business of an SMME.
	Guests choose a table of ten to begin with and then move to a different table after each course of a three-course meal.

Role Modelling/Mentorship

	To develop a group of senior individuals, men and women, that are willing to share experience and knowledge with others and who are happy to assist those coming up the ladder;
	The Women in Finance Mentorship Programme sponsored by Standard Bank was launched in August 2007. As part of BizVault, Women in Finance will also be offering an on-line mentorship portal. To enroll on the Mentorship programme, click here

Increase Accessibility & Training

To facilitate access to training in all aspects of skills required to be in business, be they soft skills or business skills or specific financial services skills;

Entrepreneurship

	To actively assist in the creation of new and empowered, successful SMME's
	To actively assist SMMEs with access to finance;
	To promote the existing SMMEs already operating in the market in an endeavour to promote growth;

Collaboration

	To provide a forum where women and small businesses can share their experiences and where challenges can be debated and solutions sought on a collective basis;
	To form alliances with other bodies or organizations with similar objectives at both a national and international level, and to leverage the relationships arising out of these alignments for the benefit of its Members;
	Borne out in the establishment of the United Businesswomen of South Africa which is the umbrella body for currently 18 organisations that have taken up membership of Business Unity South Africa.