About Us: Our Journey and Commitment
Meet our founder
The Be Noble Workshop CIC was designed using my experience as a drama teacher, my lived experience, and the therapeutic support I received. In 2017, I had an experience that at the time seemed like the worst thing that could possibly happen to me and represented my rock bottom. However, it ended up being the experience that made me whole and changed my life. Due to that experience, I was able to become emotionally and mentally whole as a person. For the first time, I was able to look at my negative life experiences and past trauma as a good thing and not as a negative or a rock around my neck. But I was faced with no longer being welcome or accepted in the profession I had been in as a teacher. So, I found myself in a position where I was now whole and happy but lacked direction and didn't know where to go. It was suggested to me to create my own program to work with people who had had a similar experience to mine, using my drama teaching experience, especially, to help me do that. Which is what I did. This program was created with the objective to allow others to feel how I felt and to share the steps I was taking to improve my life. My self-esteem, self-worth, direction, and, most importantly, my relationships were all enhanced, and hence the Be Noble Workshop CIC was born.
“We believe everyone deserves a chance to shine, and we are committed to providing opportunities for individuals to build the confidence and skills they need to change their lives. By working primarily with charities and not-for-profit organizations, we aim to reach those who need our services most.”
“People with lived experience are able to offer a unique perspective into how services work and the best support needed for others. This unique perspective is being under-utilized. We can be encouraging people with lived experience to become fundamental members of our statutory organisations to ensure that we are delivering support in the most efficient way”
THE STORY CONTINUES….
Due to the success of my workshop, I ended up being employed by Anawim Women’s Centre, which allowed me to develop as a support worker and as a women's involvement worker. This experience helped me understand, on a deeper level, the issues faced and the support needed for people with complex needs—whether that be mental health challenges, domestic violence, a history of trauma, recovery from substance misuse, involvement in the criminal justice system, or all of the above. I'm forever grateful for the opportunity to do that. This was also the time I worked for a children's home, which gave me another perspective on preventative measures for the people I was working with, breaking generational cycles of trauma.
The most important thing I learned from my experience in 2017 and also from my time working for Anawim was that the behaviors I and others exhibited were not because we were bad people, deficient, or because there was something wrong with us. It was due to the life experiences we had. We hadn't been shown another way, and a lot of the time, our behavior was in response to the trauma we had survived.