Naked Wines’ Post

There’s an annual tradition that’s very close to our hearts at Naked Wines. Every year we bring the Naked Wines community together to help winemaker Carmen Stevens feed hungry school children in the poor districts around Stellenbosch. Over the last 8 years, we've raised over £2.6million to feed 38 million meals to 117,000 hungry mouths. This April, for the ninth year in a row we'll be launching a fundraiser to raise vital funds to support over 25,000 children for another year. So please, join us in giving what you can to Carmen’s kids 🍽️ You can donate from £2 by visiting our Just Giving page: https://lnkd.in/e8_8r9Yq #CarmensKids #donate #fundraiser

At the recent Future of Customer Contact Conference Neil Gregory, Head of Customer Happiness at Naked Wines broke down the habits of happiness Naked Wines have put in place, and kept at the forefront of their minds, to make sure that their team members and their customers stay happy, and to ensure they never lose sight of the human element that’s vital to increasing customer loyalty and advocacy for their brand. Watch here > https://bit.ly/3JeeJ6D

Pardon the soppy dad moment… Something occurred to me this week when I was talking to one of our women winemakers. As parents, we think everyday about the way we're raising our kids. Our biggest worry is making sure they grow up happy and loved. And that when they grow up, they go on to achieve their dreams, whatever they may be. I feel lucky that my little girls are at least growing up in a world today where they get to see incredible women achieving incredible things in all walks of life. Which wasn't always the case. If one of them tells me they want to be an astronaut, a doctor or (dare I say it?) a winemaker… I know that if they work hard enough, they can achieve anything they want. That said, I know there are still many challenges women face today that I couldn’t even begin to comprehend. That's not a dig at us boys, just a fact. So today, I wanted to raise a glass to all our incredible trail-blazing women winemakers who, as well as making some of the most delicious wines you’ll ever taste, are paving the way for more women to follow their winemaking dreams in the future. If my daughters turn out anything like the women I get to work with as part of our Naked Wines family… I’ll be able to rest easy knowing I’ve done my job So here’s to you, ladies. Thank you for being a role model for young girls everywhere. #internationalwomensday #womeninwine #inspireinclusion

Did you know that just 3.5% of equity investment goes to female-founded startups? The start-up / scale-up world is tough, and even tougher if you’re female. It’s infuriating. That hasn’t stopped these trailblazers: 1. Jodie Teare. Founder of Lullaloop. Created the perfect solution to one of my personal and biggest parental guilts - what to do with outgrown children's clothes. A beautiful and practical bundle of clothes to rent for a few months, to switch up to the next size and new designs when they get too small. Simple, effective, genius. 2. Lydia Gregory. Founder of Figaro.ai. Took her passion for music and combined it with AI (before we had ever heard of it) to create an intuitive search engine for music. 3. Laura Riches and Laura Rosenberger. Co-founders of Laylo. Ex-Naked staffers. They’ve taken all they know and love about the wine world, and channelled it into everything boxed. If Laylo is good enough for Downing Street… 4. Alexandra Rico-Lloyd. Founder of Bike Club. Another business model that makes so much sense you wonder why it hadn’t been done before. Subscription bikes for kids. Reducing waste AND reducing parent spend. Of course it’s flying. 5. Ellie Hunt. Founder of @hawksburyhuntflowers. Established her own wildly successful flower farm whilst raising two kids under three. A true force of nature. Some of these are friends, some are people I admire from afar, but all are inspirational. If you do one thing today, support a female founded business. It’s tough out there. They need you #internationalwomensday #equityfundinggap