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An introduction to ATE’s new Office Manager
I am excited about joining the team at ATE Ghana and look forward to getting stuck in to the challenges ahead as well as getting to know all the volunteers and team members. Not only are their aims worthwhile but their actions are successful and what has been achieved...
SCATE Launch Night
‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.’ Margaret Mead Last Wednesday saw the launch of the Shaw Community link with ATE. Before Sarah Gardner, Founder and Chief...
ATE Apple Juice!
We are excited to be working with My Apple Juice (http://www.myapplejuice.co.uk/) to be producing Action Through Enterprise apple juice. We have an exciting plan to make the most of our supporters windfall or surplus apples, turning them into pure, delicious...
Recruitment of an Office Manager
Recruitment of an Office Manager Established in 2012, this dynamic, fast growing and well-respected charity requires a competent, detail focused individual to play a key supportive role within the team to help drive the organisation forward. The Office Manager...
Summer Newsletter
It's been a very busy and productive year so far for ATE. You can read about our achievements and plans for the year in our fantastic Summer Newsletter! Click on the link below to read it: ATE Newsletter - Summer 2016
Meet ATE’s New Employee – Ernest Tampouri
ATE is delighted to be able to announce the recruitment of Ernest Tampouri as our new Project Assistant in Lawra! Ernest has been a key member of the ATE team as a volunteer, Consultant and ambassador since 2014. He then became a Small Business Owner in July 2015....
First Find Your Beekeepers……….. and then Your Bees……
There has been a long standing history of keeping bees in Lawra where the climate and vegetation are sufficiently fertile to produce the right conditions for beekeeping to survive successfully. For the past few years, beekeepers in Lawra have been few and far...
Farewell to Luke
Luke Hodgson, who had been involved with ATE both as a volunteer and employee for just over 2 years, leaves today for pastures new in the USA. Sarah and her team are immensely grateful to him for his dedication both to ATE and the people of Lawra. The depth of his...
A Night at the Movies – By Kevin Dennis
I went to the movies last night. When I say 'movies', it was in Ramsbury's village hall. I saw a short film (twenty minutes?) about a local girl, a primary school teacher, who'd gone to work for a year in a remote community in North-western Ghana. I will confess to a...
The ATE Film Premiere – a Review
'An empty sack cannot stand.' With those words Habib Albeboure captures the reasons why ATE was founded in 2012. He is the main narrator in the recently released and much anticipated documentary, highlighting the work of ATE in Lawra, Upper West Ghana. The film was...
82 young women are now in our vocational training programme!
When we found them, 100% of the group were unemployed, 83% had considered marrying in order to survive - all of them were worried about their future.
Now, they have hope, they have ambition, they are empowered - they have a life of opportunity ahead.
We're so grateful to be able to do this brilliant work, changing the world for girls who need us the most.
Amazing work!
Fantastic work
Unbelievable change indeed; it's a testament in our community to the unwavering support Action Through Enterprise - ATE has been providing.
Sarah Annable-Gardner was the guest on the Art for Art’s Sake radio show last night. Tune in to hear honest emotional chat, and some brilliant music - including 2 songs by the incredible Wiyaala.
www.mixcloud.com/kennetradio/art-for-arts-sake-13th-november-2025/
Thank you Kennet Radio 106.7 for having her!
2 weeks today - Join us for a mince pie and a celebration! 🎄
Everyone is welcome to join us for an evening of information and celebration, as we mark another incredible year of partnership between our wonderful community here and our friends in Upper West Ghana.
Action Through Enterprise has achieved so much in 2025, and we couldn’t have done it without you. We can’t wait to tell you more – over a glass of wine and a mince pie!