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Aldbourne Community Market
A team from ATE attended the Aldbourne Community Spring market last Sunday, armed with brochures, information about ATE’s work, stories from recent trips to Ghana, and items to sell from some of our small business owners. As well as this, ATE was selling honey on...
A Note of Thanks – Ellie Barrett
I would like to thank the staff and consultants of ATE in Lawra for showing us around so generously on our latest visit. I have been fortunate enough to witness from the sidelines, life before ATE and the journey it has taken. What really struck me on my visit, three...
ATE BizATE Evaluation
The evaluation results of Action Through Enterprise’s (ATE) small business development programme (BizATE) are out and beautifully capture how lives in Lawra are being changed for the better. In January 2016, ATE conducted its first formal evaluation of the BizATE...
An Overview of ATE’s Special Needs Awareness Programme (SNAP)
ATE’s SNAP programme is an inspiring example of a community led group which is not only offering the families of disabled children fantastic support, but has also resulted in unprecedented social change through tackling the stigma of disability and changing minds in...
International Women’s Day -2016
Today is international women’s day. This is a global celebration of women, offering respect and appreciation for their many achievements; social, political and cultural. The women of Lawra are a magnificent example of love and courage in action. This is particularly...
ATE Film
ATE is delighted to announce the launch of their film showing the work of the charity in Lawra, a remote part of Upper West Ghana. The film is a joint project between Epiphany Productions (Asif Noorani and Graham Tilley) and ATE. Asif and Graham have generously...
International School Meals Day
International School Meals Day was launched in March 2013, and schools across the world have taken part in this day, which celebrates food and promotes healthy living through the education environment, annually. This international event has the backing of several...
Stephen Hodgson – February trip review
There are times in life when you just have to get on and commit to do things, even though at the time you might not fully understand why. My wife Janet and I committed to support ATE Ghana at its inception: financially through a monthly direct debit from our Company...
Action Through Enterprise (ATE) Joint Film Project with Epiphany Productions
Visit to Lawra – 22nd January to 1st February 2016 I have just returned from Lawra in Upper West Ghana. I was tasked with escorting Asif Noorani (Founding and Managing Partner, Epiphany Productions www.epiphany-productions.co.uk) and Graham Tilley (Creative Director,...
Sara Thompson, Journey of a Volunteer – Week 3
It’s been all change this week with the departure of Team 1, Charles and Dr. Nick, and the arrival of Team 2 – Pip Gardner, Karen Gardner, her boyfriend Ross, and a film crew – Graham and Asif. These last two are here to make several short films about ATE and the work...
We're still celebrating the Third Sector Awards!
Read all about it here: ateghana.org/action-through-enterprise-wins-big-at-awards/
A huge round of applause for your achievement Ernestina Gan 👏👏
Congratulations 🎉🎊🎈
You did great job, congratulations! 🎉
Congratulations 🍾🎊
Whoop whoop - so well deserved
Congratulations to you Sissy 🙌🎊❤️
Congratulations 🎉🎉
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We’ve won! 🏆🎉❤️
We are absolutely delighted to be named Small Charity Big Achiever at the Third Sector Awards 2025! This is truly wonderful recognition of the huge impact we make on our small budget.
Plus, our amazing Ernestina Gan was Highly Commended as an Unsung Hero - so well deserved and incredibly special.
We’re raising a glass across two continents. A huge ‘cheers’ to Action Through Enterprise, to Ernestina Gan (who will always be our Hero), to our team and our beautiful work.
Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition! 🎉
Congratulations 🎊
Congratulations
Well done!!! 🤩🤩🤩
Congratulations to Us and a HUGE ONE to you Ernestina Gan-well deserved!🎊🎊🎊
Huge congratulations - well deserved ✨ and well done Ernestina Gan
This is well Deserved 👏 congratulations to everyone!
Congratulations 👏
Beyond proud of Action Through Enterprise - ATE, our incredible team and our wonderful work. Two awards is completely beyond expectation and overwhelmingly wonderful! Such fantastic recognition of our impact 💚
So pleased for you all hard work paid off. Congratulations all 👏👏
Congratulations everyone at ATE Such an achievement. Well done Sarah. So well deserved. Xx
How fantastic and so utterly well deserved xxxx
💕💕we’ll done ATE, lots of love Sarah xxx
Huge congratulations to the whole ATE team! Well deserved. So incredibly proud of you Saz ❤️
Wow that is amazing and so well deserved. And special congratulations to Ernestina who has made such a difference to so many.
Congratulations! Incredible work xxx
Amazing Sarah Annable-Gardner. I’m so happy for you and your wonderful charity. A well deserved award and well done to Ernestina x
Fantastic , whoop whoop hooray. Couldn’t be prouder, just shows hard work and dedication and a great team what you can do ❤️❤️❤️❤️😊
Wow amazing!! Huge congratulations and so well deserved xxx
Congratulations to the whole team at Action Through Enterprise - ATE and a big one for Ernestina. Well deserved 🎊
Congratulations 🎉 Action Through Enterprise - ATE and to Gan Ernestina
Today is the awards ceremony for the Third Sector Awards where we are shortlisted in TWO categories! Whether we win or not, we are incredibly proud to get so far in the process, of this fantastic recognition and (most of all) of the outstanding work we do every day. We already feel like winners.
In the Small Charity Big Achiever award, we can’t imagine a better candidate for first place. By global standards we are a tiny organisation, but the impact we have is truly gigantic. For every disabled child we enable to thrive, every entrepreneur that can run a successful business, every school girl who can continue her studies, every farmer who can grow crops all year round – our support means everything, and it makes us so proud. We’re a small team punching well above our weight, reaching many thousands of people on a small budget, and making real, long term change.
And in the Unsung Hero category….. Ernestina Gan, we are so incredibly proud of you. From the moment you came to your interview for SNAP Coordinator back in 2018, you have been dedicated to the disabled children of Lawra. That day, you blew bubbles and laughed with the children, you were so kind to the parents, you were confident that you could make their lives better – and you have done exactly that. You have worked tirelessly, always with such passion, empathy and commitment. You have grown your skills, battled through difficult situations, spoken up when you have needed to, and been kind and calm throughout. The milestone of getting 100 disabled children into school is a miracle, and you have made it happen. You are an inspiration, and we are so lucky to have you. In our eyes, there is no better candidate for this award - you are our Hero.
We feel like winners every day. We’re bursting full of hope & ambition for our wonderful charity, and gratitude that we’re able to do what we do. Award winners or not, here’s to an exciting future of change ✨
Congratulations,award well deserved 🌹
Congratulations to her. Hard work really pays.
Congratulations 🎉👏
Congratulations ! Huge impact and achievement
Congratulations in advance 🎊🎉🎈
Congratulations for the opportunity. I wish you the best of luck you deserve it all.
Good luck you all deserve it. The hard work you put in is amazing 👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks so much! I'm grateful for the recognition and support.
Congratulations
So proud Action Through Enterprise - ATE. Congratulations to us for this huge recognition ❤️
Congratulations
Huge congratulations to Action Through Enterprise - ATE and Ernestina Gan on the well-deserved recognition!🎉🎉 Fingers crossed for a win 🏆
Love this 💚 So proud of Action Through Enterprise - ATE and especially our wonderful Ernestina Gan.
Congratulations 🎊
Congratulations 🎊