Giv’Organic New Ethical Gift Experiences Website Launched

Launched this week in time for Valentine’s Day is Giv’Organic www.giv-organic.co.uk – a totally new concept in online experience shopping for gift seekers with a conscience. Everything on the site is organic, natural or eco-friendly, meaning the giver can show love for the recipient AND the planet. And for the whole month of February to celebrate the launch, Giv’Organic is offering a 10% discount on all gifts and experiences.

With all the gifts, ranging from green products and services, outdoor and indoor discoveries and entertainment, beauty, health and spa packages with an ethical or environmental message, the site is ideal for presents for all the family, friends and colleagues of all ages and from all walks of life. The site also offers gift vouchers for unsure shoppers so the recipient can choose their own special ethical gift.

Uniquely, Giv’Organic face value vouchers can be redeemed not only for experiences on the website but also other online eco-store partners offering ethical garments, organic baby products, cosmetics, organic plants and animal elixirs.

With each gift carefully selected Giv’Organic provides quick service and is currently offering special deals and gift ideas for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and Easter. All Giv’Organic gift experiences are specially selected to create well being not only for the recipient but also for the environment – we seek to preserve natural resources, meaning the recipient can be secure in the knowledge that they are enjoying a day out without harming the planet.

Gift ideas include greening your wardrobe with a personal shopper, nature breaks, outdoor adventures, and even donations to charities such as Greenpeace. You can visit Nature’s World, go on a boat trip at Fairhaven, have a guided tour around an organic vineyard or treat someone to a luxury facial or body treatment. For something really special treat someone to a perfumery or nutrition weekend, an Indian head massage or have an hair stylist make you over at Jigami.

Giv’Organic experiences start at just £10 and gift vouchers ranging in value from £25 to £150.

The site is newly launched with new gifts and experiences added on a regular basis. There is an option to sign up for an email newsletter to receive regular information and offers. The company itself aims to be eco-friendly in all respects and is currently awaiting carbon neutral assessment. Recipients receive their gift vouchers and envelopes printed on recycled paper.

Precilia Godart, the brains behind Giv'Organic and a LWMB "member" would like to offer all members of LWMB a 10% discount code available until the 28th of February 2011.  Just insert the code LWMB2011 to insert at the checkout.

Happy shopping!

A PHOTOGRAPHER WITH A DIFFERENCE - CLAIRE SWINDALE

If you were at the January meeting of London Women Mean Business, you may have noticed a photographer in the room clicking away unobtrusively so that we could have a reminder of the evening.  Thank you to Claire Swindale for agreeing to be our "official" photographer for the evening, we really appreciated it.  Here's a little more info about Claire, and details of a special offer for LWMB.

Claire started her career in advertising as an Account Handler and Creative, her ultimate achievement being the design, implementation and launch of the first 5 years of Happy Meals and merchandising for McDonald's UK. Thereafter, whilst still in the world of advertising and media, for 8 years she concentrated on travelling the world with her backpack and camera. There was never a lightbulb moment, she always had a camera: Her talent and interest in photography simply grew.

Her decision to brave it into the freelance world was encouraged when she was part of the first wave of redundences at The Independent Newspaper nearly 3 years ago. She never looked back.

Claire currently has an exhibition at Tentazioni Restaurant in Shad Thames showcasing a selection of personal favourites and demonstrates her ease at capturing both beauty and finite details of her subjects and locations. 

Claire's portfolio includes stills from the last 3 Rimmel London commercials, with a fourth pending ... an extensive library ... obviously travel (which expands from Europe, Africa, through to Asia, particularly her favourite, Nepal!) The place of smiley places and smiley faces! She also attends casual family gatherings and childrens parties, anniversaries, 'big' birthdays where clients can relax, have fun and laugh, whilst Claire captures the moment. Her studio work is really evolving and is shown off in her Beauty and The Basque category showing at Tentazioni.

From portraits, weddings, film commercials ... through to her art and her recently launched bespoke luxury wooden puzzles (view and purchase these via her website)... she is equally inspired!

Claire's ambition is to continue to enjoy the expansion of her business, which, she says does not feel like business at all but pure joy to be doing something that she loves so much. Visit her current portfolio on www.claireswindale.com and facebook 'Claire Swindale Photography' and become her friend ....... and see for yourself.

Claire’s offer to you is a studio session for headshots for your marketing material, whether it be for your website, Linked-In, Facebook etc .. she will supply you with a disc holding a variety of images in colour and black & white, for just £85.

info@claireswindale.com
http://www.claireswindale.com/
07747 567 732
Facebook: Claire Swindale Photography

Claire's exhibition can be viewed at :

Tentazioni Restaurant
2 Mill St
Lloyds Wharf
SE1 2BD

Claire is having a 'meet the artist' event on 11 MARCH 2011, 3-7pm.  Everyone is invited to have a Prosecco, view the artwork, meet the artist.  Spread the word and bring your friends.

SPEAKING UP!

• Does speaking in public worry you?
• Do you feel tongue-tied in meetings?
• Would you like to be able to present and talk with more confidence?

Then Speaking Up! is the course for you!

Kathy Ennis of Envision Training, one of our guest speakers in 2010, is running a one day course in January with a special discount offered to London Women Mean Business.

What would it be like if you had more confidence and the ability to speak and present so that you could easily engage, influence and impact your listeners?

With Speaking Up! you will develop the skills to engage any audience, make more targeted presentations, speak more confidently, influence more persuasively and win more business. You will turn your fear into confidence and doubt into action and you will definitely avoid inflicting death by PowerPoint!

To learn more, or to book your place at the special discounted price, click here.

CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR OF NETWORKING IN STYLE!

Come and join us for our first event of the new networking year at the Swarovski Crystallized Store in central London.

If you are interested in meeting like-minded business women, wanting to make interesting connections and form new alliances, then come along and network with us in a friendly and supportive environment, while enjoying a glass of bubbly & delicious canapés.

We will be meeting at the Swarovski Crystallized Store opposite Liberty near Oxford Circus. Swarovski have very kindly offered all of our guests a 15% discount on all finished pieces in store on the evening, so come along early so you have time to browse (& purchase) something sparkly! Then join us in the fabulous event space above the store.

Some fantastic raffle prizes will also be on offer, with all ticket proceeds going to the charity Childreach International, so do join us in celebrating the start of 2011!

Just click here to book your ticket. And be quick to take advantage of the early bird price which ends on 10th January!



We look forward to seeing you there.