The next chapter for a CPS success

Whilst already having a Personal Success Plan (PSP) in place to establish her own business, when faced with the Covid-19 pandemic and the impact it brought onto her business which relied on supply chains, Dot took the opportunity to reflect on her goals and ambitions. She considered how else she could channel her passions. Being a trained teacher and creative writer, Dot had already drafted some chapters of a children’s book beforehand. She decided that she could build on this and refocused her plan, and her goal, to become an ‘interactive story teller and children’s book author’.

Having talked her ideas and plans through with her Community Potential Specialist (CPS), Dot identified what she needed to do to make this happen. She spoke to a number of external partners to assist her with pursuing this (such as Buckinghamshire Business First and Buckinghamshire Adult Learning), and managed to secure a volunteer placement in a primary school to deliver interactive workshops based around her children’s stories. The school has given her great feedback, sharing their experience on their social media page.

Working through the steps in her Personal Success Plan, Dot has since self-published the first installment of her book on Amazon.

She is now talking to her Community Potential Specialist to explore an application to the Aspiration Pot to secure support for illustrations on her second installment.

Dot is on the right path to achieving her overall goal!