enable south west community interest company
London
Enable was formed from the challenging life experience of a professional person,
and a vision to create a different approach. When meeting people who are
encountering difficulties in life it is often the norm for helpers to show them
how to accept and manage these daunting emotions and circumstances. Agencies and
support networks may become involved and “take over” life tasks. Commonly
intervention become something that is “done to us” and with each level of
support an individual loses a little bit more control or ability to manage that
area of their life. Enable seeks to address the question “what do people need in
order to get back in the driving seat of their lives”? Enable exists to support,
coach and mentor forward. Ultimately the journey and the choices remain that of
an individual. We will help, however, to help identify skills, strategies and
community to help someone fully engage with life. Each Journey is individual and
the process starts from exactly where a person is. We take time to get to know
our participants. Each six-module programme uses the same model; but crucially
is individually tailored. With empathy we listen, and walk with, those on the
programme though to a place of empowerment. About Maree Kivlichan Maree is the
founder and managing director of Enable. Maree has a wealth of experience
helping others to overcome barriers and achieve their goals. Having positively
addressed and broken through the darkness of her own serious mental health
issues, she has progressed to extending help to others. Maree has been
privileged to speak to professionals across many industries about the benefits
of social inclusion, fostering of purpose and improved mental health. With
delight, empathy and kindness generated from personal experience, Maree comes
alongside participants and relates to their struggles. Although people may have
entered the process without hope, and or purpose, they are empowered, encouraged
to identify their own life goals and to fulfil their potential. They gain a
sense of identity and belonging. Maree Kivlichan "In my role of Operations
Manager working on DWP funded programmes I worked very closely with Maree
Kivlichan. The purpose of the programs was to move clients forward to a position
where they had improved their lives and then and (hopefully) into work. Maree
impressed me on many occasions with her ability to engage with clients who in
the main had many challenges facing them. The large majority of these clients
were lacking in motivation and self-belief and would lay out their issues (both
real and perceived) before them whenever they were asked or expected to engage
in anything. Maree was always very honest and truthful when discussing issues
with clients however had a certain way with them which enabled Maree to engage
with the clients in their current situation whilst having the skills to explore
with the clients what their vision or goal was and then guiding them towards
achieving this goal using small achievable steps. I can particularly remember
Maree facilitating a small group of 6 extremely hard to help clients with
multiple barriers that stopped them moving forward, one dropped out after the
first day, the rest stayed for the whole programme and even requested to attend
sessions with Maree after the course had closed, Maree continued to work with
them and this resulted in all of the clients having moved forward in their lives
(taken from evaluations at the time) and two actually gained meaningful
employment."
