I recently came across an article and I realised I too have had a long term passion to jewellery, got obsessed with jewellery as a child, now I run a small jewellery business as a social enterprise to help craftsmen and women, disabled women and the elderly (who hand make the pieces sometimes), poor and terminally ill children.
To me crafting jewellery is an art and in my eyes I liken it to a Van Gogh or a Picasso, it is an art that needs as much support as possible. Hence we have jewellery styles in our store that have long been forgotten, filigree work for instance.
I received accredited training from the School for Social Entrepreneurs (https://www.the-sse.org/), London many years ago on how to set one up. I tried my hand initially at setting up a social enterprise by bidding for yoga services for Children’s Centres on behalf of a charity in East London. My obsession to support social causes and be involved with community developmental work initiated a long time ago, my first stint in London was refuge work with mothers and children who were survivors of domestic violence in a refuge between 1985-86.