2 July 2009

Life Changing Competition Gives Away £15K Home Business


Life Changing Competition Gives Away £15K Home Business


The Remote Worker Awards, in association with BT Business, and Helen O’ Grady Drama Academy are giving away a home based business worth £15k!

The Helen O’ Grady Special Award is the flagship Award in The Remote Worker Awards, which aims to raise awareness for remote and home working as the modern way of working.

This 'life changing' competition is open to everyone and so easy to win! Entrants with an interest or an enthusiasm for social interaction and communication with young people have to show how they would combine their love of drama or their experience of teaching children. The best entries will be in the running to win a successful full time business run from their home office.

The Helen O’Grady Drama Academy’s affordable international drama program is already delivered weekly to almost 13,000 children in the UK alone and to many more in twenty five other countries worldwide.

Schools recognise the value of the lessons in increasing children’s confidence, self esteem and skill in verbal communication – vital in the world of technology we live in today. Next term, Helen O’ Grady is introducing both pre-school and adult classes with specially written, age-appropriate curriculum.


MP John Bercow, following his review of the provision for children’s language development in schools said in August 2008: “The ability to communicate is an essential life skill for all children and young people in the 21st century. It is at the core of all social interaction. With strong communication skills, children can engage and thrive. Without them children will struggle to learn, achieve, make friends and interact with the world around them.”

The winner of the The Helen O’ Grady Special Award will become a Helen O’ Grady Principal and receive an exclusive territory to work in. They will also receive comprehensive initial training, regular ongoing support and reassuring financial advice. All for answering a three easy questions and showing why they should win this extraordinary Award.

Margaret Darley from Helen O’ Grady said: “An interest in and an enthusiasm for drama is far more important than formal drama training. With good teaching, smart administration and excellent marketing and promotion, the business potential is endless. Winning this Award will change someone’s life!”

The Remote Worker Awards has eight other categories where winners will walk away with a prestigious trophy and will enjoy up to £50k in prizes, including five business start ups, a Penthouse Garden Office worth £10k and a new career worth £3k!
The Remote Worker Awards has been organised by Remote Employment, a job site specialising in flexible, remote and home working.

For more information or any other enquiry about The Helen O’ Grady Special Award, call 0844 800 8355 or 020 8133 6329 or browse www.remoteworkerawards.com > The Helen O’ Grady Special Award.

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Your Home Office
Ideally, you will have a spare room to create a home office. If not, a corner of another room, will be fine as long as you are not constantly distracted in the family fast lane. Set up your kitSet up your computer, files and phone to give you maximum comfort for long hours. Have enough plug points for PC, printer, phone, scanner, mobile charger, fax machine and answer phone. Even better get an all in once mod con to save on a jumble of cables and wires.

Pick your desk location
You should be able to see the door of the office from where you are sitting or at least more of your surroundings. Beware of facing the garden and the bird bath – too tempting to watch the world go by! A hard chair will give you backache so spend a little extra on a good one.

Working Hours
Working outside 'normal' working hours helps to balance your work and home life so don't feel guilty dashing off to take the lads to footie after school, as long as you get your work done. Catching up in the early morning or later in the evening works well, but also watch out for going OTT. Make sure you close down and walk away at some point or the family will go hungry.

Have a breather
No matter what kind of work you do or what home you do it in, you can go bonkers if you spend 24 hours a day at it. Get out, whenever you can, to clear your head and to see other people. Use lunch time as a good break to pop down to pick up groceries for dinner, step outside to feed the birds during your coffee break or walk the dog around the block to clear the cobwebs. This is also a great way to mull over a document or get inspiration for new ideas.

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Have no fear that your social life at work comes to an end if you leave your office to work from home, in fact in some cases your relationship with your colleagues may improve. Email is instant but be careful of 'funnies' – they can eat up a huge chunk of time. Chat through business issues by phone and meet for a quick bite every now and then.

Goal scoring
Give yourself little goals and objectives and then reward yourself when they are complete. Make sure family and friends know your hours or days of working at home and stick to that. Don't be tempted to pop over for a coffee or cook a large meal. Give yourself this time as a reward for getting up early on a Monday to finish a long-winded report. Or if you score well with a new client take five to put your feet up before the school run. Whatever incentives work for you, use them to motivate yourself to balance your time around your other responsibilities.

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