# Salesforce partners with Cherie Blair Foundation for Women to mentor female entrepreneurs

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/11/20/salesforce-partners-with-cherie-blair-foundation-for-women-mentor-female-entrepreneurs/
- Published: 2020-11-20T09:48:37+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Salesforce Women’s Network and the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women have announced
that they are partnering to deliver the Foundation’s flagship, cross-border Mentoring
Women in Business Programme.**

 

[Salesforce](https://www.salesforce.com/uk/) will deliver professional mentoring
through the Foundation to female entrepreneurs in low and middle income countries,
supporting global business resilience and growth in the wake of Covid-19.

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Eight business leaders from Salesforce Women’s Network have committed to the programme
as mentors from November 2020, who will help to develop and grow women entrepreneurs
over a 12-month period. Each mentor will be matched with a woman mentee at a crucial
stage in her business, in a year-long relationship of professional support and development,
conducted through the Foundation’s newly-redeveloped online Mentoring platform.

 

A recent survey conducted in light of Covid-19 by the Foundation on the women in
its programmes showed a need for mentors, with more women starting their own businesses
out of necessity due to the pandemic’s impact. The partnership aims to ensure that
women-owned SMEs in low and middle-income countries survive and continue to grow
through this period.

 

Helen McEachern, CEO of the [Cherie Blair Foundation for Women](https://cherieblairfoundation.org/),
commented:

 

> “Salesforce is helping us to lead the global response to Covid-19 by providing
> these mentoring places through their workforce into our virtual mentoring programme.
> Through working with the Foundation, Salesforce will be helping women all over
> the world to get their businesses through this crisis, keep industries on their
> feet, and collectively forge a brighter future.”

 

Sara Earnshaw, President of Salesforce Women’s Network, UK, added:

 

> “We feel fortunate in being able to volunteer with high-impact, inspiring programmes
> such as the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women’s Mentoring Programme. Salesforce
> Women’s Network believes in women’s economic power and the power to change society.
> I’m proud of the talented people in our business, and know we are all delighted
> to help our mentees grow their businesses, and in turn, their communities.”

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