Episode Five with Vicky Rushton: from school leaver and carer to design engineering and company director

Change Your Story: escape from a job you hate and create a career you love!

Vicky Rushton found her voice advocating for her very sick second child, Oliver, at the age of 21, and now uses it to help others express themselves through design.
One of thirteen children, she grew up in Manchester and left school at 15 to help bring up her siblings. Pregnant at sixteen, she bought her first home with her partner and balanced bringing up her daughter with a career in retail sales. All was going well until life threw a spanner in her career plans and she had to spend the next four years caring for her second child who was born disabled. A third child followed along with a move to live near her father in North Wales and an architectural salvage business.
A chance conversation at the school gates took her back into education at Bangor University, where she found her love of design engineering and business. She completed her degree and won an entrepreneurship award from Santander.
A brief spell in primary teaching, followed by working in a charity, led to another chance encounter with Gerallt Evans, a blacksmith in Conwy, North Wales. Vicky is now Co-Director and equal shareholder of Gerallt Evans Metalcraft Limited. They are the creators of the world's first indoor crazy gold course at Zip World and other metal art and furniture installations, made from fusing ancient blacksmithing techniques with state of the art technology to create unique pieces that are not only beautiful but practical.
Listen to her remarkable story of how she created her own identity out of a chaotic start by following her energy and saying yes to chance opportunities, and hear more about her passion and vision for design engineering.
Vicky can be contacted via:
Website: https://gemetalcraft.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Geralltevansmetalcraft/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geralltevansmetalcraft/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-rushton-34ab8b111/
SHOW REFERENCES:
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R Covey

Flourish - a new understanding of happiness and wellbeing– Professor Martin Seligman
(you can read more about PERMA here.)

Thinking Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman

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