Defining Moments
- Author:
- Trudy Hindmarsh
- Business:
- Stagecoach Darlington
- Published:
- 10/11/2008 11:14:00
I was a senior teacher in a large primary school in Cleveland when my husband took voluntary redundancy. It was to bolster the family income that inspired me to take on my business, never realising that it would eventually become my full time occupation.
I read about the Stagecoach Theatre Arts franchise in an advert in The Times Educational supplement. The whole concept excited me because I’d seen first- hand the power that the performing arts can have in children’s lives.
I went to visit the head quarters and have never looked back. I borrowed the money I needed from the bank and from family, and I continued to work full time until the business took off enough to convince me that it could support me.
We’re now Stagecoach Theatre Arts in Darlington and Yarm, the largest holding in the Stagecoach network, and we train young people in the performing arts in part time stage schools.