Sponsoring Agency: School for Social Entrepreneurs
Type of Fund:
Deadline Available: Available
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/27/2021
Size of the Fund: Less than USD $50,000
It’s a challenging time for the community in Brent, London. Now’s the time to set up a project that will create social or environmental change, with Brent at its heart. But how do you know whether your idea will work? And how do you get things up and running?
School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) offering practical learning to help turn your idea into a real-life project or social enterprise (a business that trades for a social purpose). It’s free and it’s all online.
This programme is specially designed to support you through the pre-start up phase – when you’ve got a great idea but need some guidance to get it off the ground. SSE is looking for people living in Brent, benefitting the Brent community and/or hiring only Brent residents in their business.
SSE is running this programme in partnership with SEIDs (Social Enterprise Ideas Development).
Key Benefits
• Free learning programme made up of seven sessions
• £250 grant to get you started (money you don’t pay back)
• One to one mentoring sessions with a business/social enterprise expert
• A community of other people starting up projects in Brent to regularly meet online, gain support and work through challenges together
• Desk access in SEIDs coworking space for all participants – pandemic and lockdown permitting.
What you’ll learn
On the programme you will work through these key themes:
• Develop your idea
• Test your assumptions
• Build your vision
The course is a transformational experience that will push, challenge, and support you. It will give you the confidence and skills to achieve the impact you want to have.
Dates and Location
The programme will start in mid-May 2021. All learning takes place online between May and July 2021.
Criteria
They are looking to support people who are:
• Unemployed, receiving benefits or who have been struggling to find enough work
• Connected to Brent – you might be living in Brent, or your project might benefit the Brent community, or you might work with/hire only Brent residents
• Keen to start up a project or business that helps people but need some support to figure out next steps. This is a pre-start up programme, so we are looking for people who only have an idea right now and need some guidance to get it off the ground
• Committed to attending the full learning programme
More information at: https://www.the-sse.org/courses/seids-pre-start-up-programme/
