2019 School for Social Entrepreneurs Community Business Trade Up Programme
Deadline: February 14, 2019.
Applications are open for the Community Business Trade Up Programme, run by the School for Social Entrepreneurs, in partnership with Power to Change.
This programme helps the leaders of community businesses in England. It focuses on growing income from trading, to improve impact and sustainability. It offers:
- A learning programme: 12 days spread over nine months
- A Match Trading grant of up to £10,000
- A community of people running organisations like yours
There is no cost to you at any point.
ELIGIBILITY
This programme is for community businesses who want to grow by increasing their sales (trading). A community business is run by and for a local community. Its profits are reinvested for the benefit of that community. They will be working towards these criteria:
1. Locally rooted
2. Accountable to the local community;
3. Trading for the benefit of the local community;
4. Making a broad community impact
5. The community businesses on this programme will have plans to grow trading (income from sales) by at least £10,000 in the next year
BENEFITS
Students on this programme receive a Match Trading grant of up to £10,000, which can be drawn down over 12 months. The grant is linked to growth over the year. It incentivises social organisations to focus on increasing their income from trading, so they can build stronger futures.
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