Are you a social enterprise, Community Interest Company (CIC), trading charity, or other social-value-led business or group? Are you looking for investment to take your business to the next level or kickstart a new project? Then this free workshop is for you!
This 2 hour session intends to offer a clarification about everything you need to know about 'social investment', but never knew who to ask: what it is, how it differs to other types of loans, why and when it may be a better option than grants, and how to get the rest of your organisation on board with the idea of it. The session will also clarify that if it's not right for you, what the alternatives are to help raise money may be, that you need to support setting up new/larger ideas.
Adrian Ashton has been supporting and influencing the wider social economy sector for 3 decades. In the context of this session, he has managed social investment funds, trained sector advisors on how they can support groups to apply for this type of money, worked with a number of local and national social investors to review how they support local groups, and directly supported groups successfully raise investment through all of the non-grant ways that will be profiled in this session.
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This workshop is funded by 10GM, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, and the UK Government. It’s a great opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and take your social business, group or charity to the next level.