Are you running or thinking of setting up a social or community enterprise in the South West?
If you want grow lasting enterprise solutions to local social and environmental challenges in rural areas - don't do it alone!
Get connected to learn how to.... Survive and Thrive... build a better business, make more money and achieve better social and environmental impacts
Be inspired: share the passion, the ups, the downs - learn from 'local heroes'
Be informed: uncover trade secrets and build your skills
Be connected: get together with social entrepreneurs committed to working on real solutions for their enterprise and opportunities for their communities.
The Survive and Thrive Network is a project of the Development Trusts Association, South West Region and funded by Capacity Builders.
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7th October - 4th March: Beating Business Plan Paralysis
Following on from the incredible success of our first Business Planning Action Learning Sets this summer (and continuing now) we are offering 7 more places for another cohort of ‘Action Learners’; taking you through the principles of creating a robust and realistic business plan in a supportive yet challenging environment.
Comments from recent participants on the residential:
- Huge Thank you for last week - what a whirl wind!
- Thanks again for a really good learning experience - it was a fantastic couple of days and somehow combined hard work with a relaxing feel so that I felt like I'd had a break but learnt loads
- Great training event. It is all still going around in my head, particularly all the things I could/should be doing.
A 2-day residential in beautifulDartmoor (all expenses paid) on 7th & 8th October is followed by 5 online sessions and a final group meeting in March 2011. Places for rural social and community enterprises are absolutely free (funded by Capacity Builders) provided you complete the course.
The course is hard work and very intense and at the end of it you will have completed a robust and realistic business plan to share with funders and partners, allowing you to finally stop worrying about it and get on with delivering the change you want to see!
Our last cohort was massively oversubscribed so to avoid disappointment, please make an application to join the programme as soon as possible. Places are strictly limited and are free due to funding through the Capacity Builders Programme. The Closing date for applications is Thursday 9th September 2010 and successful participants will be told on 17th September. Sadly the programme ends in March 2011 so we do not expect to be able to run further courses in the future. Please therefore forward this email on to anyone you know who may like to take advantage of the opportunity.
To find out more and apply for a place please click here:
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Trading Places is a programme of visits that enables you to see for yourself how other rural social and community enterprises have built successful enterprises to help tackle local problems.
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Tailored learning journeys
Tailored learning journeys are available to rural community and social enterprises in the South West through Survive and Thrive. You must have at least 4 people in your group - ideally including at least one board member.
Are you thinking of starting a project similar to one that is already operating successfully elsewhere? Would you like to meet the team behind the project? What happens behind the scenes? How did they get started? What are the best sources of help and support? The package includes:
- £300 day rate paid to hosts (to include a 4 hour visit + preparation time)
- Travel bursaries to cover the cost of participants' travel
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Tailored learning events
Tailored learning events can be put together through Survive and Thrive for specialist groups (eg Community Land Trusts, Village Halls, Community Shops) who want a sector specific approach to improving performance. They are for groups of 15 - 30 people and aim to help groups of organisations improve performance, make more money and achieve better social and environmental impacts. Events are usually on weekdays from 10 until 4, with some flexibility. The package includes
- Delivery of 2 outcome focussed- workshops and one masterclass from the DTA's professional training facilitators
- Inspirational speaker who is an expert in the field
- Lunch
- Venue
- Online booking
- Travel bursaries for all participants from rural community and social enterprises in the South West
To discuss your requirements in detail for a learning journey or event please call or email Jessie: 0117 314 4653
J.Wainwright@dta.org.uk 