Deadline: 5-Apr-22
Do you have an innovative idea to solve a social problem? Are you ambitious, entrepreneurial, and passionate about social change? If yes, then apply for Ideas Academy Programme!
The Ideas Academy Programme supports budding social entrepreneurs to move from idea to action.
This three-month programme will provide you with the support and direction you need to help you to kick-start your idea and take the next steps to start tackling the problem.
Participants on the Ideas Academy are supported to clearly articulate, refine and progress their solution, to build skills and accelerate learning in core areas of importance to social entrepreneurs, and to move from idea to action.
They have 45 places available on the 2022 programme which will be made up of 15 social entrepreneur-led projects across three groups.
The programme will be delivered remotely. If Covid-19 restrictions in Ireland allow for it, they will consider holding an in-person session towards the end of the programme if it is safe and appropriate to do so, but this will be communicated with participants on the programme.
Benefits
Together will a small community of fellow innovators, participants on the Ideas Academy will receive:
- Training & Support: Over several core learning days, you will be supported to deepen your understanding of the problem you’ve identified, refine your solution, and develop an action plan to pilot your idea post-programme.
- Peer Support & Networking Opportunities: They know that that it can be lonely being a social entrepreneur. On the Ideas Academy you will receive peer support and access to networking opportunities to help build your confidence and network, and gain insight into the social entrepreneur journey.
- Funding Available: Each project selected for the Ideas Academy programme will also receive a bursary of €400. At the end of the programme all participants will have the opportunity to apply to pitch for a portion of funding to further pilot your idea. They have a total pot of €40,000 in seed funding available.
What they offer?
- Group training in areas such as Understanding the Problem, Refining the Solution, Storytelling, Piloting and more.
- Peer Support
- SEI consultancy & advice
- Networking opportunities
- Programme bursary
- Opportunity to pitch for seed funding
Eligibility Criteria
- People from all backgrounds with early-stage innovative ideas to solve social problems in Ireland.
- Social Entrepreneurs Ireland welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and they are committed to providing equal opportunities regardless of gender identity, marital status, family status, age, disability, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity or religion.
For more information, visit https://www.socialentrepreneurs.ie/our-programmes/ideas-academy/