Deadline: 29-Sep-22
The Healthcare Leadership Academy (HLA) is seeking applications for its IDEAS Incubator, a two-year programme that empowers healthcare professionals to take their ideas further.
Through educational webinars Healthcare Leadership Academy teach them about topics relevant to starting an organisation and setting up solid foundations for further developments. They also receive close mentorship to support them with achieving their goals.
The aim is to foster leadership in healthcare through entrepreneurship, empowering the next generation of clinical leaders and promoting frontline innovation.
Most incubator programmes are designed for for-profit organisations, with focus on quick expansion and maximising profit. HLA:IDEAS is an innovative programme aimed at non-profit organisations who face different challenges and require unique strategies for development. They focus on sustainable growth and targeting resources to achieve significant and meaningful impact.
The programme is delivered in accordance with the values of the Healthcare Leadership Academy:
- Accessibility and equity, and a belief that all healthcare professionals should have the means to learn about and engage in social enterprise; at any level at any time
- Belief that inclusivity is key to leadership – leadership should not be the arena of
- a chosen few but of all those with innovative visions, ideas and solutions
Programme Topics
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Building an innovative solution
- Finding a niche
- Defining the problem
- Evaluating the market and competition
- Creating a development/business plan
- Choosing your business model
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Protecting your enterprise
- Incorporating your social enterprise or registering your charity
- Intellectual property
- Team agreements
- Investor agreements
- How to hand over your organisation to the next group of people who will lead it
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Funding your idea
- Analysing how much you need
- Participating in competitions
- Evaluating different types of investment
- How to spend the money
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Bringing a solution to the fruition
- Creating a brand
- Field testing
- Social media
- Website
Funding Information
HLA:IDEAS has been funded through a donation of £50,000 from the Medics.Academy Charity Partnership Programme. They also receive support from the incredible HLA Community.
How is the Programme Run?
- They deliver a knowledge webinar every 6-8 weeks – these are compulsory to attend by at least one member of the organisation. Each initiative is also assigned a mentor(s) with whom they meet on a regular basis.
- In addition, there is an option to attend drop-in sessions with HLA:IDEAS faculty, and additional sessions and networking events.
Requirements
- Non-profit organisation or social enterprise
- Focused on supporting and developing health systems
- Led by a healthcare professional, or a student training to become a healthcare professional
- Their applications are open to organisations at all stages of their development, and they target the support they provide to their needs.
What are they looking for?
- Innovative solution for a clearly defined problem
- The right individuals to take the initiative forward who are ambitious and goal-oriented
- Demonstration of commitment
- A readiness to commit – both to further development of the initiative, as well as the requirements of the programme
Eligibility Criteria
They are open to any non-profit organisations, including charities and community interest companies. Due to governance issues, they cannot accept student societies that are registered with a student union.
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For more information, visit https://www.thehealthcareleadership.academy/hla-ideas