Deadline: 30-Jun-23
Entries are now open for UnLtd Awards for Social Entrepreneur and Social Business.
Focus Areas
- In addition to their Awards, they have two focus areas where they think social entrepreneurs can make a big difference. They have dedicated teams and specialist support available to social entrepreneurs with ideas to help people in these areas.
- Healthy Ageing: Over the next five years they want to improve the health and wellbeing of 135,000 marginalised older adults in the UK, and reduce health inequalities.
- Access to Employment: You have a business idea aimed at helping people into good jobs and meaningful employment, particularly those who are currently denied those opportunities.
Support
- Accessing their support to become a social leader. Get advice, guidance and the expertise needed to build on the foundations of your social venture and grow your impact.
- Dedicated support manager
- Someone to coach, mentor and support you to achieve your goals.
- Expert mentors and pro bono support
- Expert advice and mentoring through their generous community of business professionals, corporate partners and social entrepreneurs who volunteer their skills and expertise.
- Workshops and learning
- Through their regular workshops and support you will be able to learn about different aspects of running a social venture.
- Dedicated support manager
Funding Information
- Get started or progress your social business to the next stage of your journey. With up to £18,000 available to fund organisational costs and help you grow your impact.
- Starting up
- Social business is not established or been running under a year.
- Up to £8,000.
- Scaling up
- Social business has been running over a year and under 4 years.
- Up to £18,000.
- Starting up
Eligibility Criteria
- Social Entrepreneur: A social entrepreneur is the name they give to people who have started, or looking to start, a social business, someone who is driven by their passion to make a difference.
- Are 16+ years old.
- Living in the UK.
- The founder of the social business.
- Social Business: A social business is an organisation whose purpose is to create impact but has a financially sustainable business model to continue to make a difference. It sits in between a commercial business and a charity, often described as profit for purpose.
- Has the potential to be a financially sustainable business or real prospects to grow with their support
- Can demonstrate a clear need for your idea or social business
- Is clearly driven by its social purpose
- Needs their financial and non-financial support to make it happen.
Ineligible
- Social Entrepreneur
- Looking for funding for a one-off or short-term project where there is limited potential for a sustained and longer-term impact.
- Requests for support which are predominately for the individual to undertake academic qualifications or overseas travel
- Individuals who plan to employ others to undertake most of the work on their behalf.
- Social Business
- Is predominantly focused on having an impact on people or places outside the UK
- Legally established for over four years at the time of application (Companies House or Charity Commission registration)
- Had a turnover of over £250,000 in their last financial year
- Political or involves religious campaigning.
- Involves activities outside of the law, against public policy or anything which encourages ethnic, religious or commercial disharmony
- Social businesses whose focus is raising awareness of social issues.
For more information, visit UnLtd.
