Deadline: 31-Dec-22
Nominations 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. We 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.
Supports
- Accessing their support to become a social leader. Get advice, guidance and the expertise needed to build on the foundations of your social business 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 business.
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.
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 https://www.unltd.org.uk/awards#