Growth Accelerator for Social Entrepreneurs

The Growth Accelerator Programme for Social Entrepreneurs is funded by UK Government via Leicester City Council. Its objectives are to keep you in business, protect and create jobs, and to help you grow.

The programme includes:

• Onboarding and auditing your organisation's growth potential
• Five themed online masterclasses
• 24-hour access to online course materials
• Connecting you to a small group of social entrepreneur peers to create a super team 'Growth Circle'.
• Five 'one to one' business coaching sessions.
• Monitoring

There is no cost to participate. The full £5,700 programme cost of the Growth Accelerator is paid for by Leicester City Council funded by the UK Government.

Eligibility:

The Growth Accelerator is available to social enterprises based within the Leicester City Boundary.

The funding agreement uses the term 'social enterprise' to include the following types of business:

• Where the social or societal objective of the common good is the reason for the commercial activity, often in the form of a high level of social innovation
• Whose profits are mainly reinvested to achieve this social objective
• Where the method of organisation or the ownership system reflects the enterprise's mission, using democratic or participatory principles or focusing on social justice

There is no single legal form for social enterprises. Many operate in the form of social cooperatives, some are registered as private companies limited by guarantee, some are mutual, and a lot of them are non-profit-distributing organisations like provident societies, associations, voluntary organisations, charities, or foundations.

Find out all about the support available - Growth Accelerator for Social Entrepreneurs | School of Business | University of Leicester

Source: University of Leicester