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Online event: Finance – the key to growing sustainable businesses

Online - zoom

Join us for this insightful talk from veteran impact investment expert, Paul Pizzala from Ethex - an innovative impact investment platform. What's 'impact finance' and how can it help green and social enterprises grow? What does it take to get 'investor ready'? How can I get the finance I need for my business? Ethex, the UK's leading impact […]

Building Capacity for Building Participation

Sound Communities Studios 52A Hyde Road, Paignton, United Kingdom

This short course aims to train a cohort of facilitators who live and/or work in Torbay to be able to design and lead co-creative meetings, hackathons, ‘open space’, etc. - just the sort of activities that spawn new solutions, projects and enterprises. Rob Hopkins calls this ‘unlocking the collective genius’.

2nd Torbay Local Entrepreneur Forum

Palace Theatre Paignton Palace Ave, Paignton, United Kingdom

We're planning the second Local Entrepreneur Forum in Torbay!

Sparking Regenerative Enterprise

Palace Theatre Paignton Palace Ave, Paignton, United Kingdom

Start your weekend with this inspiring event, meet your local community and fellow social entrepreneurs. Register here! How can we work together to grow the green and social economy in Torbay? Please join us on the morning of Saturday 17th June as we try to come up with answers, together. We'll hear from Chris Gunson […]

Green & Social Startup Hack!

People's Parkfield CIC Paignton, United Kingdom

Let’s turn your solutionary idea into a viable, fundable and sustainable business. Join us for the Green & Social Startup Hack!  It will be a day of fun innovation and design thinking, creative problem solving and copious aha! moments.  We’ll select six promising enterprise ideas and lead their teams through a process, surrounded by business […]

Communicating with impact – workshop

People's Parkfield CIC Paignton, United Kingdom

How do you communicate your impact? Do you communicate it to all stakeholders as part of the relationship building process? And where do you begin, when it comes to amplifying your message? For this workshop we’ll be working with you to nail down essential elements of your next marketing and comms activity, thinking through all […]

Fool proof your finances – workshop

People's Parkfield CIC Paignton, United Kingdom

Do you feel like you have a good grip on your finances? Are you comfortable answering questions about the numbers? Do you have a cashflow forecast, which you update regularly with the actuals? Or do you hide under the covers and hope it will all go away? Bookkeeping and the day to day financial management […]

3rd Local Entreprenuer Forum & Community of Dragons

Stage Left, Palace Theatre 33 Palace Ave, Paignton, United Kingdom

A Dragon's Den pitching event for local entrepreneurs where the local community can support with expertise, money, enthusiasm or support. The Local Entrepreneur Forum is returning to Torbay for its 3rd edition. This year we are celebrating the interconnectedness of all things with our theme People Torbay Planet. For a resilient future, we need businesses […]

Dream Bigger: goal casting for 2024

People's Parkfield CIC Paignton, United Kingdom

Finish 2023 & start 2024 with a bang! This unique group workshop will give you space to reflect on the year that’s about to close, and look ahead to 2024, so you can backcast & goal set for the year you so desire, earn the income you want (and deserve) and create a bigger impact. […]

Social Economy Hub: Co-Work+Talk Event #1

The Social Economy Hub People's Parkfield CIC, Parkfield House, Paignton, United Kingdom

Theme: Circular Impact | Talk: 1pm-2pm | Hub opens 9am Join us for a unique, fun and productive day of co-working at the People's Parkfield CIC in Paignton, UK. Whether you're a freelancer, social entrepreneur, or social economy remote worker, you are welcome join us and connect with like-minded individuals, and enjoy a supportive and creative atmosphere […]