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 […]
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’.
We're planning the second Local Entrepreneur Forum in Torbay!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
You are invited to the launch of the Social Economy Hub! After much anticipation, we're excited to be opening our doors to Torbay's very own, Social Economy Hub. This launch event is a unique opportunity to bring together social enterprise from across Torbay to People’s Parkfield, an ambitious, exciting, entrepreneurial endeavour that is opening its […]