Accelerator
South Lanarkshire
Social Enterprise Accelerator
Fast-track the growth of your Social Enterprise with this fully funded 10-week business support programme.
Delivered by inspirent on behalf of South Lanarkshire Council.
Closing date for Programme 2 applications is Friday 8th December at 12 noon.
Accelerator
South Lanarkshire
Social Enterprise
South Lanarkshire
Social Enterprise
Fast-track the growth of your Social Enterprise with this fully funded 10-week business support programme.
Delivered by inspirent on behalf of South Lanarkshire Council.
Closing date for Programme 2 applications is Friday 8th December at 12 noon.
What’s it all about?
We are delighted to launch a 2nd Social Enterprise Accelerator.
We are delighted to launch a new Social Enterprise Accelerator.
Commencing January 2024, we’re offering a comprehensive 10-week programme featuring a mixture of face-to-face and online Zoom sessions.
These sessions are tailored to support ambitious South Lanarkshire based Social Enterprises or constituted Enterprising Third Sector Organisations, who are keen to achieve growth and/or further develop their services.
Participants will receive a wealth of insight and support from our industry experts, across different themed workshops and one-to-ones. All sessions are structured to help you identify and apply the necessary changes that your organisation and the community you serve, need to thrive.
Overview
Take your organisation to the next level.
Take your organisation to the next level.
Throughout the accelerator, we guide you in creating bespoke action plans that will help take your organisation to the next level.
As the programme concludes, we host our last face-to-face session to reflect, discuss and exchange your identified actions, with fellow participants.
You’ll leave the accelerator with newfound knowledge, a variety of different approaches to use, and a supportive network of like-minded individuals, to further grow your Social Enterprise.
How it works
Expert-themed Workshops & 1:1s.
Expert-themed Workshops & 1:1s.
Each week you will participate in a different expert-themed workshop, with group sessions delivered by a specialist covering a specific theme.
Workshops are held on a Wednesday morning for Programme 2 – which begins in January 2024, through to the end of March – and each workshop will last for three hours. You will then have a follow-up 1:1 meeting with each theme expert. These are individual sessions scheduled for one hour, during the week of each workshop.
Most workshops are delivered via Zoom, with the exception of the first and last workshops, which are both held in-person at Hamilton Park Racecourse: https://hamilton-park.co.uk . We also provide a mid-programme workshop at Hamilton Park, as a break from Zoom.
Please click on the blue timetable download button (below) for full details. We hope this blended approach offers the best of both worlds by combining online efficiency, with valuable face-to-face time amongst your colleagues.
Timings.
You will have a one-to-one with each theme expert via Zoom. These will be scheduled for the week following each workshop and last one hour. Each expert will invite you to book a suitable session time online in advance.
Workshops 1 & 10 are in-person events and run from 9.30am to 2pm. All other workshops run 9.30am – 12.30pm on the designated day, with most being via Zoom.
Please download the programme timetables for full details and dates.
Themes
Welcome & Introduction: In-person Event & Networking Lunch.
Income Generation.
Organisation Strategy.
Alternative Business Models.
Democratic Finance Models.
Marketing.
Digital Marketing.
Recruitment.
Understanding Your Finances.
Action Planning & Finding Solutions: In-person Event & Networking Lunch.
How you will benefit
How will this accelerator benefit me as a leader?
How will this accelerator benefit me as a leader?
Our goal is to provide you with the expert support and guidance that will motivate you towards making the changes necessary, for both your organisation and community to thrive and continue to develop.
Our goal is to provide you with the expert support and guidance that will motivate you towards making the changes necessary, for both your organisation and community to thrive and continue to develop.
One of the key benefits of this Accelerator is the Peer-to-Peer support. You’ll have access to a safe and trusted environment to share challenges and learn new approaches, by networking with like-minded socially conscious leaders.
You will benefit from unrivalled access to a team of experts with expertise covering the common themes organisations like yours actively seek help with. With over 35 years’ experience, inspirent have been able to pinpoint the exact themes that Social Enterprises and Enterprising Third Sector Organisations need, to take them to the next level.
How to Apply: 3 Easy Steps
Eligibility Criteria.
The accelerator is open to South Lanarkshire headquartered Social Enterprises and constituted Enterprising Third Sector Organisations, who operate from South Lanarkshire, and seek significant growth. Applicants must be organisational leaders.
If in business premises, your organisation must be registered with the Non-Domestic Rates Office within South Lanarkshire Council.
Applicants must not be involved in any activities such as gambling or other industries that could be deemed unethical.
Applicants are required to demonstrate they fit ONE of the following categories:
Enquiry Form
Register your interest today – make an enquiry.
Register your interest today – make an enquiry.
Is your organisation ready to grow?
Register your interest today for the South Lanarkshire Social Enterprise Accelerator by completing and submitting the form.
People Talk.
Just some of the comments from previous Inspirent Accelerator participants.
Testimonials
“The Inspirent Team are amazing!”
“The Inspirent Team are amazing!”
The team at Inspirent are amazing. They really listen to your needs and go above and beyond to get you in front of the right people.
I recently took part in their Accelerator course, having a lot of fears and worries about the future their solutions were simple and digestible but more importantly they built my confidence beyond belief by meeting me at where I’m at and building me from there. I have gained so much insight and so many contacts that I do believe anything is achievable now.
Testimonials
“The Inspirent Team are amazing!”
“The Inspirent Team are amazing!”
The team at Inspirent are amazing. They really listen to your needs and go above and beyond to get you in front of the right people.
I recently took part in their Accelerator course, having a lot of fears and worries about the future their solutions were simple and digestible but more importantly they built my confidence beyond belief by meeting me at where I’m at and building me from there. I have gained so much insight and so many contacts that I do believe anything is achievable now.
Testimonials
“Really supportive and helpful staff”
“Really supportive and helpful staff”
I was lucky enough to be part of the Social Enterprise Accelerator course within South Lanarkshire. As always, there was a little trepidation in starting, worrying whether this course would be a good use of time but there was definitely no need to worry. This was a fantastic course to be part of, and every single workshop added value to my organisation, and this was enhanced by the ability to have 1-1 support from each of the workshop leaders.
Donna was really good at making sure we were all getting the support we needed throughout the course. She was really approachable and clearly passionate about her work. An added and unexpected bonus of this program was how it was facilitated to support us to build a community of businesses. We felt comfortable being open and honest which led to a wealth of knowledge and experience being shared and this was priceless!
Testimonials
“Absolutely wonderful services offered…”
“Absolutely wonderful services offered…”
Absolutely wonderful services offered by Inspirent. I had the pleasure of doing the Social Enterprise Accelerator course and got so much from it. From start to finish they have been nothing but supportive.
Thank you to Keith and Donna for a wonderful informative course. I will definitely be recommending this service to others.
Testimonials
“Accelerator”
“Accelerator”
I completed the Accelerator programme through Inspirent. I can’t recommend this learning enough, I have developed personally and professionally through this course and my organisation has grown. The team are friendly, helpful and extremely knowledgeable. Thank you!
Testimonials
“Challenging and insightful course”
“Challenging and insightful course”
Challenging and insightful course, with lots of learning for me on how to improve our operations. I very much appreciate the one-to-one support during the course as it gave an impartial perspective on the challenges we are experiencing, as well as how to tackle them systematically.
The highlight of the course was getting to meet some of South Lanarkshire’s Social Entrepreneurs and leaders in the Third Sector in South Lanarkshire. Great to see so many people working so hard to meet the needs of their Communities!
Testimonials
“Five star…”
“Five star…”
Well organised by a friendly and professional team, who went out of their way to accommodate participants’ needs.
Testimonials
“Inspirent Social Enterprise Accelerator”
“Inspirent Social Enterprise Accelerator”
The staff at Inspirent were fantastic to work with and extremely supportive. The whole course was very well planned and run.
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