Start Up
In partnership with
I’m Starting Up
Get support to develop your ‘business for good’ idea and get started on your social business journey by:
Choosing a specialist Enterprise Coach to work with
Booking on a free online, interactive start-up workshop with Helen Hoyle from BfGWY partners, SEE Ahead (Find out more about our partners)
Photo Team KickStart CIC
Choose a Specialist Enterprise Coach
We have 5 experienced specialist Enterprise Coaches working in different parts of West Yorkshire. They will work with you to explore your ideas or challenges, develop a plan and agree goals. They can also signpost you to other parts of the BfGWY programme or other specialist support organisations.
All of the coaches are employed by BfGWY partner, Participate Projects and are hosted by Participate, Voluntary Action Leeds and TSL Kirklees.
Rob Greenland
Kirklees and Wakefield
Katherine Wyatt
Calderdale and Kirklees
Rachel Rickards
Leeds
Usual working days: Tues, Wed and Thurs
Email: rachel@participateprojects.org.uk
Number: 07470746668
Paul Kilgallon
Leeds
Choose a Workshop
Our 12-month programme of Start Up Workshops has now finished. We hope to be able to run some more next year, but in the meantime, to help with our planning, please click here to provide your contact details and indicate topics you would be interested in.
If you need help, you can also still choose to work with a specialist Enterprise Coach (as above) – and don’t forget to subscribe to our mailing list to to be the first to hear about other activities, and new workshops. (Scroll down to the bottom of the page to sign up.)
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