Funding Your Business or Social Enterprise

This workshop offers a practical overview of funding and resources available to both new and established businesses.

We’ll explore:

• My Top Five Funders
• National, regional, and local opportunities
• Funding for women-led and BAME-led businesses
• Grants, loans, and crowdfunding (explained in two minutes!)
• What to do next

Ideal for anyone looking to access finance and grow with confidence.

G ary Parker: Gary is Managing Director of CNT Associates a London based community consultancy organisation. He is a full member of the Chartered Institute Of Fundraising (CIF) and the Institute For Economic Development (IED) and former visiting lecturer/ research associate at the University of Central Lancashire in Community Regeneration and Health. Gary has extensive experience of community consultancy; SME & social enterprise development, digital services, environmental & sustainability projects, wellbeing projects, technology platforms, creative industries fundraising/application writing consultancy, training, community development and funding research. Gary also has experience of social investment programmes, crowd funding and related issues.