Mentoring for Success in Social Enterprise
Mentoring for Success in Social Enterprise
Working within a social enterprise you’ll have faced the same challenges confronting all businesses. But on top of those you’ll also have factored your social objectives into your decision making. Anyone new to juggling the needs of social enterprises can expect to find their head spinning.
Which is where you come in?
Mentoring is about acting as a sounding-board, giving a dispassionate view, helping to sort the wood from the trees. It’s about people like you who have ‘been there and done it’ informally sharing a little of their experience and understanding.
We know that the benefits mentoring brings are enormous (and measurable in terms of, for example, business survival and growth rates) so a free training programme called Get Mentoring has been established to build and support a community of enterprise mentors who can help each other to succeed.
It’s not just a one way street either. Mentors are often surprised at what they gain from the experience by challenging their own long-held assumptions and seeing the world from a different perspective.
It’s important that those who need them can tap into the skills, networks and insights that people who have run successful social enterprises have built over time if the social economy is to have the positive impact on society we’ve all worked for.
So, hold a hand, lend an ear, shed a little light, point a way - let's all Get Mentoring!
Get Mentoring, led by the Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative (SFEDI), is part of a major government initiative to train those who work with, in and for small businesses to become business mentors. Once you’ve completed the training you’ll receive a year’s free membership to the IOEE (Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs) which normally cost £75, and SFEDI Certificate of Recognition which will allow you to deliver mentoring to any type of micro, small and medium sized business. Once recognised as a mentor, all we ask is that you commit at least one hour a month free mentoring.
This session is being ran at various times and locations – please see below.
Details
Date: 21st February 2012
Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm or 1pm – 4pm
Venue: Mushroom Works, St Lawrence Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 1AR
Cost: FREE
Date: 23rd February 2012
Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm or 1pm – 4pm
Venue: Lynemouth Community Trust, Northumberland, NE61 5YJ
Cost: FREE
Date: 28th February 2012
Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm or 1pm – 4pm
Venue: e-vovle Business Centre, Cygnet Way, Rainton Bridge, DH4 5QY
Cost: FREE
Registration
To register your free place please contact Amber Costello on 0191 305 5038 or email amber.costello@actif.uk.com and state which workshop you would like to attend.
| Date | 23 Feb 2012 () – 23 Feb 2012 () |
|---|---|
| Location | Lynemouth Community Trust, Northumberland, NE61 5YJ |
| Contact | Amber Costello on 0191 305 5038 or email amber.cos |
| Cost | FREE |