Grow Your Business for Cambridgeshire social enterprises & charities
3 months of specialist support to help your organisation thrive and grow
Who is this programme for?
Open to all social enterprises, charities and impact organisations in Cambridgeshire who are looking to grow. Our free, 3 month programme is designed to help grow your business, increase revenue and create local employment opportunities.
We’re welcoming applications from organisations across Cambridgeshire, including: Cambridge, Peterborough, Huntingdon, Ely, Wisbech, March, St. Neots and St. Ives.
The offer
Our 3-month programme focuses on helping you increase business growth and create employment for local people. By helping to create more opportunity and employment locally, we hope to encourage a thriving community. We can help you to grow through:
- Dedicated support from our team of business advisors and mentors
- Expert led workshops from marketing & HR to sales & financing
- 1-1 tailored support from our team and mentors
- Peer-to-peer support
- Join a community of like-minded entrepreneurs
- Alumni benefits including exclusive discounts & free co-working days
- Completely free programme - no equity fees or charges
“We’ve just completed Grow Your Business and am so pleased I signed up. The sessions were on a wide variety of topics, all essential to a small, but expanding business. The team were inspirational and getting access to their expertise was like gold dust. I was in a phase where I need to pivot – the programme came at a brilliant time and has massively clarified my thinking. I can’t recommend it enough!.”
Mark Newey
Founder of Headucate
Important stuff
- Applications are accepted on a rolling basis
- Programme launches January 2024
- Sessions will be delivered as much as possible from our Allia Future Business Centres in Cambridge & Peterborough with some online delivery and mentoring
- Workshops will be held on Wednesdays, 10am-12pm
- For social enterprises, charities and impact organisations across Cambridgeshire
- This programme is fully funded, so free for you to access (part-funded by Cambridge City Council Grants & The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority)
Still have questions?
If you’d like more information about the programme please get in touch with the team at hello@alliaimpact.co.uk or sign up to our newsletter to hear about future programmes.
Supported by
Our programmes are fully funded so free for you to access. This project is part-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Working in partnership with
FAQs
We’re welcoming applications from social enterprises, charities and impact organisation from across Cambridgeshire, including: Cambridge, Peterborough, Huntingdon, Ely, Wisbech, March, St. Neots and St. Ives.
Applicants must be living in, operating in or benefiting these areas.
We provide 3 months of specialist support and the tools to help your local business thrive and grow. If you want to grow your business, we provide expert support to fit around your busy schedule to help you achieve growth, gain more revenue and customers, and create employment.
You should expect to dedicate one ‘2 hour slots’ a week for the 3-month duration of the programme, as well as to be keen to do homework outside of this to scale up your business! The course time slots vary by location based on cohort availability but we intend workshops will be held on a Wednesday 10am-12pm. You also have the opportunity to attend optional clinics on occasional Thursdays from 10am-12pm where can come together with your cohort and the wider Allia Community to share ideas, collaborate with other founders and dedicate time to work on your own business.
