OUTSET CIC Information

Outset is a Community Interest Company, a social enterprise delivering award-winning start-up support service, committed to achieving social and economic inclusion through the creation of successful, sustainable new enterprises across the UK. Our service and its core programme of content has been refined over a decade, incorporating acknowledged best practice that can be easily adapted for any audience, anywhere. We are particularly focussed on providing support for those who live in deprived communities, such as inner cities and coastal communities, and those facing the biggest barriers to enterprise. Our work includes workshops, events, one to one support, mentoring, training, access to e-learning platforms and finance. View our latest events here Our current projects include Accelerating Women's Enterprise (AWE) which aims to address the gender imbalance in enterprise start-up, the service provision void for disadvantaged women and the lack of capacity in the enterprise support ecosystem. www.acceleratingwomensenterprise.uk/ View our latest workshops and events here www.outsetcic.co.uk/projects/awe/events/ Back Her Business - OutsetCIC is working with NatWest on an exciting new programme called Back Her Business which aims to reach out to engage, inspire and support women to consider and start their own business through training, mentoring and collaboration to help them succeed. The programme is fun, friendly and particularly want to support women who have a few more challenges to overcome, including those with health issues, care responsibilities and returners to the labour market. In addition, for those women who might want to raise start-up funds through crowdfunding, Natwest have collaborated with Crowdfunder to give £1 million in grants up to a maximum of £5000 each year to successful projects. View our latest events here www.outsetcic.co.uk/projects/back-her-business/