Equal-Works

Business creation

Definition: Opening up the business creation process to all by providing the tools required for setting up in business and for the identification and exploitation of new possibilities for creating employment in urban and rural areas

Theme C partnerships focused on business creation and covered a wide range of support and materials for entrepreneurs and those providing support for business creation. Examples of work covered include training and support for disadvantaged and under-represented groups, support for women entrepreneurs and access to finance. Products include mentoring websites, research into business creation amongst excluded groups, case studies, materials and guides for mentors, DVD and CD materials, handbooks and qualifications. 

Further information:

• ECOTEC Thematic update paper: Theme C
• Theme C mainstreaming stategy

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Trading UP DVD >>The Trading Up DVD is a short documentary piece, containing a series of interviews with people who have benefited from the project and why they think Trading Up may help others.

Trading Up Toolkit >> Trading Up is an enterprise programme aimed at increasing the number of businesses started up in areas of disadvantage.

Train the Trainer: Business Toolkit >> The Business Toolkit was an operational guide developed for everyone involved in delivering the Business programme.

Training for Festival Enterprise: A guide for providers >> This guide is intended as a resource for training providers, tutors, and policy makers involved in commissioning, developing and running training services supporting festival-based businesses and employment.

Training Pack >>This Training Pack has been developed by Kilmarnock College to assist in the delivery of the 'Exploring Enterprise' programme.

Transactional Analysis TA101 Training Courses >>TA 101 is a model for understanding human behaviour, communication and relationships.

Translated Business Advisors fact sheets >>Fact sheets were required to assist community business advisors in languages other than English.

Transnational Brochure >>The brochure aims to promote entrepreneurship amongst disadvantaged groups and to describe best practice of business support and sustainability for potential entrepreneurs in five European countries.

Transnational Newsletter >>Newletter describing the continued progress of the transnational partnership.

Transnational Products >> Building Bridges has produced a variety of outputs which include a book on diversity, a DVD and book on Mental Health, a CD for SME empowerment, and a DVD on transnational exchange visit by young people from UK to the Netherlands.

Video Diaries >>Video diaries of the journey undertaken by some of the participants in the project.

Voluntary Action Cumbria >>A website which provides information to help rural women into business.

Which Franchise >>Contextualised pages for over 50’s, ethnic minorities, and women as well as regional pages.

Who benefits? The difficulties for women in making the transition from unemployment to self- employm >>The difficulties for women in making the transition from unemployment to self-employment.

Women-friendly incubation environments and managed workspaces >>The aim of this report is to look at ways in which business incubation environments can be tailored to meet the needs of both female and male business owners and highlights examples of current best practice.

Working to Protect and Promote Diversity in the SME Retail Sector >>Three different leaflets outlinging R.E.Ns: Research and Policy Unit, Enterprise Creation and Retail Support Systems, Transnational Project, Personefones.

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