Digital Skills for Social Ventures

We are a social enterprise consultancy and voluntary peer learning network of women social entrepreneurs, innovators and leaders who have developed a model to make support, learning and development of women more inspiring and accessible.  We support women through peer learning, intensive support, connection brokering, crowdsourcing and investment.

Flourish CIC

A 2 hour digital skills workshop followed by bookable 1-2-1 mentoring sessions for social ventures in Greater Manchester.

Flourish Hub, Heaton Chapel Station

Flourish Heaton Chapel Hub

Upcoming events at the Flourish Hub: A space for community and social enterprises in Stockport and beyond.

Flourishing Mondays

Join us for themed Social Enterprise Support Days while co-working at our Flourish. Featuring expert panels, opportunities to troubleshoot challenges, work collaboratively and access peer support and 1-2-1 mentoring from Flourish.

About this eventFlourish Together offers regular social venture support days for starting-up and scaling-up social entrepreneurs, co-ops, charities, community groups and other social ventures.I﻿n the morning there will be a workshop covering an introduction to websites (covering free build wix, godaddy, wordpress vs design purchase, domain purchase, hosting, maintenance vs ability and time). Plus a discussion regarding cost, management, maintenance, SWOT, business outcomes, basic setup and design.In the afternoon you can access peer support and book a 1-2-1 mentoring slot with Fran Barker, Flourish's Digital Marketing Associate.Agenda10am-12pm: Workshop12-12.30pm: Lunch12.30-2pm: Bookable 1-2-1 mentoring slots with FlourishAbout Fran Barker-MillsFran is a qualified trainer/educator &amp; digital/tech pro with a background in both corporate communications working as a marketing manager in a range of industries whether local government to big tech.Always with a passion for education and empowerment, Fran decided to take that wealth of industry knowledge and retrain as an educator - completing her teacher training in 2018/19 and has spent the past few years teaching digital marketing and tech apprenticeships with the likes of The Growth Company.More recently, Fran has brought together her digital skills and harnessed the power of her lived experience as an ex-offender to support women returning home from custodial sentences in the creation of Coming Home. This project has created a safe space for women involved in the CJS to receive a more person focused, preventative, community support that is specific to the needs of what comes after prison - with a specific focus on digital upskilling and employability.She has also co-designed and is currently delivering Flourish’s Flourishing futures – Finding Financial Resilience programme to help women facing hardship to build financial resilience &amp; long term financial security through increased financial literacy, building skills &amp; challenging mindsets &amp; limiting beliefs together with peer support &amp; more intensive support for those facing exceptional hardship <a href="https://www.cominghomeproject.co.uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.cominghomeproject.co.uk</a>What are Flourishing Mondays and Fridays?If you are a social entrepreneur or changemaker looking for tailored support to evolve your organisation, then Flourishing Mondays and Fridays could be for you: a way to access practical, well-informed advice from effective social entrepreneurs, get support on challenges you may be facing and benefit from 1-2-1 mentoring to help you evolve your venture - whether you are looking for bidwriting support, incorporation advice, impact measurement or just looking to connect with like-minded others.Flourishing Mondays and Fridays are FREE and open to all (with an option to pay-what-you-can).Don't miss our other <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/flourishing-mondays-fridays-351219">Social Venture Support Days across Greater Manchester</a>.Flourishing Fridays are backed by Sector 3, Proper Good, The Business Growth Hub, Manchester City Council and NatWest. We look forward to seeing you!#﻿supportforthesocialeconomy