𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝟵:𝟯𝟬-𝟭𝟮:𝟬𝟬. 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝟭-𝟮-𝟭 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮/𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁.

Building a supportive community, team and network around your start-up idea is key to its success. It involves developing clarity of vision & values that give people a reason to get involved and devising ways to engage with your stakeholders, partners and potential customers. Inquiring into why you or your group want to be doing this in the first place and what each individual can gain or learn from being involved is also an important foundation for building community. 

You will leave with a practical plan on how you can build a strong, supportive community around your start-up idea.

The workshop is for people who would like to realise an enterprise/ start-up/project idea, or realise new initiatives within existing organisations. It will also provide useful tools and approaches for group leaders and facilitators who want to work with teams to set up community enterprises or projects, or who want to explore replicating edventure in their town.

About The "Start-Up Tools" Series of Workshops & Edventure Frome - A School for Community Enterprise

This content of this workshop is part of Edventure’s curriculum in community entrepreneurship,  a collection of tools & competencies for working with others to create enterprises that benefit the wider community and tackle local social or environmental issues.

The curriculum has been applied to groups creating initiatives such as  SHARE - A Library of Things and the Community Fridge both the first of their kind in the UK. Individual students have also gone on to set up initiatives such as Tiger Mylk, the Chester Food Assembly and the Pitney Farm Cafe & Shop, or to work with social employers such as the Mendip Health Connectors or the Bristol Adventure Playground. 

The series comprises 4 of the essential pillars of the Edventure Start-Up Course offered as a menu of 1-day workshops. You are free to book any/all of them:

1. Building Community Around Your Idea
2. Research & Discovery
3. Developing Your Enterprise Idea
4. Project Planning & Governance

Facilitator: Johannes Moeller. Co-Founder and M.D. Edventure Frome – A School for Community Enterprise.

Johannes will draw on his experience of supporting groups and individuals in setting up community initiatives, social enterprises and small businesses in Frome. 

He is a qualified social enterprise advisor & coach and the initiator of "Edventure Start-Up", a 10-week experiential course where teams start-up a real community enterprise designed to contribute to a strong community, grow meaningful livelihoods and build a sustainable, zero-carbon economy that works for all. Past Edventure Start-Ups include The Welsh Mill Hub, SHARE - A Library of Things, Community Fridge: Frome, Remakery: Frome, Frome Wardrobe Collective, MAKE: Shed Frome.

Contributors: TBC

What to Bring:

Please bring a pen & paper

Ticket Price:

• This event is funded for residents of the county of Somerset of all ages.
• Our funding does not cover BANES, Bath and Bristol. For a full list of eligible towns/postcodes click here.
• Booking is essential.
• We will ask you to complete some paperwork and feedback forms.

Venue:

We've moved this course online. We have heaps of experience of running successful online courses during 2020. 3 things we learned:

1. online courses inevitably need to be shorter. So 09:30 to 12:00.
2. we will ensure that there is time for everyone to meet each other (online). This way, we can still connect with other local people in the same boat & share our various ideas/projects.
3. we have found that it's also helpful to offer everyone a 1-2-1 specific to your project outside of the main framework of the course. We will offer these over the afternoon once the course is finished.

Cancellations: 

Please support us by cancelling ASAP if you can no longer come. Edventure Short Courses are always fully booked and often waitlisted.

This course is possible thanks to funding from Somerset Skills & Learning and support from Frome Town Council.

Feedback from past Edventure Short Courses:

"...It was run brilliantly and really well attended. As always there was a great mix of people of all ages, backgrounds and reasons for being there. The courses are always well-run, really interesting and accessible. I’m always amazed by the quality and experience of the teachers. I’m doing three courses at the moment - all brilliant". 

Anna

"Just spent 2 days learning what they do, why they do it and how they are inspiring other communities to take up the challenge too. Such fantastic course design, people skills and imagination! Engaging young adults, helping inspire entrepreneurship, building community! What's not to love?!" 

Ella

"Really inspiring, reinforcing and positive. Great presentation with pace and focus and enough humour to entertain too. Still thinking about it all and will keep doing so for a long time. Thanks for a lovely and helpful course!" 

Zainab

"Really interesting and rewarding morning. Will be looking out for other courses and the Hub space is amazing". 

Jane

"A breath of fresh air. The facilitator was knowledgeable, enthusiastic and action orientated but with plenty of interest in the needs and expectations of the group. A very motivating and worthwhile few hours!" 

Peter

“Loved it...gave me so much clarity on how to be more strategic! ” 

Milda

“A truly supportive, inspiring & creative environment..!” 

Frances

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