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Free support to female residents who wish to start or have just started their own business.
This programme offers support from the first idea to selling the first service or product. It is funded by United Kingdom Share Prosperity Funding and delivered in partnership with Deyton Bell.
Tailored support
The programme will offer a mixture of online, telephone and face to face support, including workshops and bootcamps.
The programme aims to:
- Empower women with a startup business idea – providing them with the confidence and support to make their business dream a reality
- Provide tailored business support for early-stage businesses – help, guidance and confidence to overcome business challenges faced in the first 12 months of trading
- Provide support through the business journey with a listening ear, a helpline, group support and cheerleaders to help business succeed
Register your interest
The programme will cover the stepping stones of starting a business:
- Practical Skills
- Mindset
- Confidence
- Challenges
- Peer Support
For more information or to register your interest, visit Empowering Epping Forest Female Entrepreneurs
Amazing entrepreneurial spirit
Cllr Holly Whitbread, Portfolio Holders for Finance and Economic Development said:
Our district has an amazing entrepreneurial spirit with 95% of our business being small or micro businesses.
However, women are underrepresented in this space. With this project we aim to support women who want to start their own businesses either full time or as a side project. The programme will support female residents to develop their own business from an idea right through to selling their first service or product.
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