Resources
Useful Resources
When it comes to starting a business or social enterprise, there can be lots to learn and we’ve compiled a selection of helpful resources to get you going.
Please feel free to download and use any of the materials you find below. And if you have any resources that you feel should be included, please let us know.
Our Resources
Funding & Finances
How-to guide: funding your social enterprise with and without money
A step-by-step guide on how to fund your social enterprise, whether through initiative or investment
http://www.theguardian.com/social-enterprise-network/2014/feb/10/how-to-guide-funding-your-social-enterprise
Eight Crowdfunding Sites For Social Entrepreneurs
http://www.forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe/2012/09/10/eight-crowdfunding-sites-for-social-entrepreneurs/
Government Funded Loans for Start Ups - https://www.gov.uk/start-up-loans
Helpful Tax Videos
Knowing your finances and the taxes you might have to pay isn’t an exciting subject for most business owners but is extremely point to understand. These short videos provide a valuable outline.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8EcnheDt1zgvnbXgs3SeDkjbebsuR9IB
HMRC Self-Employed Help Guide
The Government can provide a lot of valuable information around the best ways to start your business. This free e-learning guide offers many useful pointers.
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/courses/SYOB3/syob_3/html/syob_3_menu.html
Self-Assessment Tax Bill Budget Tool
When most small businesses start out, they may not get their first tax bill for a while. This Budget Tool will help you know how much to be putting away.
https://www.gov.uk/self-assessment-ready-reckoner
Free Training
E-Careers, an online training provider, has partnered with British Gas Energy Trust to help people get back into work.
The training provided has a maximum value of £1,599 but is fully funded by the British Gas Energy Trust (BGET) and can help students to enhance their workplace skills to prepare them for when they return to work.
https://www.e-careers.com/landing/BGET_CAT1/?ref=wxsjdskw
Ways to Work provide supported employment for disadvantaged individuals to help them find their way back into the workplace.
http://waysintowork.com/
Technology Tips
From starting a website to knowing how to keep your device secure, understanding the basics of technology can be a great advantage for any small business. Check out these tech tips to get you started.
http://www.wsxenterprise.co.uk/dorsetbusinesswomengodigital/technology-learning-resources/techy-tips-useful-links/faq/
Start Up
Start-Up Guides. Making sure you plan your business correctly from the start is crucial to give yourself best chance of success. These handy guides will help you get things right.
https://www.wrighthassall.co.uk/knowledge/legal-guides/2016/02/22/go-guide-starting-business/
There are a number of social enterprise support networks where you can gain information and support:
National organisations for support and funding
https://unltd.org.uk/
http://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/
https://www.britishcouncil.org/society/social-enterprise
Social Enterprise
http://www.socialenterpriselink.co.uk/
http://www.socialenterpriselink.co.uk/index.php/solent-enterprise-place
The Partnership Foundation through the University of Portsmouth
http://partnershipfoundation.org.uk/promotion/
South East Social Enterprise
http://www.se2partnership.co.uk/
Co-operantics
http://www.cooperantics.coop/
Price Waterhouse Cooper
http://firestation.pwc.co.uk/are-you-a-social-entrepreneur.html
Brighton and Hove Social Enterprise Network
http://www.bhsen.co.uk/
Socially Social - Dorset
https://www.facebook.com/sociallysocialevents/
http://actionhampshire.org/
School for Social Entrepreneurship Central
Also offers a regular training programme – https://www.the-sse.org/ - including the Scale up programme for more developed social enterprises.
Job Clubs
M3 Job Club - http://www.m3jobclub.co.uk/
Andover Job Club - http://www.kingarthurswayhall.org.uk/whats-on.php
Vine Centre Job Club, Aldershot - http://www.thevinecentre.org.uk/community/job-club-work-preparation
Skills Café Job Club, Farnborough - http://www.rushmoor.gov.uk/article/9115/Pebl-Skills-Caf
Camberley Central Job Club - http://www.surreyheath.gov.uk/camberley-central-job-club
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