30/03/2010
Business Mentoring for Social Entrepreneurs
Social Enterprise London is working in partnership with Business in the Community (BITC) in order to provide business mentoring to social entrepreneurs at all stages of growth. The mentors will be recruited from BITC’s 850 member companies and will be senior business leaders from a variety of backgrounds with a wide range of expertise.
Social entrepreneurs will be matched to mentors according to the skills and interests of the mentor and the objectives of the social entrepreneur. Every relationship will differ, but an overview of the kind of support a mentor will offer is:
- Business planning skills and financial projections.
- Leadership skills: Support in how to best communicate organisational vision.
- Advice on how best to recruit and manage employees.
- Time management and opportunity management.
- PR and marketing advice.
- Providing constructive feedback and help setting goals
If you are a social entrepreneur and would like a business mentor, or would like more information on the programme, please contact Anna Springbett at BITC (anna.springbett@bitc.org.uk, 020 7566 8652).
This programme is currently only available to social entrepreneurs based in London.