Enterprise Support
NNWN offers enterprise support to women in a number of ways:
By offering individual mentoring as part of the At the Crossroads project, which gives women a chance to explore their enterprise ideas in the wider context of all of the issues that affect them.
By running training and support sessions on specific aspects of enterprise that women have requested, for example PR and marketing, book-keeping, website development Watch out for our next meeting which will introduce an online accredited learning opportunity in business development.
By signposting women to other business support agencies, and making sure that the business support agencies are all keeping in touch with each other.
By promoting the 'Three Pebbles' online accredited learning programme for people setting up businesses. For more information follow this link>>>
The Enterprise Support group coordinator is Andrea Suffield who you can contact at andrealsuffield@aol.com
New Enterprise Support Programme
WOULD YOU LIKE SUPPORT IN STARTING UP OR DEVELOPING YOUR EXISTING BUSINESS IN LEARNING NEW OR ENHANCE YOUR SKILLS?
DO YOU HAVE A BUSINESS IDEA OR HAVE YOU STARTED YOUR BUSINESS?
NNWN would like to offer YOU the opportunity to discuss YOUR ideas with groups of WOMEN in similar situation as YOURSELF
We are running a series of workshops and would like to support women into enterprise by giving you the opportunity to have your say in developing and planning your business, you may have a business idea and just need some direction as to where and how to develop it
BUSINESS PLANNING
Three Pebbles online Course
Researching your business
How to develop a Business Plan
Funding
Operational Plan
MARKETING
Creating a simple website
Improving your website
Using your website as a Marketing Tool
Brands, logos etc
FINANCE
Cash flow—finance plan
Bookkeeping
Tax Returns & NI contributions
Self Assessment
FOR MORE INFO contact Andrea on 07843 602889
Download the Enterprise Support general flyer here
Survey
We would welcome feedback to help us plan an enterprise support group programme. Please fiil in the attached survey and send it in. Many thanks
First Session - Book keeping for small businesses - 6-9pm, 4th December
The first of the new series of sessions is with sandra Wilson of Abacus Book keeping, who will be offering tailored support to participants and answer your questions in a practical and jargon-free way.
Tuesday 4th december 2007 at Berwick Voluntary Forum , Tweed Street, Berwick-upon-Tweed. To register please fill in and return the booking form.
Two web links for women
Servane Mouazan (Women in Enteprise Ambassador, Hightly Commended Social
Flying Start Programme for Women
Get specific help now…if you want to be working for your self – doing what you love to do – then this FREE programme is for you. (Flying Start is supported by The National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship is a government funded not-for-profit company working in Higher Education in the UK)
Are you…a student or a graduate (European citizens) of a UK university (of up to 5 years) from anywhere in the UK, planning to start a business based in England in the next 12 months, or already started a business (within the past 6 months)?
To be eligible you need to have:
A clear idea of what you will do, who will you do it for, who it will serve and who it will benefit.
Passion for what you do.
You don’t need to know anything about business or have studied business.
Join other women from across the UK and learn how to turn your passion into a sustainable and successful business. There is a new free 12 month long programme is for women who are current students or recent graduates from English Universities who plan to start a business based within the UK in the next 12 months.
The programme kicks off with a 3 day residential to be held at the Park Inn in York on 7, 8, 9th January 2008. More information about the programme is below.
Interested? Call Lorna Collins on 07850 682 833 for a chat or go to
http://www.flyingstart-ncge.com/newwomen/
Northumberland Women's Mentoring Partnership
Are you looking for a mentor to help you with your business or are you running a business and would like to offer someone some support as a Mentor? Would you like to join a mentoring support group, to further develop your business?
If yes to any of these questions…then please read on….
The importance of mentoring for women's entrepreneurship and regional economic development is increasingly being recognised. WIN hopes you will then be inspired to join the new initiative, which aims to encourage both male and female mentors to support women from a variety of backgrounds and stages of business development, from pre-start to growth, and there will be a variety of resources to help them do so.
Women into the Network (WIN) has recently completed a pilot scheme, where around 20 mentoring partnerhips have been establsihed. NNWN is keen to keep this going for new people and is talking with WIN and the project's initial funder (Northumberland Strategic Partnership) to see how we might be able to take things forward.
If you would like to know more or register an interest please contact NNWN initially and we will gte back to you once there is an update.
North East Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2007
Hosted by Women into the Network, the North East Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Awards were established in 1999 by Women Into the Network.
These North East business awards:
- recognise and reward the tremendous contribution being made to the regional economy by women.
- are specifically targeted at women owner-managers running small and medium enterprises.
- highlight successful women entrepreneurs who have turned a great business idea into a reality or developed an existing business into a thriving enterprise.
- are aimed at those who have made a difference and made their organisation a success!
For more information follw this link>>>
Other useful contacts:
Alnwick and District Businesswomen's Group - contact Andrea Perrett for more info via julia@nnwn.org
Alnwick Business Advice Centre Link here>>
Information about new Alnwick business support courses here>>>
If you have any questions please call Kate Sims Alnwick Centre Administrator on 01665 605706. If you would like to book on any of the courses please print a copy of the schedule and return it to Alnwick Business Advice Centre, 50-52 Bondgate Within, Alnwick, NE66 1JD with a cheque made payable to 'Northumberland Business Service Ltd' for the relevant amount.
Berwick Business Advice Centre Link here>>
Kick Start Fund - awards of up to £1000 for help to access job opportunities Download here>>
Women into the Network - a region-wide women's enterprise networking project Link here>>
North East Women's Enterprise Strategy
NNWN is represented on the steering group to oversee the implementation of the regions' Women's Enterprise Strategy.The stratgey will be launched at One North east on 13th November. We would be happy to pass on any comments you may have on the strategy (1) , its implementation plan (2) and the women's enterprise pilot (3) .
