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ASSETS

ASSETS (Assisting Social Enterprises to Succeed) is an innovative business support programme delivered with Wates.

This supports social enterprises in the construction industry supply chain that aim to scale their operations nationally and secure larger contracts.

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Applications for this year’s cohort are now open. Click the button below to apply!

SELECTION CRITERIA

Who should apply?

Must have

  • Social enterprise supplier for the UK construction sector in diverse categories such as cleaning, maintenance, waste management, signage, office suppliers, door/window manufacture or more
  • Have a clear social/environmental impact and meet the SEUK criteria of a social enterprise*
  • Potential and committed to scale up now
  • Ambition to sell UK-wide**
  • >1 year of trading. Ability to demonstrate existing demand and marketing presence 
  • Demonstrate existing and potential revenue sources and show potential for longer-term financial sustainability. Growth is fundable 
  • Social/environmental impact model implemented (able to showcase traction and initial impact)
  • Demonstrate capacity to engage fully (team, resources) – we expect participants to allocate roughly 3 days/month to the programme for 7 months and to attend Kick-off and Celebration event in person
  • Operations in England and/or Wales

Desirable

  • Supports one or more of Wates’ 6 prioritized beneficiary groups: Homeless people, ex-offenders, ex-services, disabled, care leavers, unemployed/NEET
  • Have both social and environmental impact
  • Has impact measurement in place
  • Diversity of founders
  • Open to pivoting
ABOUT THE PROGRAMME

Our impact so far

Number of businesses supported:
  • 17
Recommendation score`out of 5:
  • 4.6

Find out about the innovative ways in which ASSETS has supported social enterprises in the construction industry supply chain.

Unlock the keys to success in the construction industry with our ASSETS toolkit! Created through years of collective expertise and industry insights from us and our esteemed partners, this invaluable resource is tailored to empower social enterprises aiming to thrive in the built environment.

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME

What you receive

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Diagnostics & Development Plan

Have an expert consultant review your business and create an individual development plan.

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Expert-Led Workshops

Designed to fit the cohort’s needs, on topics such productivity, procurement, and accessing investment.

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Mentoring Sessions

Many with buyer insights to help you secure large contracts and keep growing.

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Peer Support

Share amongst your cohort the challenges, best practices, and expertise of your business and industry. Learn from the successes and failures of other scaling social enterprises.

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Membership

Get a free seven-month ‘Connect’ membership with Impact Hub London. This gives your team access to Impact Hub’s global network of 16.5k changemakers and impact-driven enterprises across 100+ Hubs.

Timeline

FEBRUARY

Participant selection

MARCH

Programme kick-off

MARCH – APRIL

Phase 1: diagnostics

APRIL – OCT

Phase 2: development

MAY – OCT

Alumni support

ASSETS 2023

Who we're supporting

The seven-month Assisting Social Enterprises to Succeed (ASSETS) programme provides expert mentoring, workshops and peer sessions for a carefully selected group of social or environmental impact-driven suppliers to improve their readiness to scale up and successfully compete UK-wide.

MEET THE 2023 COHORT

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME

Our previous cohorts

Discover how ASSETS has helped social enterprises who have taken part in the programme.

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About the programme

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Angie, Senior Programmes Manager

[email protected]

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