Business Planning
Secure finance to realise your ambitions
This section provides information on a range of funding sources which will help you market test your idea, launch or grow your business.
To successfully secure finance you need to:-
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Be confident in your business proposition
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Have a fully completed business plan
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Know the size of investment you need and for what purpose
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Have a good quality business pitch and presentation
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Understand the work and results that are expected in return for the investment
Need any help?
Our business coaches can help you:-
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refine your business proposition
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polish your business plan
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prepare your pitch to investors
To enquire about business coaching please email coaching@stridingout.co.uk
Our coaching and training is provided on a chargeable basis, but we can access funding to provide free business support to certain groups of entrepreneurs who meet the eligibility of the funding provider. Please enquire to find out more.
Support for Securing Finance - Our Top Tips and Advice
Client Casestudy 
Amy Winters, Co-founder Couture Clubbing
Couture Clubbing creates clothes with innovative fabrics for high-end events.
Funding Sources
Awards and Competitions - annual business competitions
Funding for Business - applicable to both business and social enterprise.
Funding for Social Enterprise - applicable to non-profits third sector organisations and social enterprises.
Funding for Young People - applicable to young people market testing ideas or running their own business, and organisations working with young people.
This section will be updated weekly and new funds will be circulated in our weekly newsletter
Ideas Tap
This week we've launched a brand new Ideas Fund and we're talking film. Submit your ideas for a short film and you could win £5,000 to make it happen. Movies not your bag? Don't worry, Ideas Fund Innovators is also open, where we award ten creative projects from any discipline £1,000 each to help get them off the ground. Got an idea? Then what are you waiting for? Find out more http://www.ideastap.com
Grants for the Arts
Grants for the arts are for arts activities that engage people in England, or that help artists and arts organisations carry out their work.
They are for activities carried out over a set period and which engage people in England in arts activities, and help artists and arts organisations in England carry out their work. Grants for the arts is funded by the National Lottery.
Young Roots
Young Roots is a grant programme designed to engage young people aged 13-25 with their heritage. Young Roots projects stem directly from the interest and ideas of young people, who are supported by youth and heritage organisations to develop skills, build confidence, and connect with their local communities.
Community Voices Grants
We will be selecting 26 community projects to receive funding of either £1,500, £7,000 or £14,000, as well as support from digital mentors to help you make a difference in your community. Apply by 28 February 2010 to be considered for a grant.
http://www.mediatrust.org/community-voices/grants/
Awards for Excellence
Is your business socially responsible? If so, why not enter the Business in the Community’s (BITC) 2010 Awards for Excellence.