Social Enterprise Qualification Mentor Training

The workshop for teachers, youth workers and training providers and is a one day course to learn how to deliver the SEQ Bronze and Sliver Level 2 QCF qualification.

At the training, SEQ mentors will receive training and a handbook which contains a
structure to work through with learners. Learners plan and deliver socially enterprising
activity while demonstrating their learning by summarising their decisions and findings in any format, creating a portfolio.

Once Mentor Training is completed you can:

Register your organisation as an SEQ Delivery Organisation
Register learners (£20 per head for Bronze level, £25 for head for Silver)
Access online resources
Learners create portfolios
Mentors assess portfolios
Mentors request a moderation and submit a sample of portfolios
Learners will be certificated by SFEDI Awarding Organisation

Cost: £150 & VAT
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm (lunch and refreshments will be provided)

Dates:To be confirmed – please email michelle@littleenterprise.org to register your interest.

For more information please contact Jemima.taylor@realideas.org or 0845 8621288 or email: schools@realideas.org

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Little Enterprise are pleased to be running an intensive business course for Arty Crafty business people in Northampton at A Most Marvellous Place to Shop.

The course is aimed at people who really want to kick start their business, whether its an initial idea or you want to progress a business you have already started and it will cover….

• Developing you brand
• Costing your products
• Business Planning
• Marketing & Sales
• Social Media
• Online Retailing
• Having a shop space

The course is 4 x 2 hour sessions over 4 weeks and will run in January and February 2013.

Cost is £73.75 per person or £18.12 as a reduced fee if you are any qualifying benefits.

For further details and booking, please visit the Northamptonshire County Council Adult Learning Porthole.

Or Contact us for further information.

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The SEQ is an internationally recognised qualification developed by Real Ideas CIC

The qualification links core business skills to social enterprise, giving participants a unique insight in the world of social business.

The developers of the qualification – Real Ideas have said…

SEQ is a way in which learners can create positive social change whilst learning some business basics.

It enables learners to make the social change that is important to them, whilst gaining a qualification that will boost their employability. SEQ is about developing the social entrepreneurs of the future, and giving learners the skills and confidence to make change for themselves and others. It’s not just a qualification; it’s a means for change.

SEQ was piloted in England over an academic year. From henna tattoos to bird boxes, young people created a range of environmentally friendly products and services, generating income for social needs in England and overseas, all the while learning good business skills and gaining confidence to make positive social change.

Here at Little Enterprise we feel the qualification offers an amazingly innovative opportunity to gain a real insight in to running your own business with a social focus.

Participants will have the opportunity to develop their ideas, pitch for investment, gain presentation skills, learn about marketing their business through print and social media, managing business finances and growing a sustainable business model.

The qualification is aimed at young people, communities and adults wanting to find out about becoming a Social Entrepreneur whilst gaining a qualification at the same time.

The SEQ is genuinely unique and offers people the chance to run their own social enterprise within a group setting whilst linking to social entrepreneurs around the globe.

We can offer this qualification and training to schools, youth groups and communities in their own setting.

Please contact michelle@LittleEnterprise for further details.

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Now some schools are fantastic when it comes to trying something a bit different, having enterprise days, holding business clubs after school and generally encouraging younger people to consider a wider range of options… and some schools pay lip service.. but is it enough? In this tough economic climate (see I’m at it now) enterprise should be at the heart of the curriculum, schools should be encouraging their enterprising young people to embrace different ways of working.

Holding meaningful enterprise days, where the children are at the heart of the days agenda is the way forward. Get them thinking about their individual talents (we all excel at something) and encouraging and nurturing their ideas about how they could turn this in to something amazing… something that has got a purpose ..and a point!

It will be one of those days that will be forever etched on their memory… and it just might inspire them to try something different.

Little Enterprise can offer a whole host of Enterprise packages for schools – contact us for details.

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We have so much to share, including our fabulous new rebrand as ‘Little Enterprise’ and all the work we are going to be doing this year around Enterprise & Skills.

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