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Derry City & Strabane District Council: £2k Social Enterprise Pitching Competition

Archived organisational development Trading Derry City and Strabane Micro (up to £1,000) Small (up to £10,000)

Overview

What funding is available?

A £2k prize and access to additional support through the Social Enterprise Hub and Councils Business Boost Programme

Eligibility

Applicants must:

  • Have a viable business idea that has a strong social focus and whose main aim is social good rather than profit maximisation
  • Have a not for private profit status (be a voluntary, community organisation or social enterprise) and be based in/operating in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area.
  • Be a new business start-up or have set a business up in the past 12 months

A shortlisted group of applicants will be invited to pitch their business idea to a judging panel at Enterprise Week in March 2019.

Judging Criteria

  1. What is the problem you are trying to solve?
  2. What idea/ideas have you developed and how will your idea address the social problem identified?
  3. What are your proposed next steps and what specific actions will you take, who will take them, and over what time scale and cost
  4. What do you anticipate doing after any period of funding is ended?
  5. What are your indicators of success and what will you do to monitor and evaluate your progress?