Thursday May 19, 2011

The Big Ventrue Challenge

This is a national competition to find the 25 most ambitious social entrepreneurs in England and is being run by UnLtd, together with the Big Lottery Fund.

Communities across England are facing increasing social needs as a result of public sector constraints, and we are looking for entrepreneurs with ideas to deliver alternative solutions.

Winners will get an initial £25K and the chance to access up to £150K of seed investment (if matched by loans or equity from co-investors), plus first class business support and mentoring, designed to keep pace with high growth social entrepreneurs.

In other words, we need:
• people with big ideas to transform disadvantaged communities across England;
 • people who have got what it takes to build credible ventures;
• people who have the ambition to scale up impact fast.

For more information contact UnLtd : www.unltd.org.uk