Community Entrepreneurship Programme
In December 2017, Forum Creative Enterprise launched a ‘Community Entrepreneurship Programme’ with 5 young people from Forum Housing Association’s projects across Wirral and Cheshire.
Dave Wood, founder of Metanoeo CIC, and Forum’s Amy Butterworth lead the programme, which includes developing a participant’s vision and skills for self-employment, accessing the relevant resources and building their confidence and self-esteem.
There has been positive feedback from attendees following their first day on the programme;
“It met my expectations fully” …
“I enjoyed exploring concepts and ideas in a relaxed setting”.
Participants are partnered up with life coaches, trained by Metanoeo CIC, including students from Edge Hill University and people who have experienced their own period of unemployment.
The participant’s ideas for businesses have varied widely, from a wellbeing life coach consultant for young people, by young people to developing a bespoke furniture business.
The first programme will be running until the summer by which time we hope to have an alumni of graduated young people running their own businesses.