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Hello wonderful people, Show Me The Money! Grants, programmes, reports & free money. Plus a short story on how the mighty Innovate UK Messed with the wrong Women! As always thanks so much to everyone for sharing, tagging people in & reposting this newsletter to support each other. If I’ve missed an initiative you're organising, share the details in the comments. Receive this newsletter in your inbox, subscribe at: https://lnkd.in/e3GtDHcd Pam Sheemar CCIB J.P John Sewell Sophia Tarr 🦚 Jason Roberts Dr Mark Esho DBA (Hons), MBE Monder Ram Akil Benjamin Chantel Thompson Alex Cole FRSA ≫ Sally Dhillon ≫ Patricia Hamzahee FRSA Keith Shayaam-Smith Sophie Marie Bennett FdA, BA (Hons), MSc CJ Lloyd Webley Anita Hill Iain Mansell Ian McLaughlan Kasim Choudhry Chantelle Young Simona Marr MIED Ayomide Oyede Amrit Chandan Amardeep Panaser Georgina Fleming Naomi N. Bevan Edwards Matthew Cusack hibretOne-CIC Initiative for Social Entrepreneurs Miranda Joseph Steve Hooper Debbie Assinder Debbie Wosskow, OBE Tara Attfield-Tomes #funding #grants #startups #scaleups

🗣 | #FactualFriday 🔈 | The AfBC Wolverhampton African Business Network invites 📩 you to join the African Business Chamber (AfBC) Wolverhampton African Business Forum on Friday the 27th September 2024 📅 in Wolverhampton 📍 during the Wolverhampton Business Week 2024.   The forum's theme 📝 will be "Empowering 💪 African #Businesses and Communities 👥 in Wolverhampton to Thrive: Unlocking Untapped #Innovation, #Entrepreneurship, SME Growth 📈 , and Investment Opportunities." ℹ | Join the forum to connect 🔗 with other leaders, businesses, professionals, entrepreneurs, academics, faith communities, and students from throughout the region 🗺 . Find out more and register to join here: https://lnkd.in/eSEV3uCP #AfricanBusinessChamber City of Wolverhampton Council University of Wolverhampton

🔈 | Join us on Tuesday, October 8th 📅, from 9:30-12:30 pm ⏰ for our 3️⃣ rd Trailblazer talk, where Ian Harrison, Head of Export Development, will deliver a keynote on 'Modernising Trade 📦🚚 - A Department for Business and Trade Perspective'. This talk will cover: 🔸 A commentary on the trends 📈 and key 🔑  #trade patterns driving global 🌏 #economic growth. 🔸 The role and work of the Department for #Business and Trade in stimulating exports to grow the #economy 📊💵. 🔸 Reflect on the emerging recommendations the Department is considering concerning Inclusive Export #Growth as part of the Modernising Trade agenda. Register your #FREE place here: https://lnkd.in/ee_FNu2U #CREMEat20 #ModernisingTrade #Exporting #EconomicDevelopment #InclusiveExportGrowth #ExportChampions #Diversity #EMBs #Trade Aston Centre for Growth Aston Business School Aston University Centre for Personal Financial Wellbeing Enterprise Research Centre (UK) BEC (Birmingham Enterprise Community) PrOPEL Hub Business Growth West Midlands Asian Business Chambers of Commerce

🔙 | Earlier this year, we launched 🚀 the implementation phase of our groundbreaking Time to Change report 📰. ℹ | As part of this journey, we brought together key 🔑 stakeholders who are working within their #organisations and #communities 👥 to help 🤝 implement the report's recommendations. 🗣 | Today, we hear from Farida Z. of Business in the Community in Bradford 📍 . Farida emphasises the importance ✅ of ensuring that #entrepreneurs in all communities have access to quality #business #support available — a crucial finding from the Time to Change report. To learn more about the report and its recommendations, visit here:  https://lnkd.in/e2ZPFSwg

📢 New #KTP role available at Aston University and MBD (metro-boulot-dodo)! Great opportunity to support MBD in #commercialising their #creative work through business model #innovation 📈 MBD is a not-for-profit organisation specialising in #immersive digital #storytelling experiences in the arts, culture and heritage sector 🖼 🎨 🎧 #Creative #Immersive #Arts #Culture #Heritage #Innovation #KTP

🔉 | This week, we spotlight 🔦 PhD student Nicolle Mudzongo as part of our #PhDInCREME campaign. ℹ | Nicolle is a dedicated and passionate PhD Candidate at CREME. Currently, her research project focuses on the indispensable role of social 👥 #enterprises in supporting 🤝 the integration of #refugees (and migrants) in the UK 🇬🇧 . Nicolle’s project aims 🎯 to create a lasting impact that will help to advance the efforts of civil #society in facilitating sustainable ♻️ 🌱livelihoods for #refugee populations in the UK. 📹 🎬 | Watch the video below ⬇ to learn more about Nicole's role. #PhDSpotlight #TeamCREME #TeamAston #Diversity #Inclusion

#CREMEat20 🚨 | There is still time to register for our upcoming #TrailblazerTalk. 🚨 🔈 | The talk will take place on September 24th 📅 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ⏰ at Aston University's John Cadbury House 📍 , with Dr Maria Villares-Varela, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Southampton, delivering a session.  ℹ | This session titled "Precarious #migrant entrepreneurship: gendered dynamics for migrants in the UK 🇬🇧 will explore 🔎 how #entrepreneurs navigate 🧭 production and reproduction work, often facing 'in-work' poverty despite the perceived benefits ✅ of #entrepreneurship. Dr. Villares-Varela will discuss how family #resources and dynamics are crucial in mitigating #business pressures. Using the concept of 'cooperative conflicts' (Sen, 1989), she will uncover the complexities of household negotiations and contribute to the broader #discussion on in-work poverty and #labour market integration for #marginalized workers. Register here 👉 : https://lnkd.in/d8s8e28R #MigrantEntrepreneurs #InWorkPoverty #FamilyDynamic #LaborMarket #Entrepreneurship

🚨 New Project Alert 🚨 🔉 | Dr. Shuai Qin's new project, is successfully ✅ funded by the The British Academy through the BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants SRG 2024 Round. ℹ | Dr Qin has been awarded £9,965.50 💷 to investigate how integration service providers and #business support agencies can effectively incorporate Generative AI 👨🏻💻🤖 as an inclusive tool 🛠️ to address the #socio-economic challenges faced by #refugees and #migrants and develop such AI tools for practical application. This project is undertaken in collaboration 🤝 with ACH Refugee Integration Services Provider 🧡, our key 🔑 strategic partner.

🗣 | To mark our 20th anniversary we are hosting another #TrailblazerTalk in October with Head of Export Development at the Department for Business and Trade, Ian Harrison 🌏 Join us on Tuesday 8th October as we delve into: 'Modernising Trade – A Department for Business and Trade Perspective'. Ian will be exploring: 🔶 Key trends and key trade patterns driving global economic growth 🔍 🔶 The role and work of the Department for Business and Trade in stimulating exports to grow the economy 📈 🔶 Reflections and discussions on #Inclusive Export Growth as part the Modernising Trade agenda 💡 Register your #free place here: https://lnkd.in/eEg9wzKk #CREMEat20 #ModernisingTrade #Exporting #EconomicDevelopment #InclusiveExportGrowth #ExportChampions #Diversity #EMBs #Trade Aston Centre for Growth Aston Business School Aston University Centre for Personal Financial Wellbeing Enterprise Research Centre (UK) BEC (Birmingham Enterprise Community) PrOPEL Hub Business Growth West Midlands Asian Business Chambers of Commerce

Happy September! Less than two weeks to go to get your Asian Business Chambers of Commerce #ABCCAwards24 nominations in. Deadline is 11.59pm 15th September. You have nine awards that you can apply for: Outstanding Small Business of the Year Outstanding Start-Up Business of the Year Outstanding Young Achiever of the Year  Outstanding Female Entrepreneur of the Year Outstanding Male Entrepreneur of the Year Outstanding Tech & Digital Business of the Year  Outstanding Professional Services of the Year Outstanding Charity of the Year  Outstanding Contribution to Diversity & Inclusion Thank you to all our judges who are excited to read your applications: Raj Kandola - Chair of Judges Emma Morgan - Malmaison Birmingham Kavita Parmar Amer Khan Awan Professor Martin Levermore MBE, DL Dee Kundi Unsure which category to apply for? Watch our awards application workshop webinar to learn top tips from our expert panel: https://lnkd.in/emhkYHtH Interested in sponsorship? Please DM me for further details.