TERN - The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network

We're delighted to introduce Lilijan Sulejmanovic as the Fund Manager for The Refugee Venture Fund. 📣 Lilijan is British-Bosnian and came to the UK from Sarajevo in the early 1990s during the war in Bosnia. She brings a wealth of experience from management consulting and private equity, and most recently as the founder of wellness snack brand Bardo - Real Food Bites With Benefits. Lilijan holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Lilijan will lead on realising the vision of The Refugee Venture Fund, which aims to be the first £10mm pre-seed investment fund that will exclusively back entrepreneurs ready to scale in the UK refugee community. If you'd like to connect with Lilijan to learn more, please reach out to us at hello@refugeeventure.fund The Refugee Venture Fund (TRVF) is a new project being led in partnership between TERN and Village Capital, supported by Atomico.

Applications close this Friday for Food Power ⬇️ Food Power supports people with refugee backgrounds based in or near London to start their own food business. It’s an incredible opportunity to access 6 months' of free: 💬 Advice & support from industry experts 👩🏽🍳 Live training & in-kitchen workshops ✍️ Marketing, compliance and skills training and much more. Learn more and apply here 👉 bit.ly/apply-to-food-power Applications close 7pm, Friday 4th October 2024. Food Power is delivered by TERN in partnership with Mission Kitchen and KERB+. --- Video description: photos of entrepreneurs smiling and serving food at stalls. Food Power: if you have a refugee background and want to start a food business, Food Power is for you! Be part of a community. Build on your skills and confidence. Develop your menu. Start your business in the food industry. Street food, catering, delivery and pantry. Apply now.

One week left to apply for our Content Producer role! ⏰ This is an exciting opportunity to shape our multi-media communications at TERN. We’re looking for a creative individual with: 🎨 Proven experience of designing high-quality, on-brand visual assets for online platforms and print ℹ️ The ability to convey information effectively through text, visuals, or multimedia ✍️ 1-2+ years copywriting experience 👩👩👧👦 Experience of tailoring content for a range audiences 💭 A passion for inclusive and accessible communications As an increasingly community-led organisation, we particularly welcome applications from individuals with lived experience of forced migration. Learn more and apply here by 8pm, next Friday 4 October 2024 👉 bit.ly/TERNContentProducer

Our TERN Food Power incubation programme has won the Community Partner Award in the 2024 FDF Awards! 🏆 In partnership with Mission Kitchen and KERB+, the TERN Food & Beverage team has established first of its kind business support for refugee food & drink founders in the UK; we're delighted to see it recognised by the UK's leading voice of the industry, The Food and Drink Federation. It's an honour to be named alongside fellow changemakers and friends NEMI Teas 🤝 Over the next 5 years, our aim is to grow Food Power to help launch 120+ refugee food businesses. If you would like to work with us to achieve this book a call with us here: https://lnkd.in/eHBGmF3i Congratulations to each of the 150 entrepreneurs in our TERN Food & Beverage community for creating this success with your passion and drive! 👏 #FDFAwards

Applications for our Fundraising Manager role close this Friday! ⏰ Could you lead our revenue generation strategy at TERN? This role could be a great fit for you if you have: 🤝 5+ years experience working in #SocialImpact fundraising and partnerships 📈 Experience of driving growth in social impact organisations of £500k-£2M annual revenue 💭 Knowledge of the UK social impact funding scene 💡 Experience working with leadership teams to drive fundraising strategies ✍️ Experience of pitching to a range of audiences As an increasingly community-led organisation, we particularly welcome applications from individuals with lived experience of forced migration. Learn more and apply here by 8pm, Friday 27 September 2024 👉 https://lnkd.in/eTHJzC2F

What a year so far! In 2024... 🗓 Over 1000 of you have attended our in-person events. We hosted 9 across London in the space of 6 months! 🎓 We have supported over 200 refugee entrepreneurs, with 73 entrepreneurs graduating from TERN programmes. 🤗 We've welcomed 136 new members into the TERN community. 🙌 We're celebrating that 47% of our community is female, of which 45% have accessed tailored support and opportunities through HerTERN, our network for female founders. 🏳️🌈 68% of LGBTQIA+ community members have accessed tailored support & opportunities through the QueerTERN network. 🗣 66% of business workshops have been delivered by refugee alumni. 🛒 An incredible 40% of the TERN community are currently actively trading. Thank you to each and every entrepreneur for inspiring us with your creativity and ambition. To our partners - we're so proud to work alongside you to make this impact possible. If you've liked or shared our posts, supported an entrepreneur directly or come along to one of this year's events, we can't thank you enough for your time. We look forward to continuing to build this incredible community in the year ahead. 💙 --- Image description: Title: TERN Summer Round-up. Slides showing photos of entrepreneurs pitching, presenting and smiling at various events. Each impact statistic from the post caption is illustrated with icons.

We’re #hiring a part-time Content Producer! Could you support our multi-media communications at TERN? We’re looking for a creative individual with: 🎨 Proven experience of designing high-quality, on-brand visual assets for online platforms and print ℹ️ The ability to convey information effectively through text, visuals, or multimedia ✍️ 1-2+ years copywriting experience 👩👩👧👦 Experience of tailoring content for a range audiences 💭 A passion for inclusive and accessible communications As an increasingly community-led organisation, we particularly welcome applications from individuals with lived experience of forced migration. Learn more and apply here by 8pm, Friday 4 October 2024 👉 bit.ly/TERNContentProducer

We’re #hiring a Fundraising Manager! Could you lead our revenue generation strategy at TERN? This role could be a great fit for you if you have: 🤝 5+ years experience working in #SocialImpact fundraising and partnerships 📈 Experience of driving growth in social impact organisations of £500k-£2M annual revenue 💭 Knowledge of the UK social impact funding scene 💡 Experience working with leadership teams to drive fundraising strategies ✍️ Experience of pitching to a range of audiences As an increasingly community-led organisation, we particularly welcome applications from individuals with lived experience of forced migration. Learn more and apply here by 8pm, Friday 27 September 2024 👉 https://lnkd.in/eTHJzC2F

A huge thank you to everyone who has supported the Sham Supermarket crowdfunding campaign. Collectively we've raised £2,000 to support the business to recover from a devastating racist arson attack. A message from the business owner Abdelkader to each of you: "Thank you so much to everyone who has stood by us in our plight. With your support, we'll get back to work. Thank you" The campaign runs until Saturday 31st August 2024 - please do continue to share this post with your networks. To donate, visit 👉 bit.ly/sham-supermarket

Following our announcement that we are pausing operations at Anqa Collective until 2025, we wanted to confirm that the website is now officially closed. Thank you to everyone who made purchases in the last few weeks, your support means a lot to us and the entrepreneurs in the Anqa Collective. Please do follow Anqa on Instagram to hear future updates 👉 https://lnkd.in/ePzBea3U We look forward to sharing more next year! ✨