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What we do?

We are a proud partner of Social Business Wales, providing accessible social enterprise start-up and growth support to social entrepreneurs who experience barriers or who are keen to set up a Social Firm. If you want to start or grow a Social Firm, please contact us to apply for support and we will be in touch. If you need assistance to make your application please get in touch.

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Hub Bub

“I don’t think I could have gotten to the point that we are now with Hubbub, without the help of Jan. The number of things that I have had to think about, and hoops through which I have had to jump has been extremely overwhelming. Jan, with her calming nature and wealth of knowledge, really helped to ease this, and guide me in the right direction.”

Self-Employment Support...

If you are disabled, neurodivergent, have a health condition or other barrier, we can provide skilled mentoring and business advice to help you set up and grow your business idea.

We have experience working with entrepreneurs from a range of backgrounds including disabled and neurodivergent people, people from different ethnic backgrounds, ex-prisoners and people with mental health conditions.

This work is funded by our valued partner, the Moondance Foundation. To apply for Self-Employment support please contact us through our contacts page.

Free Training Programme for Social Firms and Entrepreneurs

Social Firms Wales runs a programme of online training aimed at boosting business skills and confidence across a range of topics such as ‘Building Confidence in Networking’, ‘Using Miro Boards within your Business’, ‘Access to Work funding webinar’ and ‘Designing your Business Model’.

“I attended the event brite event- it was absolutely excellent- as a person with dyslexia going through the Access to Work process I found it extremely helpful- thank you thank you thank you”

Webinar attendee

Training is often delivered by people with lived experience. These are generally free to attend so take a look at our forthcoming training and events programme below to sign up. Please note spaces can be limited so early booking is recommended.

Training Events

Social Enterprise Advice & Support

A key area of our work is providing business support to entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds and life experiences who want to develop a Social Firm or Social Enterprise.

You may also want to create a Social Firm that specifically provides employment opportunities for disabled people or other under-served groups.

We work with many disabled, neurodivergent and under-represented groups, providing tailored and bespoke support to help you develop your social enterprise vision.

This support is delivered through our partnership with Social Business Wales , a Welsh Government funded service delivered by a consortium including Cwmpas, Social Firms Wales, DTA Wales, UnLtd and WCVA.

If you have a great idea or have already started building your social firm or social enterprise, please get in touch and we will help arrange the support you need.

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Earths Farm CIC

“The support we’ve received from Jan at Social Firms Wales has been nothing less than transformative.

Her input in understanding our project, its aims and vision has guided us through the process of not only obtaining our farm, but also setting the foundations for our overall structure and long-term sustainability.

We’ve felt greatly supported throughout our communications and emboldened to truly thrive with our business through her help.”

Danny Pascal
Earths Farm Community Interest Company

Under Kanvas

“It has been extremely invaluable and the format was great- good to have the materials and plan to help us improve inclusivity standards going forward. Thanks Rosie and Jan, and all the presenters, wonderful, engaging, informative few weeks."
Kind regards Dai

VIBE (which stands for Values and Inclusion Based Employer) is our new training programme and EDI framework aimed at supporting organisations to design and implement meaningful Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategies within the workplace.

Delivered by trainers with lived experience of disability and exclusion, the course is an 8 week programme designed to be interactive, informative and educational, helping to open up discussions and reflections across topics including Neurodiversity, Learning Disabilities, Disability Access, Anti-Racism, Cultural Competency and LGTBQ+.

At the end of the course we support your business to develop an action plan to bring their learning to life to support the creation of a diverse, supportive and inclusive workplace.

Participating organisations will receive a VIBE Certificate and use of the VIBE quality mark, once their action plan has been verified.

Contact us to discuss implementation of VIBE within your workplace, helping to develop your Social Value credentials and impact!

Governing Well for CICs...

Governing Well is an 8-week course covering key governance issues affecting the growing number of new Community Interest Companies in the UK.

This online course is delivered by experienced and engaging trainers to help you identify and develop knowledge, systems and insights to help build robust governance within your organisation so that it can grow and develop sustainably and with a strong foundation.

The course covers:

• Directors Roles and Responsibilities
• Effective Board Management
• Legal Structures for Social Enterprise
• Creating your Strategy

• Impact Reporting
• Financial Management for CICs
• Earning not Asking- Creating a strong business model

The course culminates in the creation of an action plan for your CIC to embed the ideas and priorities you've identified through the course in order to build a strong governance foundation on which to progress your enterprise.

"That it was specifically for CICs was a godsend. I've been to other courses where a majority of the time was spent talking about stuff that was not relevant. This course gave us the space and community to get to the heart of the matter and apply the tools directly to our work."

Participant