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About Ideas Into Action
Ideas into Action is a partnership between Result CIC, The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network (TERN) and Social Enterprise UK (SEUK). The programme supports refugees to create and launch new social products and services for communities in the UK and beyond. Vital funding of £180,000 was awarded to the programme in 2021 by The National Lottery Community Fund. So far, the programme has worked with 23 refugee social entrepreneurs, and is due to reach 60 by the end of next year.
Find out more at www.notion.so/tern/Ideas-Into-Action-2023.
About Result CIC
Salford-based social enterprise Result CIC was set up in 2012 to provide life-changing coaching for underrepresented people and help businesses develop inclusive practices. Directors and founders Jane Cordell and Hormoz Ahmadzadeh use lived experiences of disability, racism, sexuality, mental health and more to reflect the lives of marginalised or excluded communities.
Our vision is a society where every individual can achieve their potential, feel fulfilled and make a valuable contribution. We work with people who feel marginalised or excluded to become more confident about their abilities and to fulfil their potential. We also work with Directors, Managers and CEOs who need support to bring about positive change in terms of diversity and inclusion in their organisations. We each have personal experience of the issues affecting the people we work to support, including disability, immigration, mental health and sexuality. We have also worked in senior positions in industry and government.
Find out more at www.resultcic.com.
About Social Enterprise UK
Social Enterprise UK (SEUK) is the UK membership body for social enterprises. We lead the world’s largest network of businesses with a social or environmental purpose, working together to create a fairer economy and a more sustainable future for everyone.
SEUK exists to be a strong voice for social enterprise, highlighting the impact of purpose-driven businesses and educating decision-makers on how this way of doing business can help tackle the major challenges of our time. A strategic partner to government, SEUK has led public policy for 15 years and helped pass the Social Value Act (2012) – as well as working with private companies and public institutions to bring social enterprises into their supply chains, driving cross-sector collaboration to create an environment where social enterprise can thrive.
Find out more at www.socialenterprise.org.uk.
About TERN
The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network (TERN) C.I.C. is a not-for-profit with a mission to enable refugees to thrive through the power of their own ideas.
TERN supports refugee entrepreneurs in the creation and development of their businesses, providing services throughout the different stages of the entrepreneurial process. The entrepreneurship support provides a platform not just for independence, but also for community building and empowered integration.
Find out more at www.wearetern.org.
About The National Lottery Community Fund
We are the largest funder of community activity in the UK – we support people and communities to prosper and thrive. We’re proud to award money raised by National Lottery players to communities across England,
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and to work closely with Government to distribute vital grants and funding from key Government programmes and initiatives.
Our funding has a positive impact and makes a difference to people’s lives. We support projects focused on things that matter, including economic prosperity, employment, young people, mental health, loneliness and helping the UK reach NET Zero by 2050.
Thanks to the support of National Lottery players, our funding is open to everyone. We’re privileged to be able to work with the smallest of local groups right up to UK-wide charities, enabling people and communities to bring their ambitions to life.
National Lottery players raise over £30 million each week for good causes throughout the UK. Since The National Lottery began in 1994, £43 billion has been raised for good causes. National Lottery funding has been used to support over 635,000 projects - 255 projects per postcode area.
Find out more at www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk.