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PURPOSE

Develop responsible, sustainable businesses

through a new generation of entrepreneurs.

The purpose of the Business Boot Camp is to help young people aged 18-25 who have an overwhelming passion for their business idea.

The candidates will be chosen because they are willing to put their time, money and energy into building their business idea.

  The Boot Camp will help them build the confidence,

network and resources that will help them get the money and people around them to build a successful, sustainable business.

 

Purpose

Who We Help The purpose of the Business Boot Camp is to help

young people aged 18-25 who have an overwhelming passion for their business idea.

The candidates will be chosen because they are willing to put their time, money and energy into building their business idea.

  The Boot Camp will help them build the confidence,

network and resources that will help them get the money and people around them to build a successful, sustainable business.

 

The Business Boot Camp is being established by Michael Allen, a twenty year old student currently attending the University of Leicester.

Michael, acting as a Catalyst for Community, set up the Business Boot Camp as a result of finding that the skills he learned in school did not prepare him to run his own business.

The Intiative

Michael wants to provide a place where young entrepreneurs can not only learn but also apply the essential skills that are needed to run a successful business.

The Business Boot Camp will, through an immersive, experiential workshop and supportive activities, reinforce the value of RESPONSIBILITY:

Personal Financial Social

The Approach

Personal – They alone are responsible for their future and cannot blame or expect others to give them success

Financial – They must learn about finances and banking so that they can run a successful business

Social – They must give back to the community out of their profits because the community supports them.

Responsibility

We address the values and mindset of the people attending the course

We build confidence in the people who attend the course

It is run and supported by the community and not dependent upon government funding

We support ongoing success because the skills are taught by local business owners who will also be mentors to the people who attend

  

What Makes Us Different

The Boot Camp features lectures and workshops lead by local, national and internationally recognized business leaders that provide insight and inspiration to help the select few who are up to the challenge of starting and sustaining their own business.

Programme Content

The candidates will have set up legal businesses/companies and registered them

People will be aware of the candidates businesses through the newly acquired marketing skills of the candidates

The candidates will have received financial support or funding and know how to manage the funds well

Outcomes (0 - 6 months)

Candidates STILL in business and growing

Candidates participating as mentors to next ‘class’ of candidates

Candidates to be contributing to supporting their respective communities

The candidates will serve as role models in their communities and amongst their peers

Candidates will providing services to each other or to the Boot Camp organization

Outcomes (6 months +)

Support for this programme comes from the community and local businesses that are giving back to the community that have made them successful.

This initiative is in line with the Coalition Government’s ‘Big Society’ plan in which communities, businesses and government work in partnership for the common good.

Sponsors & Supporters

In the current economic climate, businesses cannot rely solely on glossy marketing campaigns that claim that they support the community. Businesses have to actually be seen in the community.

Most of the large companies have committed themselves to being active in the community as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) charters.

Business Boot Camp is also instilling these same values into the new generation of small businesses.

Sponsorship

Direct customer contact with the delegates, the other sponsors, the mentors and the speakers. In short, potential new customers.

Good will - Sponsors can use their involvement to demonstrate their commitment to the local community as part of their ongoing marketing and public relations.

Local investment - The sponsors will be ‘charter members’ of a programme that promotes the principles that are being promoted by the Coalition Government; where communities work in partnership to build the values and relationships that are the foundation of sustainable growth.

Benefits of Sponsorship

SPONSOR AND STAND OUT FROM YOUR

COMPETITORS !

Banking & Finance – Providing financial support and a dedicated business advisor to the candidates

Marketing – Providing financial support, publicity and marketing

Mentors & Supporters– volunteers by industry types : Retail, Restaurateurs, Manufacturing, Personal Services, Professional Services, Information Technology, Social Work/Care, Logistics, Event Management and Marketing

Speakers / Supporters – Life coaches, Social Media Marketing, Health & fitness, Mainstream Marketing, Presentation Skills, Grant and Tender document completion, Accountancy, Banking and Investment.

Sponsorship Categories

You can play an important part in the Business Boot Camp and, in turn, change the lives of a few

young and determined business people that want to earn their success and play an active part in

the business and wider community.

Get Involved

Ways to do this include:

Be a title sponsor – You will be profiled in all publicity around the event: Online, PR Events, Television (where applicable), printed material, business stationary.

Be a supporting sponsor – You will be profiled at the event and selected promotional material (e.g. printed material and online)

Provide mentors – Provide a representative from your organisation to provide advice and input into the programme

Provide material needed to deliver the workshop – donate goods or services to assist the business start ups.

How you can get involved

www.ukbizbootcamp.comMichael Allen Business Boot Camp Email: vision2legacy@hotmail.co.uk Mobile: 07817 597 571  Marcellus LindsayCatalysts for Community Email: marcellus@catalystsforcommunity.com Phone:  

For More Information

Developing responsible, sustainable businesses through a new generation of entrepreneurs.

www.ukbizbootcamp.com