Enterprise Pathways Programme
Support to help individuals explore business ideas, develop enterprise skills, and launch a start-up through bespoke mentoring.
Who it is for
To be eligible, applicants must:
- be unemployed Mid and East Antrim residents with the right to work in the UK
- have the desire to start a business in the next six months, though may not yet have a pre-determined business idea
- be committed to engaging with all aspects of the programme and working towards full-time self-employment
Support you can get
The Enterprise Pathways Programme helps Mid and East Antrim residents furthest removed from the labour market, through support and funding, to create their own job through self-employment.
Participants will be supported over a period of up to eight months to identify, explore, and test business ideas, develop entrepreneurial and personal skills, build networks, test trade, start, and grow a business.
Each participant is matched with a Skills Coach/Business Mentor and will benefit from up to 15 hours of one-to-one bespoke support to help realise their personal goals.
This programme is one of a suite of interventions contained within Mid and East Antrim Labour Market Partnership’s (MEALMP) annual action plan. The Labour Market Partnership is a province-wide approach developed by the Department for Communities which creates targeted employment action plans for council areas and allows for collaboration at local and regional level to support people towards and into work.
How to apply
To apply for the Enterprise Pathways Programme, potential applicants should send an email registering their interest to venturefolk@gmail.com with the email subject 'Enterprise Pathways Application'.
Support organisers
- Mid and East Antrim Borough Council