Enterprise Pathways Programme
This programme helps individuals to develop their business idea through bespoke mentoring.
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
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 enterprise 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.
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'.
- Mid and East Antrim Borough Council