No images? Click here Hello and Happy March! Time flies when you're busy, and we have certainly been busy ourselves here at the Enterprise Hub since our last newsletter in February. We're excited to share with you some of the activities and opportunities that have been happening, and we encourage you to take a few minutes to read on and get involved. Don't miss out on the chance to be a part of our vibrant community! Your probably thinking It's Friday's, I've got so much on and no time to spare. But we encourage you to try and find a few minutes to read of some of the activities and opportunities that are currently taking part at The Enterprise Hub. Don’t miss out and get involved! 1. Collaborate To Train 2023 Has Begun 2. LAUNCH Team Promotional Activity - Request Presence & Information Session 3. LAUNCH Training Cohort 35 Building Momentum 4. Connect2 & CUSE Plant Tree 5. Enhancing Futures, May 2023 Bookings Now Open 6. Santander X Launch 7. Get Involved - Lets Start A Conversation We encourage you to follow us on social media channels and keep updated of our activities, opportunities and events. linkedin.com/in/cuse Twitter: @CUSELAUNCH Instagram: @CUSELAUNCH https://www.facebook.com/cusocialenterprise/ Get in touch: myidea@coventry.ac.uk 1. Collaborate To Train 2023 Has Begun The CUSE team are pleased to announce the start of our Collaborate To Train programme. Collaborate To Train, supported by the European Social Fund gives SME's across Coventry and Warwickshire support from our University Students in areas of need. The project also gives our students valuable experience in engaging with employers. One of our Collaborate To Train projects has just begun with the WildCard Gym at Fargo Village in Coventry working alongside some of our 2nd Year Graphic Design Students. The Students will be utilising their key skills for the Wildcard Gym and we are really looking forward to showcasing what they have achieved along with our other Collaborate To Train projects. 2. LAUNCH Team Promotional Activity The Launch Team are always out on the road getting involved in promoting our programmes and reaching out to our Network and engaging with Students That does not mean to say we can't be available for you. If you are looking to have a session where one of our staff comes to visit and gives a talk about what is involved in our LAUNCH Programmes then do please get in touch. If you email myidea@coventry.ac.uk requesting a discussion one of our staff members will be in touch to have a brief discussion and to look at exploring a visit to your location. This is a great opportunity for yourself and your own network to see what is available to you through LAUNCH along with all our projects & Activities at the Enterprise Hub 3. LAUNCH Training Cohort 35 Cohort 35 is now onto its 7th week of 10 and we at the LAUNCH Team have seen our aspiring Entrepreneurs grow in particular their confidence in how to present their idea plus being more acute and aware of steps that they need to do to start-up and make it sustainable. In Week 7 The Cohort had the pleasure of meeting for the first time one of the LAUNCH Mentors Helen Brewster who delivered an excellent session on Sales & Pitching which was a particular area that many of the learners had raised concern on ways to approach this before the training started. In the coming weeks, leading up to week 10 the students will be getting prepared to deliver a 10 minute pitch of their business idea to an audience along with answering questions from the attendees. We are delivering other Cohorts through the summer, if you have a business idea and want to get part of the LAUNCH Training, please select the Link to go to our cuse-launch.com Training page to submit you application to join one of them. We have both In-Person & Virtual Online Intensive Cohorts running. 4. Connect2 & CUSE Plant Tree CUSE Plant Tree CUSE colleague, Steve Crump was busy planting trees with partners from our Connect2 project, which provides personalised support for people looking for work and starting their own business or social enterprise. Steve is the Programme officer for Connect2 and can be contacted on 07392 09 6138 or SCrump@cad.coventry.ac.uk To find out more about Connect2 on our website https://www.coventry.ac.uk/cuse/programmes/connect/ Coming soon! We have plans for more tree planting on the University estate. More in our April newsletter. Connect2 is a project, based at CUSE that can offer you free one-to-one support towards staring your own business or social enterprise. You can also be supported to find work or further training. To be eligible for Connect2, you must be aged 16+, have the right to live and work in the UK, be unemployed or economically inactive (e.g. full-time study) and live in a CV1 – CV6 postcode. Please contact Steve on SCrump@cueltd.co.uk for more information and to register. 5. Enhancing Futures, May 2023 Bookings Now Open Enhancing Futures is a programme designed to increase your employability, boost your transferable skills and get yourself ready for life after uni. Managing your mental health, business ideation, the world of work and marketing yourself are just some of the FREE professional development sessions that aim to develop your employability and life attributes from signing up, through graduation, into employment and beyond. Sign up via Handshake then ‘follow us’ to keep up to date with the latest opportunities. 6. Santander X Launch Coventry University Social Enterprise are delighted to announce support for Santander X Launch, the 12-week digital training programme run in partnership with Babson College. X Launch covers the essential “how-to” principles of how to build a successful business. It is best suited for early-stage entrepreneurs and startups who have come out of the pre-incubation stage and are looking to move towards incorporation and bring their startup to market. For more information click here to apply: Santander X Launch 2023 7. Get Involved - Lets Start A Conversation We At CUSE Embrace Collaboration That why we encourage you to get in touch. If you have an idea that is unusual, or different from what has been said or done, please get in touch. We can look to arrange an informal chat at our Enterprise Hub on CU Campus or if distance is a restriction an online meeting can be arranged to get things moving along. Our motive is to help you excel! Our passion and scope in supporting those with business ideas, supporting a positive cause in the community or general Entrepreneurial advice we are available. Our Enterprise Hub is open Tuesday - Thursday 09:30 - 15:00 for arranged appointments and we are available by: email: myidea@coventry.ac.uk or Telephone: 02477 659542 Make the move |