Additional support available from the programme:

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• Additional support available from the programme
• Access to a business adviser on 1 to 1 basis.
• Costs towards transport.
• Costs towards childcare.
• Referral system to other business support
  providers e.g Business Link South Yorkshire and
  Princes Trust, SENTA.
• Access to careers advisor.
• Access to benefits advisor.
• Access to IT training.

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Successful business women in social enterprises
Community Consultations South Yorkshire
Claire Pearson Social Entrepreneur

• Research and consultation to community groups and
  business
• Participatory consultation and research
• Self-sustainable first year
• Provides employment for local people

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Clean Bright Ltd Not For Profit Social
Enterprise
Anita Barton Social Entrepreneur and her team

• Cleaning services for community and voluntary
  organizations
• Self-sustaining first year
• It has secured more than 15 contracts
• Employs 20 people
• Employs women returnees
• Flexible working hours

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Play Work People LTD
Sharon Beardall Social Entrepreneur

• Brokering of registered childminders to feed
  OFSTED childcare clubs
• Started activities in September 2004
• Offering service needed in the community
• Flexible working hours
• Meet family commitments and career ambition

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Aura Health and Fitness
Cathy Everard Social Entrepreneur

• Aura is committed to encouraging a healthy
  lifestyle and well-being through participation in
  a range of fitness and therapeutic activities.
• AURA runs hourly classes, weekly courses and day
  seminars which can be tailored to suit the needs
  of any organization.
• AURA was first established in July 2003 as a
  self-defense and martial arts organization.
• The services offered by the company have expanded
  from self-defense and martial arts to include
  other fitness and therapeutic activities to be
  delivered by qualified instructors/ therapists on
  a sub-contracted, freelance basis.
• Many classes are run specifically for
  hard-to-reach target groups, such as women and
  girls, ethnic minorities, and children with
  behavioural difficulties.

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• Celebrating successes to date
• 200 Women have been on the programme so far.
• 9 business started.
• 9 business supported.
• 57 referral to further training and employment.
• Secured funding for over three years.
• The development of links and partnerships to
  complement services.

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• Lessons learnt
• What have worked well
• Follow up support from business advisers and
  course coordinator
• Flexible delivery
• Environment designed to increase the level of
  self-confidence
• Role models
• Bringing together women from diverse backgrounds.
• More work on
• Access to micro-finance for private businesses
  and social enterprises.
• Encouragement into non-traditional businesses.
• Public awareness in Social Enterprises.

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Contacts Details SCEDU- Making a
Difference Milena Harbach and Janet Hodsdon 131
Upperthorpe Road Sheffield S6 3EB P 0114
2015260 E milena.sec_at_scedu.org.uk
janet.sec_at_scedu.org.uk W www.scedu.org.uk