UCLan Together AwardsInformation for Applicants

Supporting Social Entrepreneurs in UCLan

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Together AwardsHE Support Programme:

• An initiative to help establish an effective eco-system for the development and growth of social entrepreneurship and social enterprise activity within HEIs in England

Together AwardsUnLtd Mission:

• To reach out and unleash the energies of people who can transform the world in which they live

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• UCLan one of over 50 HEIs awarded funding• Funding is to Find, Fund and Support Social

Entrepreneurs• Want to build a support network• Students, staff or recent graduates• Individuals or groups• Connected to a community organisation or not

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Focus on:

• Entrepreneurial people• Who are working for social benefit• And area solution to a need

Together AwardsWhat is Social Impact?

• What is Social Impact?• The effect of an activity on the on a

community(ies) and well-being of individual people and families

• Projects and activities which have a long lasting effect

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• HE Social Entrepreneurship Awards are for people who are:

• students, staff or recent graduates (graduated within 1 year)

• over the age of 16 • living in the UK for the duration of the project• who are individuals or part of an informal group

Together Awards• For people who want to run projects:

• that benefit the public or a community in the UK • that demonstrate a connection to UCLan and the Higher Education

Sector • that need a HE Social Entrepreneurship Award to ensure their

success • that offer a learning opportunity for the applicant(s) • that are a new initiative – not a continuation of ongoing operations • that are not part of their paid employment • that are an entrepreneurial solution to a social problem • that will instigate social impact or social change • that do not carry out activities outside the law, against public

policy or anything that fosters ethnic, religious or commercial disharmony

Together Awards• General guideline on allowable expenses: • The primary purpose of spending Award funds must be to help

meet the social aims of the project and to provide a learning opportunity for the applicant.

• Capital Purchases: If you aim to buy general assets for their project (items costing over £100), we will ask that you get 3 quotes for the item and at the end of the project you return it to the funder or donate it to the community (e.g. school, community centre, charity) unless the project continues, in which case it remains with the project.

• Funding from other sources: Please be aware that we will consider match-funding (giving 50% of your required amount, while another funder gives the other 50%), but it is unlikely we will consider partial funding, where we would be one of several funders of your project.

Together Awards• Some allowable expenses • Insurance • Relevant equipment • Venue hire • Advertising & publicity • Printing • Equipment hire • Materials • Volunteer expenses • UK Travel & subsistence

Together AwardsSome allowable expenses: • Mentoring & support • Some capital costs and overheads, i.e. rent,

utilities • IT equipment • Purchase of land • Company formation • Registration fees

Together AwardsNot allowable: • Formal academic qualifications, tuition fees and

bursaries • Development of academic courses or curriculum • Funding of places on programmes, e.g. Raleigh

International or Common Purpose • Training – unless it is in support of the project

(this is at the funder’s discretion)

Together AwardsNot allowable:• Top-up funding for an existing project • Payment for loss of earnings, professional fees or

other costs leading to personal financial gain • Payments to contractors or third parties. Funds

may be used to employ others where it is integral to the project and the applicant retains primary responsibility

Together AwardsTeam:• Anne Newman – Innovation & Enterprise• Julia Stickley – Northern Lights, Innovation &

Enterprise• Sally Bate – Lancashire Business School• Gaynor Wood – Careers and Employability

Together AwardsFunding:

• Try It – up to maximum of £500• Do It – up to maximum of £2,000• Build It – (for proven projects only) up to a

maximum of £5,000

Together AwardsProcess:

• Mentoring and workshops to develop and focus ideas

• Application Form giving more information and breakdown of expected expenditure

• Panel to assess applications and make awards• UnLtd support if required• Ongoing support tailored to applicants

Together AwardsAward Winners are required to:• Report on progress• Manage their funding carefully and keep records• Share ideas and network with other winners• Provide interim and final reports on achievements• Adhere to Terms and Conditions

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Expected Benefits to UCLqn:

• Raise awareness• Create resources• Establish network & infrastructure• Raise profile of University• Build community links and relationships

Together AwardsExpected Benefits for Staff:

• Enhancing teaching• Increasing research opportunities & impact• Personal and professional development

Together awardsExpected Benefits for Students:

• Improving employability• Benefitting studies• Employment opportunities

Together AwardsCommunications:

• togetherawards@uclan.ac.uk • Anne Newman 01772 895376• Julia Stickley 01772 895957• Sally Bate 01772 894768