funding & finance (wiser networking)

Funding & FinanceLisa Marie Brown MCIM

FundingSocial Media

Goal Setting: Any professional or personal goals you

would like to achieve in the next 6 months

Funding Bright Ideas Den £1000 Fairwood Trust Scholarship £5000 UnLtd ‘ Social Entrepreneurs’£500- £15,000 Big Lottery’ Awards for All’ £5000 Start Up Loans Scheme up to £25,000 at 6% Funding for Creative Industries through

Welsh Government www.bigideaswales.com WEFO Funding for Training & Development

Support and Funding Business wales High potential starts Graduate bursary £6000 Entrepreneur bursary 18-24 £6000 Start Up Loans scheme 6% - £25,000 Creative Skillset Talent fund- £10,000

Business Support Business support BEST- Cardiff Met Digido- digital library HPC Wales E-business support- migrate to cloud, CRM, Broadband Access- various schemes to reduce

costs IP advice -5k on consultancy innovation vouchers Business in Focus Communities 2.0 wales coop

Growth Business Wales- Growth workshops 7 free Enterprise Finance Scheme Professional &Career Development Loans Business Mentoring Supplier development service – SDS Sell to Wales Repayable business Finance - big jobs- 5 jobs or

more.. Towards salary or production costs Creative Services Framework Construction Fund- Edwina Hart grant of 50% International Funding 50%

travel/accommodation. Work in collaberation

Project Funding

Digital Development Fund- 50k grant new projects. private match, - 4-6 wks Distribution deals or directors loan. 2 sides Smart Cymru - matched R&D, 60% towards costs prototypes

Innovation Vouchers- 25k matched, R&D CRISP - preparing bids to TSB NESTA & TSB - innovative projects SBRI competitions 100% funded to solve

problems KTP- Knowledge transfer 75% funded /

business programmes Crowd sourcing – Kick Starter

More Graduate Entrepreneur Bursary £6,000 if you

turnover £80,000 Community Grant SEWCED -Up to £25,000

100% grant. Regen Team regen@rctcbc.gov.uk Town Centre Building Improvement Grant-

£15,000 60% match LIF-Local Investment Fund £1500 50% match

Capital Equipment ICT Equipment Development of websites Marketing materials External and internal building works and

alterations

Hidden Secrets to Social Media – The Process

Step 1•Develop your brand & business•Deliver projects and capture photos or film•Market & promote on social media •Take time to promote 5-7 hours a week

Step 2 •Write story, blog, articles, awards submissions ‘get noticed’•Take part in radio and TV •Get local features in magazines, newspapers, call the media, , apply to competitions

Step 3 • Pu t y ou rs e lf an d y ou r b us ine s s on s oc i a l m e di a c ha nn e ls , web s ite , V M P P ion ee rs• Crea te s h ort fi lm s o f y o ur wo rk , re -twe et re l ev an t l in k s a nd en c o ura ge c e le brities to re -twee t y our c o m m e nts• Ge t o th ers to write ab ou t y ou : De ll, Sta rt Up Brita in, Virg in M ed ia• Twitte r- Ge t fo l lo we rs , l in k i nto h i gh profil e b us in es s e v e nts an d c e leb riti es • Re -twee t a nd c o m m e nt on Ri c ha rd Brans on p os ts , pe ter Jon es• Ri c h ard B ran s o n a dd ed m e o n L in k e din an d inv ite d to b ec om e an Am ba s s ad or

•Story c ov ere d b y Virg in M ed ia a nd re lea s e d to 20 million pe op le wo rld wid e

• He lp s to a dd bran d v a lu e an d in c rea s e s a les • F i na lis t fo r P eo ple s M il l io ns fea tu red on IT V in a b id to win £5 0,00 0• F e ature o n B BC

What Happened Next: Worked with and met Richard Branson Helped over 4000 young people Helped 40 Start Up businesses Met Tim Campbell and featured on BBC, ITV Worked with Kevin Mccloud ‘ Grand Designs’ Media starts writing about you Appointed as Ambassador by VMP story seen by 20

million people Rising Star Business Insider sponsored Coutts Finalist for Peoples Millions featured on ITV Feature on Prime Time TV BBC and ITV Interest to speak on an global stage France and

America Show casing ‘Design Factor’ film in Leicester square

GEW, London to a global audience

Business Mentoring/Surgeries We offer free half an hour business

surgeries with experts to help you start up

Access to other Start Up training ‘ Freelance, Tax, Branding & Marketing’

Book by emailing brightideas@southwales.ac.uk

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