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Business Fundamentals – Skills for Enterprise Growth – Part of the Government’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee, helping everyone gain skills for life.
Community CVS are delivering a brand new Business Essentials – Skills for Enterprise Growth bootcamp across Lancashire.
Skills Bootcamps are free, flexible courses, giving people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and fast-track to an interview with an employer.
Aspiring social entrepreneurs can benefit from a Skills Bootcamp in Business Fundamentals – Skills for Enterprise Growth to equip them with the skills, knowledge and competencies to grow their business and enhance their social impact.
Individuals looking to grow their social enterprise should apply in the enquiry form below.
Information for organisations
Do you have Future Leaders with Roles in Mind? Have you identified future leaders for career progression in your organisation?
Do you have potential supervisory or leadership roles, your current workforce can develop into?
Are you committed to staff development? Could you commit to letting your employee attend a weekly one-day bootcamp for ten sessions to prepare them with the vital skills to develop into a new role or responsibility?
Are you willing to commit to offering them an interview for a new position on completion of the programme?
Funding Criteria
We require maximum attendance from learners. Eligibility is as follows:
- 100% funded for self-employed learners
- 90% funded for SMEs (up to 250 full-time employees) – £345 plus VAT per learner, payable by the employer
- Approximately 80% funded for non-SMEs (more than 250 full-time employees) – £750 plus VAT per learner, payable by the employer
Post-Course Evidence Requirements:
- Employed learners: Evidence must be provided that learners have taken on a new role or responsibility within the organisation (e.g. new project, AI use, project management tools, leading a new team, etc.).
- Self-employed learners: A business plan must be submitted outlining how a new opportunity will be secured (grant, commercial income, etc.) along with evidence once secured (e.g. proof of grant, paid invoice, confirmation letter).
- Unemployed learners: A job offer in written form and/or a payslip.
Do you want to help inform the programme and contribute to the learning outcomes?
If this is your organisation, then contact us now.
Information for individuals
Eligibility: You need to be over 19 and have lived in Lancashire for at least 3 years. You will need to undertake an interview at the beginning of the process to determine your suitability for the Skills Bootcamp.
You can be unemployed, self-employed, a career changer or employed already.
Course Type: A business essentials bootcamp to enable you to get the best out of your social enterprise.
Duration: ten-session leadership Skills Bootcamp.
If this is you, then contact us now.
Get in touch
Individuals or organisations wishing to benefit from this unique professional development opportunity and engage on the Skills Bootcamps in Health and Social Care Leadership should get in touch with: –
- Leah Harrison via leah.harrison@communitycvs.org.uk;
- Chelston Phillip via chelston.phillip@communitycvs.org.uk; or
- give our Business and Training Team a call on their direct line – 01254 503043.
Act now to secure this opportunity as places are limited for this exclusive professional development opportunity.
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Last update: Thursday 5th June 2025