Our Wembley Accelerator Programme helps entrepreneurs take their business for good to the next level, through workshops, one-to-one business advice, and access to networking events and peer support sessions.
Please note: Applications have now closed for the 2026 Accelerator Programme.
Programme Information
When: April 2026 – July 2026
Where: Online via Zoom and at the Seeds Hub offices in Wembley, Brent
Cost: Free
Each weekly session will run for a total of three and a half hours. As part of each session, entrepreneurs will participate in a two-hour expert-led workshop focused on developing practical skills and managing a social business or charity. These workshops will include:
- Strengthening your Business Model: understand and refine your business model using the Business Model Canvas (BMC) to make your business more resilient.
- Insurance: understand and manage the insurance needs of your growing business.
- Business Finances: gain insight into managing and optimizing financial resources, including budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management.
- Funding Growth: explore different ways to secure financial resources to fuel business growth and ensure long-term sustainability.
- Social Media Marketing: use social platforms strategically to engage your audiences and drive business growth.
- Motivation and Resilience: focus on ways to strengthen your resilience and boost motivation as you navigate your business journey.
- Scaling Up, Sales & Customer Retention: scale your business and strengthen long-term customer loyalty.
- Branding & Product Development: refine your product/service and build your brand’s presence to drive business growth.
- AI for Start-ups: learn how leveraging technology and artificial intelligence can help scale your start-up and foster innovation.
- Website Development: understand domains, modern website design, hosting options and managing a professional business email.
- Pitching: learn to present your business idea to potential investors or partners to secure support or funding.
Our workshops are run by experts in their field, who offer unique and highly informative sessions as well as one-to-one mentoring. Meet some of the facilitators for this year’s Accelerator Programme below:
- Scott Leonard Scott is the founder of The Champion Agency, the UK’s first social impact-accredited creative agency, and is also a Trainer and Mentor at the School of Social Entrepreneurs. He co-created the ‘Make Tea Not War’ campaign, which is now part of the collections at the V&A and Imperial War Museum.
- Prash Patel Currently Managing Director at OneClick Media, Prash has 15 years of experience in digital marketing, and helps founders to enhance their business profile and rank higher in search results.
- Michelle Thompson Michelle is a Seeds Hub alumna and the founder of Balanced Accounts, a London-based accountancy firm delivering accounting solutions that simplify the lives of business owners while empowering them to achieve their financial goals. Michelle’s wealth of knowledge draws on 10 years’ experience as a practising accountant, School Business Manager and SBM consultant.
Applications: Applications for the Accelerator Programme are closed. You can register your interest for our next Accelerator below. For more information about future programmes and application cycles, please email hello@seedshub.org.uk or keep an eye on our LinkedIn and Instagram.