Our Start-Up Programme helps entrepreneurs turn ideas into businesses for good, through workshops, one-to-one business advice and access to networking events and peer support sessions.
Programme Information
When: 17th September 2026 – 17th December 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:
Establish your Business Model: Create a Business Model Canvas (BMC) to make your business more resilient.
Business Registration and Legal Entity: Choose the right legal structure for your organisation and complete the key registration steps.
Business Finances: Gain insight into managing and optimizing financial resources, including budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management.
Funding: 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.
Resilience: focus on ways to strengthen your resilience and boost motivation as you navigate your business journey.
Branding & Product Development: refine your product/service and build your brand’s presence to drive business growth.
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 Start-Up 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.
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.