Community Level Investment for Migrant Businesses (CLIMB)

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The Young Foundation is committed to raising awareness of social enterprise amongst BME communities and to helping grow the number of migrant, refugee and ethnic minority entrepreneurs in the UK.

In partnership with Metropolitan Housing Partnership and The Migration Foundation they will be working to develop five social ventures in Nottingham and Lambeth, London within the next year, through CLIMB project. This will build on the research they have already conducted to map the state of the migrant social entrepreneurship sector.

The CLIMB project, which helps local people from migrant and refugee communities set up their own businesses and BME them to help others in the community, offers:

  • Access to further funding and investment
  • One-to-one support for their business or social venture
  • Business plan development
  • Mentoring
  • Professional development
  • Ongoing expert advice.

They are now looking for individuals or groups of people from BME and refugee communities who are passionate about social change and have the entrepreneurial flair and drive to make their ideas happen.

For further information contact Margaret at Margaret.ogebule@metropolitan.org.uk or on 07940 254679, visit http://youngfoundation.org/projects/growing-migrant-social-entrepreneurship or follow @YFClimb on Twitter.

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